1. Building Courses Home

Building

Building a Course From a Template or Copy

I feel like our course is planned; it’s time to build! Our teachers need the antidote immediately!
The easiest way to create a course is to piggy back on a course that someone has already built. When you access a previously created course template, you can choose to use an exact copy or to make any changes you desire.
So I can start with the exact same course as found in the template?
Yes
And then I can add, delete, and change the tasks?
Yes.
And then I can place all of your salary in our Zombie Prevention Fund?
Uh...
Just seeing if you were listening.

Copy a Template

Copy the Classroom Management (Elementary) premade course template by using Admin tools.

Mode
Mode
Show
Restart
  1. Click the main menu in the naviagation bar and then click Admin Tools.
  2. Click Choose a page... and then select Add/Edit Custom Courses.
  3. Click Select a premade template to copy.
  4. Scroll down by clicking anywhere on the list and select Classroom Management (Elementary).
  5. Click Copy template.
  6. Great! You can now modify the template to meet the needs of your course.

Practice

If you need help with a step, click Show to highlight the area.

Choose one of the following:

  • Novice mode if you need step-by-step instructions as you go along.
  • Ninja mode when you only need the description to complete the practice.
Novice Mode
Ninja Mode

Building Your Own Course

That's easy when I have a course that is similar in structure or content to another one, but this next course I would like to build has no similar templates.
Time to create a course from scratch. ARGHGHGHSKKSIKIKDL!
What? Oh no! You’re turning into a zombie!
I can hear that presenter still! Let’s get building!

Create a Custom Course

Add a new course entitled Emergency Preparedness. The course will run from September 1st until November 20th. Type the description; This course covers basic information about emergency preparedness.

Mode
Mode
Show
Restart
  1. Click Add New Course and then click the newly created course.
  2. Change the Template Name to Emergency Preparedness.
  3. Adjust the start and end dates to September 1st through November 20th.
  4. Type This course in the Desc. text box. Then click Save Course.
  5. Click Save Course .
  6. Great! You have created your new custom course.

Practice

If you need help with a step, click Show to highlight the area.

Choose one of the following:

  • Novice mode if you need step-by-step instructions as you go along.
  • Ninja mode when you only need the description to complete the practice.
Novice Mode
Ninja Mode

Course Facilitation

Don’t look at me like that. FACOOOILIGJTIDVTION….
You don’t look so good.
Sorry. I was trying to say "facilitation." Requiring facilitation for tasks will enable you or another administrator to double check that a task is completed, and to view the responses to Question tasks.
Oh, I see. It may help our educators' brains stay engaged if they know I can monitor their progress and help them.
Mmmmm. Mentioning the word brains made my stomach growl for some reason!

Build Your Course

Add a generic task with the name Introduction and the description This course. Add a video task with the name Introduction and the description Compliance Series. Add a Free-response Question task with the name Emergency Awareness and the description Answer.

Mode
Mode
Show
Restart
  1. Click your newly created course, Emergency Preparedness.
  2. Click anywhere on the page to scroll down.
  3. Click and drag a Generic course task to the Current Tasks area.
  4. Click new Generic task and change the Task Name to Introduction. Change the Description to This course …. Click Save Task.
  5. Click and drag a new Folder to the Current Tasks area.
  6. Click new Folder task and change the Task Name to Videos. Change the Description to View …. Click Save Task.
  7. Click and drag a new Video task to the Videos folder.
  8. Click Videos to open the folder. Then click new Video task and change the Task Name to Introduction. Type Compliance Series in the Description text box.
  9. Click anywhere on the PD Content list box to scroll down.
  10. Select the Introduction video that is located in the The Compliance Series: Emergency Preparedness folder.
  11. Click Save Task.
  12. Click and drag a new Free-response Question task to the Current Tasks area.
  13. Click new Free-response Question task and change the Task Name to Emergency Awareness. Type Answer … in the Description text box.
  14. Click Add Question .
  15. Click New question and then change the Question Text to Which emergency. Then click Save.
  16. Check the box next to Require Facilitation. Then click Save Task.
  17. Great job! Continue to the next practice to continue building your course.

