What's happening in U of S Course Tools? From our blog...

Getting Started

U of S Course Tools contains many great features for instructors and students such as:

• flexibility to organize online content;
• ability to access Course Tools from mobile devices (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad);
• a tool to give (and mark) quizzes;
• an assignment tool that lets you return online marked assignments to students;
• a Grade Book to organize and distribute assignment marks to students.

Top 10 Overall List of the most common tasks you may do:

1. Add a TA to my course (more...)
2. Add a Guest to my course (more...)
3. Add a syllabus (more...)
4. View course as student (more...)
5. Add content - text, files, folders, images, links (more...)
6. Build assignment hand in 'folders' (more...)
7. Add grades to grade book (more...)
8. Email students; change email settings (more...)
9. View classlist (more...)
10. Add a discussion (more...)

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GENERAL:

• Comparing PAWS Course Tools to New Course Tools
• Basics and Building Content
• Working with the Syllabus Tool
• Making a Course Available/Unavailable to Students
• Copying a Development Course to a Live Course
• Working with the Content Editor
• Using ShareStream to add Media to a Course

TOOLS:

• Customizing Tool Availability
• List of Tools and Their Definitions

ASSIGNMENTS & TESTS:

• Working with Assignments
• Working with Pools, Questions and Tests
• Reusing Questions for Tests
• Best Practices for Exams

• Reference: Getting the Most Out of Multiple Choice Questions

COMMUNICATION:

• Working with Discussions
• Working with Groups
• Working with Announcements
• Configuring the Email Tool

GRADE CENTRE:

• Grade Centre Basics
• Grade Centre Columns
• Grade Centre SmartViews
• Grade Centre - Work Offline

• Import OMR marks into Grade Centre
• Exporting Grades to SiRIUS

OPEN COURSE WARE (OCW):

• Overview and Syllabus
• Top Ten Things to Know

BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE:

• Website of information

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:

• Quick reference guide for Copyright Do's and Don'ts
• Copyright Management at the U of S
• Help with Copyright? Contact Copyright at the U of S

PRIVACY INFORMATION:

As of the end of May, 2013, students are able to email instructors, TA's and single / select students in their classes. 

Students may opt out by following the instructions on the the My Courses Tab > Privacy Settings Module.

Instructors can change the e-mail settings in the course by following instructions on the following pages: 
Email: http://www.usask.ca/its/courses/coursetools/docs/email.pdf
Class Lists: http://www.usask.ca/its/courses/coursetools/help.html (find "Enabling Roster Tool" under General FAQ)

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