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Creating Your Course Menu
Overview Four Steps to Creating a Course
Menu Plan your Links
Add the Tools
Create the Content Areas
Organize the Links
Keep It Simple Possible Starting Points
If you want to provide… Add…
One click access to an often utilized tool, such as Discussions or Calendar
A tool link to the specific tool
Lecture notes or other reading materials
One or more content areas to organize the material
A link to a regularly used web site
An External Link
Edit Mode
Adding Tools to the Course Menu
Fast Steps
•In Edit Mode, click the Plus Sign (Create Item Icon)
•Select Create Tool Link
Adding Tools to the Course Menu
•Enter the name for the Link
•From the Type drop down list, select the tool to add
•Select whether the tool will be available to users
•Click Submit
Hands-on ActivityAdd Tools to Your
Course
Create Content Areas
Four Sub-StepsDetermine how Content Areas
will be organizedAdd the Content AreasAdd items and tools to the
Content AreasEdit the items in the Content
Areas
Organization of Content AreaThree approaches
Chronologically
By Content Type
By Subject Area
Chronologically
•In this approach, each Content Area contains a week’s worth or a chapter’s worth of material
Type of Content Related types of content are
grouped together in a Content Area
Course Menu Content Area
Begin Class Here Syllabus, Course Outline, Course Policies, Introduce Yourself Discussion Board
Course Lectures Intro Lecture, Chapter 1 Lecture, Chapters 2,3, and 4 Lecture
Course Assignments Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Lab Report 1
Subject Area Each Content Area contains
materials on a particular subject.
Course Menu Content Area
Begin Class Here
Syllabus, Course Outline, Course Policies, Introduce Yourself Discussion Board
Solar Energy Lecture, Assignment, Chat, Quiz
Wind Energy Lecture, Assignment, Discussion, Survey
Add The Content Area
Steps•In the Edit Mode, click the Plus sign above the Course Menu
•Select Create Content Area
Add The Content Area
•Enter a Name for the link•Select whether it will be available to users•Click Submit
Hands-on ActivityAdd Content Areas
Plan Your Content Area Consider how you will organize your course
Add Content Areas Create two or three Content Areas Title one of them Begin Class Here
View Content Areas Note the Content Areas you created. Because the
Content Areas created have no content in them, there is an icon of a dotted square.
Access the Begin Class Here area and note that it is empty.
Return to the Homepage using the breadcrumbs.
Add Items/Tools to Content Area
The following are examples of items that can be added to a Content Area: Items that contain files, text, images Individual Tool links Folders Tests and surveys Assignments External Links Course Links Module Pages
To Add an Item Use the “Create
Item” button on the Action Bar.
Add other materials using the “Build”, “Evaluate”, and “Collaborate” buttons
Adding Items and Tools
If You Want to Add: Click
Folder, External Link, Course Link, Learning Module, Syllabus, Module Page, Link to a Tool
Build
Test, Survey, Assignment, Self or Peer Assignment
Evaluate
Discussion Board Link, Blog Link, Journal, Chat, Virtual Classroom Link, Group Link
Collaborate
Adding an Item In Edit Mode, access the Content Area
from the Course Menu On the Action Bar, click Create Item On the Add Item Page, enter the
Item’s Name and text To add a file, click Browse and locate
the file. To add multiple files, use the Text Editor’s Attach File function
Under Options, click Yes to make the item available to students
Click Submit
Adding a Tool to the Content Area
In Edit, access the Content Area. From the Build Menu, select Link to
Tools Area On the Link to Tools page, select the
tool and click Next On the Add Link Page enter a link
name or leave the default name In the Text box, enter the text to
appear under the Link Name Under Options, select availability Click Submit
Adding Tools
Adding Tools
Hands-on ActivityAdding Materials to Begin
Class Add an Item titled About This
Course Use the Build Menu to Create
Syllabus Select the option to Create New Syllabus
Add a link to the Discussion Board
Add an External Link Turn Edit Mode to OFF to preview
your course as a Student
Editing the Items in a Content Area
After items are added to a Content Area, you may edit the following:
The Item’s Name
The Item’s Availability
The Order of the Items
Editing an Item
In Edit Mode, in the Content Area, click the Item’s Action Link
Select Edit Edit the item’s
name and/or availability
Changing the Order of Items
In Edit Mode, press the “Move” icon next to the item. The item is highlighted.
Drag the item into the new location in the Content Area.
Hands-on ActivityOrganizing Content Items Change the order of the links in
the Course Menu by using the drop and drag function.
Change the name of one of the Links. (Please do not change the name of the Tools Link)
Make one of the links unavailable to students
Turn Edit Mode OFF to view as a student.
Congratulations!!
You are well on your way to creating an engaging course for your students!
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