Course materials (students)
Course materials can include anything from lessons and presentations to assignments and exams. Each course can be organized differently, so the course materials might be listed in Materials, or organized into folders. To access your course's materials, click Courses, and then select the course you want to access.
Course Folders
Course folders organize course-specific materials and can contain the following:
- Assignments
- Tests or quizzes
- Assessments
- Files or links
- Discussions
- Media albums
- Pages
Course assignments
An assignment may require you to submit something for your instructor to grade. Your instructor can also provide feedback or upload a file in return to you.
- In the assignment, click Submit Assignment.
- Optionally, enter any questions you have in the Comments.
- Select one of the following options:
- Upload: Select a file from your computer.
- Create: Create a document using the text editor.
- Resources: Select a file from your Resources, which can be a Google Doc if you have linked your account.
- Click Submit to finish.
Assignments may have a due date. If so, the assignment will be displayed in your Calendar and Upcoming areas on your homepage. Depending on the settings chosen by the course instructor, an assignment may not be graded.
Course tests/quizzes
The tests/quizzes material is a type of online assessment that is made from a variety of the following question types:
- True/false
- Multiple choice
- Ordering
- Short-answer/essay questions
- Fill in the blank
- Matching
Tests/quizzes can only remain open six hours before the session expires. You must exit the test/quiz and resume testing later if the test will take longer than six hours to complete.
After you submit a test/quiz, your grades will be displayed in the Grades area. Tests/quizzes may be timed or may allow multiple submissions. Each test/quiz varies depending on the instructor and the course.
How do I take the test/quiz?
- Click the name of the test/quiz.
- Click Start New Attempt.
- Answer the questions appropriately.
- Click Submit when you are ready to submit the test/quiz to your instructor.
Reviewing past submissions
Your instructor may allow you to access your past submissions for some tests or quizzes. To review your submissions, go to the test or quiz, and then select the My Submissions tab.
Assessments
Assessments are another type of online assessment in courses. Assessments have a larger complement of question types:
- Multiple Choice
- True or False
- Matching
- Ordering
- Fill in the Blank Text
- Short Answer or Essay
- Audio
- Video
- Fill in the Blank Dropdown (Enterprise only)
- Fill in the Blank Drag and Drop (Enterprise only)
- File Upload (Enterprise only)
- Label Image (Enterprise only)
- Highlight Hotspot (Enterprise only)
- Highlight Image (Enterprise only)
- Highlight Text (Enterprise only)
- Math Short Answer (Enterprise only)
- Number Line (Enterprise only)
- Chart (Enterprise only)
Taking an Assessment
- Click on the name of the Assessment.
- Click Start Attempt.
- Answer the questions appropriately.
- Click Review to review your answers.
- Click Finish when you have completely reviewed your answers.
- Click Yes to submit your Assessment attempt. Click No if you need to continue the review of your attempt.
After you submit an Assessment, your grade may display in the Grades area. Assessments may be timed or may allow multiple submissions. Each Assessment will vary depending on the instructor and the course.
Course Files and Links
Files that have been added to your course can display inside of Folders or in the Files or Links area of the Materials Index. The file types that can be displayed in your browser without having to download the file include:
- Word (.doc, .docx)
- Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
- Powerpoint (.ppt, .ppt)
- PDF (.pdf)
Course Discussions
Discussions are interactive conversations that allow participation between you, your classmates, and your instructor. Each discussion has threaded commenting, allowing you to respond to any post by another student.
For some courses, instructors may choose to moderate the discussion posts. Moderation requires a course admin to approve each post before it is published. When this feature is turned on, your posts will not be immediately accessible to other students.
Course Media Albums
Media albums can contain photos, videos, and/or audio files. With your instructor's permission, you may comment on each item within the album or even upload your own files. Your instructor can also tag you and your classmates in specific photos. Tagged photos of you will also display on your profile page.
Course Pages
Pages are resources created by your instructor to supplement the course. These pages are highly versatile, allowing for the inclusion of text, image, outside link, and video information.
