Get Started in Your Course

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  • In this article, we'll show you the important steps to get day one ready to teach your course
  1. Click Courses on the left hand side, then click All Courses.
    • If you're an admin, make sure you have selected the correct school
      and course within that school.
  2. Select the course you want to work in.
  3. Follow the steps below to get started.

      • Access Course Syllabus

        Click the Syllabus tab.

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        Then you will see your course syllabus. Some courses have course descriptions and/or videos. There's also a list of all the assignments in the course, as well as the assignment groups and their weights. 

        To edit the Syllabus page, click Edit.

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      • Add Students

        Click the People tab.
        Then click + People.

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        Select the method         you want to add users.
        Then type in the identifier         for the students you want to add and click Next.

        Note

        You can also add users called observers to your course. Observers are linked to students and able to view student grades and progress within a course.

        - To learn more about observers, go here.
        - To learn how to link observers to students, go here.

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        Click Add Users.

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      • Create an Announcement

        Click the Announcements tab. If you haven't created an announcement yet, this tab may be grayed out.

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        Click + Announcement.

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        Then fill in a title and a message. 
        Click Save.

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        If you'd like to delay posting until a certain date, click the box next to Delay Posting.
        Then select the date. 

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        Then you'll see your announcement. If this is the first announcement in your course, the Announcements tab will now be active.

        - To learn how to pin announcements, go here.
        - To learn how to add announcements to your course home page, go here.

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      • View Course Calendar

        Click View Calendar on your course home page.

        Note

        Your course calendar allows you to view all your assignments and their due dates. You can also view calendars for multiple courses at once to compare work across courses.

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        Then you can view your course's assignments by week, month, or in an agenda view.

        - To learn more about your course calendar, go here.
        - To learn how to distribute assignment due dates, go here.

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      • Publish Your Course

        In the Home tab, click Publish.

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        In the Home tab, under Course Status you will see that the course is published. To learn about customizing your course by creating assignments, go here.

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