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Multimedia Tutorials


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Course Management
This tutorial focuses on effective creation and set-up of courses (Course Creation Wizard, Course Templates) as well as tools for semester-to-semester migration (Course Copy, Course Recycle) and archiving (Course Import/Export, Course Archive, Course Backup).

Content Authoring
Learn how to use the Visual Text Box Editor and "QuickEdit" to quickly switch between the student view of a course content area and the instructor view.

Adaptive Release
Content items, discussions, assessments, assignments, or other activities can be released to students based on a set of criteria including: date/time, username, group membership, institution role, grade on a particular test or assignment, or whether the user has previously reviewed another piece of content.

Discussion Board
The Discussion Board enables threaded, asynchronous discussions. Instructors can set up multiple forums around different topics and embed those forums in appropriate content areas or lessons. Discussions can be graded for a participation grade and also peer rating may be enable as well.

Assessments and Surveys
Learn how to deliver online, automatically-scored assessments and surveys.

Gradebook
Learn how to manage student performance results in the course Gradebook.