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Hello, Sarah here from Frameweld.
In this video I’m going to show you the basics
of how to create a course in Encourse.
First of all, not all Instructors have permission to create new courses.
A Faculty Administrator,
or Organization Administrator must grant user permission to create courses.
If there’s no “Create New Course” button available on your Course page,
or Dashboard, contact the Administrator at your organization
to have courses created for you.
I can create a course from the Quick Links,
but I prefer to create a course from my Courses page.
So we’ll choose “Courses” from the Admin dropdown menu,
at the top of the page.
If an administrator created a course for you,
or you’re returning to edit a previously existing course,
this is the page to access it.
To open a previously existing course,
just click “Open” to the right of the course you want to edit.
To create a new course we’ll click the “Create New Course” link
at the top of the page in the window that just opened.
We’ll give our course a name and click “Create.”
This will bring us to the Course Settings page.
The Course Settings page allows us to manage the course settings
and permissions as a whole.
We can always come back and manage Course Settings
even after the course is active.
However, there are a few exceptions.
While we are building a course,
the only required field is the Course Title,
which we entered when created the New Course.
The Intro Description is a short description
that will be shown to students on the Course Listing page
and Course Info page.
The Full Description field can offer additional information about the course,
and is only accessed from the Course Info page.
The Course Image accompanies the Introduction Description
on both the Course Listing page and Course Info page.
Because the image window is rather small,
it is best to upload a picture
that is 300 pixels wide by 225 pixels tall.
To add a course image click the "Choose File" button
and navigate to an image on your local disc,
then click "Open" in the dialogue box.
Before we can publish a course, we will need to assign an instructor.
Select the instructor, or multiple instructors
responsible for student correspondence from the dropdown menu.
All Instructors from our organization should be listed in the menu.
Contact your Encourse Administrator to add an instructor
if they are not on the list.
We can choose whether or not the instructor
will be visible to students by selecting “Yes” or “No”
under the option of “Display Instructor?”
“Category” is an optional field that makes it easier for students
to search for courses on the All Courses Listing page.
Categories can only be created by administrators,
so if you need a new category added, contact your local administrator.
The “Add Minisite” portal allows us to link a set of presentations
from The Workshop to course curriculum.
This is an optional feature,
for additional information and step-by-step instructions
on adding a minisite, check out our Knowledge Base.
The Course Start
and End Dates set the dates for when the course becomes active.
This is the time period
for which content will be available for students to access.
If we do not set a Start or End Date before publishing the course, the course
will become active immediately and remain active until it is deleted.
To set the dates, click "Select Date" and use the calendar
to navigate and select the dates we want the course to start and end.
While it’s not necessary,
we can also set the Start and End Date down to the minute.
Finally, decide if the course is Public or Private.
Public courses are all listed on your Course Listing pages
for all to see.
To register for a Private Course,
the instructor must invite the students that are allowed to register.
Private courses are not shown on the Course Listing page,
they are accessed by invite only.
Be sure to click the "Save" button at the top of the page
before navigating away to save the Course Settings.
Next, we will click the “Build” tab
to start adding modules and content to our course.
At the bottom of the window, we have a docked toolbar.
These are the different learning modules and elements
that we can add to our course.
We can add headings to help organize and break up our course content.
To add a heading, click the "Heading" button on the toolbar,
and a text box will open, enter the heading text,
and description text, then click "Save" to add it to the course.
The “Presentation” button allows us to insert a rich media presentation
that was created in The Workshop,
assuming we linked a minisite on the Course Settings page.
Since we didn’t link a minisite,
we will skip ahead to HTML page.
An HTML Page is a modular learning page
that incorporates text, images, embedded materials, audio,
and downloadable materials into one modular learning element.
We can add an HTML Page
by clicking the “HTML” button, customizing the settings,
and adding content on the HTML Build page,
or check off the box next to a previously created template.
Check out our separate tutorial video on HTML Pages,
the link is in the description of this video.
Assessments can be used as a measure of understanding
as a scored test or quiz,
and can also be used to create a survey
to gather student input using a non-scored assessment.
We can add an assessment by clicking the “Assessment” button,
customizing the settings
and adding questions on the Build page,
or by checking off the box
next to a previously populated Assessment Template.
There’s also a separate tutorial video
on the features of assessments linked in the description below.
On the Course Build page,
we can move each of the modules within the course
using the Move Module panel arrows to the right.
Click the “Edit” or “Delete” links to change the module.
To add a Certificate, click the “Certificate” button.
Give the certificate a name, and click "Create."
Below each of the modules, we have several dropdown menus.
From the menus, select if the course is required or not.
If the module is required,
students must complete the module in order to proceed to the next module
and complete the course.
Dependency limits access to a module
based on the completion of one or all previous modules.
And access delay will force a time delay before the module can be accessed.
You can set an interval or hard date and time for the access delay.
Once we’ve completed adding modules to our course,
click “Save” at the top of the page.
Notice that we get a confirmation that our changes have been saved?
Now that we have built our course,
we can preview it in a new tab of our browser
and see the student view of the course.
Once we have completed adding course content
we must select the Course Completion Point.
Just select the button
to the right of the last required course curricula module
and now we're ready to publish.
Make sure to save then click the “Publish” button
to publish the course.
Because we set our Start Date in the future,
we’ll be able to edit the course up until that Start Date.
For edits to go into effect, we must Save and then Publish again.
Thank you for joining me in this tutorial
on how to create a course in Encourse.
For more information about creating courses with Encourse,
or step-by-step instructions on any part of creating courses or modules,
check out our Knowledge Base.