Practice

If you need help with a step, click Show to highlight the area.

Choose one of the following:

  • Novice mode if you need step-by-step instructions as you go along.
  • Ninja mode when you only need the description to complete the practice.
Novice Mode
Ninja Mode

Continue to Build Your Course

Add a Forum - Post task with the name Classroom Drill Ideas and the description Discuss different ideas. Add an Off-site Link task with the name FEMA Site and the description Federal emergency. Add a File Download task with the name FEMA Checklist and the description Emergency Supplies. Add a File Upload task with the name My Emergency Plan and the description Upload.

Mode
Mode
Show
Restart
  1. Add a new Folder. Rename it Drill Ideas and type Follow the instructions in the Description text box.
  2. Click Save Task.
  3. Click and drag a Forum - Post course task to the Current Tasks area.
  4. Click Drill Ideas to open the folder and then click new Forum - Post task.
  5. Change the Task Name to Classroom Drill Ideas. Type Discuss different ideas in the Description text box. Click Save Task.
  6. Click and drag a new Folder to the Current Tasks area.
  7. Click new Folder task.
  8. Change the folder name to Emergency …. Type Use the resources … in the Description text box. Click Save Task.
  9. Click and drag a new Off-site links task to the Current Tasks area.
  10. Click Emergency Preparedness Resources to open the folder and then click new Off-site links task.
  11. Change the Task Name to FEMA Site. Type Federal emergency in the Description text box.
  12. Type http://www.ready.gov for the URL.
  13. Click Save Task.
  14. Click and drag a new File Download task to the Current Tasks area.
  15. Click new File Download task to add a file for your participants to download.
  16. Click Choose File and select FEMA_checklist.pdf. Then click Open.
  17. Change the Task Name to FEMA Checklist. Type Emergency Supplies in the Description text box.
  18. Check the box next to Require Facilitation and then click Save Task.
  19. Click and drag a new File Upload task to the Current Tasks area.
  20. Click new File Upload task and change the Task Name to My Emergency Plan. Type Upload in the Description text box.
  21. Check the box next to Require Facilitation. Then click Save Task.
  22. Great job!

Practice

If you need help with a step, click Show to highlight the area.

Choose one of the following:

  • Novice mode if you need step-by-step instructions as you go along.
  • Ninja mode when you only need the description to complete the practice.
Novice Mode
Ninja Mode

Question Questions

I'd like to designate a percentage they must get correct on the multiple-choice questions in order to pass the course. Can we do that?
Of course, I mean, certainly. You can build the questions now and then later we'll change the settings. Remind me after we finish building.

Complete Building Your Course

Add a Multiple-choice Question task with the name Quiz and the description Answer. Add a second Multiple-choice Question task, but make it a True or False question.

Mode
Mode
Show
Restart
  1. Add a new Folder. Rename it Quiz and type Take the quiz in the Description text box.
  2. Click Save Task.
  3. Click and drag a Multiple-choice Question course task to the Current Tasks area.
  4. Click Quiz to open the folder and then click new Multiple-choice Question task.
  5. Change the task name to Quiz. Type Answer … in the Description text box.
  6. Click Add Question.
  7. Click New question and type What is FEMA? in the Question Text text box.
  8. Click the Add Option button. Click New option and type a) Federal ….
  9. Click the Add Option button. Click New option and type b) Federal ….
  10. Click the Add Option button. Click New option and type c) Federal ….
  11. Check the box next to a) Federal Emergency Management Agency to mark it as the correct answer.
  12. Click Save.
  13. Click Add Question.
  14. Type True or False? in the Question Text text box.
  15. Click the Add Option button. Click New option and type True.
  16. Click the Add Option button. Click New option and type False.
  17. Check the box next to False to mark it as the correct answer.
  18. Click Save.
  19. Click Save Task.
  20. Great job on creating your first course!

Practice

If you need help with a step, click Show to highlight the area.

Choose one of the following:

  • Novice mode if you need step-by-step instructions as you go along.
  • Ninja mode when you only need the description to complete the practice.
Novice Mode
Ninja Mode
Activating

© School Improvement Network, LLC All rights reserved.