Viewing a Course

All of your course content appears in the main part of the page. When you open a piece of content, it slides out in a layer on top of the Course Content page. Close layers to go back to a previous spot in your course..

1. Navigation bar: Open frequently used tools in one step. Select a tab to open Content, Calendar, Announcements, Discussions, Messages, Gradebook, Analytics, or Groups.

2. Details & Actions: Manage your course with these options:

   • Roster: View your class list. You can access basic profile cards and match faces to names. You can also send messages to anyone involved with your course.
   • Progress Tracking: Student Progress Tracking. Tracks students progress within a course
   • Course Image: You can add a course banner image to personalize your course. Your image is displayed along the top of the Course Content page and as the course card thumbnail in the Courses list.
   • Course availability: Open a Course
     • Open: Open a course when you're ready for students to participate.
     • Private: Make a course private while you add or experiment with content. Students see private courses in their course lists, but they can't access them.
     • Complete: When you complete a course, students can access the content, but they can't participate.
   • Class Collaborate: Use Class Collaborate sessions as a convenient launch point for scheduled and impromptu workspaces for students.
   • Attendance: Mark attendance grades and access detailed records.
   • Announcements: Create or schedule course announcements for all course members to view.
   • Books & Tools: Display tools available in your course and your institution
   • Question Banks: Create a database of questions you can reuse in multiple assessments. You can create new question banks or import existing ones in your courses. 
3. Course Schedule: Add the days and times this course meet as a calendar event. You can also include a location (in person or Teams meeting link). If you skip this and you later decide to add one, go to the Calendar page. 
4. Add content: Select the “+”plus sign wherever you want to add content. If you want to copy or import content, open the menu on the right side above the content list.
5. New activity: If you've enabled conversations on content, activity icons appear for new conversation activity. The activity icon also appears with new discussions and group conversation activity.
6. Search: You can search for course content by title by using the magnifying glass icon. 

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