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Getting Started |
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Review relevant |
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Course Shell Verification |
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Verify your upcoming semester course shell has been created. |
This information is controlled by Banner. |
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Confirm course name |
This information is controlled by Banner, however, you can modify the course name in the Course Offering Information screen of Course Administration. For combined courses, it is recommended to choose a name that corresponds to the individual courses combined together. |
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Confirm course start date |
This information is controlled by Banner. |
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Confirm course end date |
This information is controlled by Banner. We will update all course end dates at one time to extend approximately 2 weeks past the commencement date for that semester. |
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Confirm course active/inactive status |
This information is controlled by Banner. If a course is inactive, normally this is due to the instructor not having the appropriate permissions or training. |
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Enroll |
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Enroll other instructors, TA's, course developers, etc. into courses |
Please fill out the appropriate Faculty Request form to add others to your course. |
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Build Course Content |
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Build course content |
Copy or import course components |
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Update all course dates (due dates, date restrictions, etc.) |
Verify any other restrictions, selective releases, calendar dates, etc. Use the Manage Dates tool to edit dates in bulk. |
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Update dates in Content pages |
Manually check or use the Manage Dates tool. |
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Update all course content and any problem areas |
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Add and verify Assignments |
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Add and verify Quizzes (preview) |
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Add and verify grade items and associations |
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Update Discussion areas and include your introduction |
Introduce yourself, make it current (if you have an Introduction discussion) |
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Make sure everything is working within your course |
Check links |
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Make sure all third party integrations are working |
Publisher materials, |
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Add new welcome announcement (text/video/audio) |
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Update syllabus and schedule with all current semester information |
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Update orientation video or instructions |
Student orientation videos, create custom course navigation |
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Navbars and homepages |
If you would like to remove a tool from the navbar, go to Course Management, then Course Admin and under Tools toggle the tool on or off. |
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Student Enrollments |
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Update your class groups |
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Check Classlist and compare to Banner list |
This information is controlled by Banner. If students are missing from your course, please have the student fill out the Student Class Request form on our website. |
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Check the Classlist Enrollment Statistics |
Are the correct numbers of students enrolled? |
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Welcome email to students |
Specify in your Syllabus, the welcome announcement or an email the email system you will be using for your class. iLearn or TTU Email. |
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Can end users forward email? |
Please note that students can not respond to emails sent from iLearn to an external (non @elearn.tntech.edu) address. We have turned off the ability to forward email. |
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