Step 2: Creating Units/Topics: Building the Parts
To begin this part click on the Course Home button.
- There are several actions you can take from this screen.
- Post announcements
- Add introductory information
- Add new Units or Topics
- Add content items to the course
- Manage files
Course Home
- Edit Course Home: Click on the Course Home button on the left. The first page you see will be the Edit Course Home area. From here you can create and edit what the student will see when they first enter the class. Including announcements; introduction and the layout of the class.
- Announcements: This is the area to create announcements that will be seen when the student logs into the class. Click on Add New announcement and follow the directions to create an announcement for the class.
- Introductory Information: Any type of information can be put into the Course Introduction box, including text pictures, table and links. This material will show on the students Course Home Page when they log into the class and forms a greeting to the class.
- Add New "Topic, Unit , Session": The "word" here will depend on what you named the Unit Heading in the previous step. By clicking here you will be creating a new button on the left hand navigation bar and a new section of the class. The screen below will appear. 1. Type in a Title and 2. an introduction which will appear one the course page when that Unit/Topic is selected. 3. Click the Add topic button to save the changes.
- Add Content Item: Click on this button to add content items to your course. These may be used anywhere in your course. See the section below for more details on how to add content.
- Manage files: Click on this button to add pictures, files or pages that you may need to build some content items.
This is an extremely powerful part of the system which allows you to be creative and not restricted to sequential labels. You can add topic or theme buttons such as "Class Projects" or "Themes".