Add and edit activities

You use activities to provide your students with graded or non-graded assessments.

Notes

• Although you can add activities to the Course Materials Library or My Course list, it is strongly recommended that you create all activities in the Course Materials Library and then move them to the My Course list where you can set appropriate scheduling.
• If you do add an activity directly to the My Course list, you will be prompted to save the new activity to the Course Materials Library. In this case, navigate to and select the Course Materials Library folder where you want to save the activity and then click Add and Close.
• Another option for creating course materials is to use Course Materials Wizard. To access the wizard, select Course Materials from the menu bar. This wizard lets you add assignments by taking you to the Course Materials Library, copy materials from another course using the Course Materials Library, and manage your content library. Refer to Using the Course Materials Wizard for more information.

Note: Teaching assistants must have permission to create and edit course materials. You can give teaching assistants this permission on the course Preferences > Permissions page.

Add activities

To create new activities:

1. Go to the Course Materials > Add from Library or Course Materials > Manage Course Materials page.
2. Click Add Course Materials.

3. Select the type of activity you want to add.
   • On the Activity Details page:
     1. Enter an Activity name of up to 100 characters.
     2. Enter additional information to identify the activity for searches:
        • ID: Enter an activity ID of up to 32 characters. If you are editing an activity with an SCO question, the field can show the SCO ID.
        • Keywords: Enter one or more keywords, of up to 1000 characters, that relate to the activity. Separate multiple keywords with commas; for example: keyword1, keyword2.
        • Topic: Enter an activity topic of up to 100 characters.
        • Subtopic: Enter an activity subtopic of up to 100 characters. If you enter a Subtopic, you must also enter a Topic.
     3. Enter an Activity Description of up to 1200 characters.

        The activity description is used to identify activities during searches. Depending on the course design, it may also appear beneath the activity on the instructor Course Materials > Manage Course Materials page and the student Course Materials > View All Course Materials page.

        Note: Description text you enter for readiness check pre-tests and post-tests appears on the Activity Details page. It is not otherwise used for display purposes.

     4. Enter related Vocabulary words, up to 100 characters.
     5. Enter the Estimated time to complete the activity, which is the optimal time, in hours and minutes (HH:MM), it should take students to complete the activity. This time is an estimate used to calculate the percentage of course work completed by the student. The amount of time you enter does not limit the actual time students have to complete the activity.

     6. Select Include only Testing to make an activity that includes only questions used for testing in the MyTest folder of the Course Materials Library.

     7. To include only project builder questions, select Include only project builder questions. This option is available if questions of type "project builder" are included in your course.
     8. Select the appropriate Behavioral Mode. For more information on behavioral modes, see Select behavioral modes. You cannot change the behavioral mode when editing activities.
4. Click Save and Continue to add questions to the activity.
5. Add HelpLinks to the activity.
6. Add messages to the activity.
7. Define the activity's grade schema.
8. Add links to additional resource materials if you want.
9. Provide activity feedback.
10. Click Save and Return.
11. If prompted, locate the folder in which you want to store the activity and then click Add and Close.
12. Add the activity to your course.
13. Set the activity's preferences.

Edit activities

1. Select Edit from the activity options menu.

2. Make the appropriate changes.

3. Click Save.

Use navigation options

When creating or editing your activity, you can use the various navigation options to switch between activity pages at any time. However, you may need to complete certain information prior to opening another page. If this is the case, a message appears at the top of the screen directing you to enter the required information.

After you open the activity in create/edit mode, you can click several options:

• Save and Continue: Saves your work and opens the next page.
• Previous: Returns to the previous page.
• Save and Return: Saves the activity and returns to the main application page. When you create a new activity in the My Course list on the right side of the Course Materials > Add from Library page or on another Course Materials page, you are prompted to save a copy of the new activity to the Course Materials Library, which acts as a repository of all of your resources. On the Save Copy to Course Materials Library page, navigate to and select the appropriate Course Materials Library folder, and then click Add and Close.
• Cancel: You must confirm whether you want to save or cancel your work.
• Click any available tab, for example, Preferences, to open the page of the same name and enter information. Information you enter in the current page is retained until you save the activity.

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