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Navigating through a Course as a Student
You will use the top and left menu bars to navigate the course content, including course information, announcements posted by the instructor, as well as course readings and assessments (assignments and tests/quizzes/exams) that you need to complete.
Navigation Bar
Content
Calendar
Announcement
Discussions
Gradebook
Messages
Group
Navigation Bar
Open frequently used tools in one step. Select the Content, Calendar, Announcements, Discussions, Gradebook, Messages, and Groups tabs to easily access those tools.
Content
The Content page displays three areas:
- Course Faculty – the name of your instructor(s) found here
- Details &Actions
- Roster - Access basic profile cards and match faces to names. All course members appear in the roster. You can't remove yourself.
- Progress Tracking - allows you to see your course progress relating to your course content, assignments, and tests.
- Attendance - If your instructor uses the attendance feature, you can access your records.
- Books & Tools - Displays tools, such as Zoom LTI, available in your course and your institution.
- Course content - All of your course content appears in the main part of the page. When you select a folder or learning module, it will expand to display the content nested in that folder or learning module. When you select an item such as an assignment, document, or link, the content slides out in a panel on top of the Course Content page. Close the panel to navigate back to a previous spot in your course. Progress tracking allows you to keep track of what content you've completed and what you still need to complete. You can also search for course content by title by using the magnifying glass icon. The icon appears at the center of the right side of the course content page.
- New activity - An activity icon, which resembles a blue speech bubble, appears when new activity occurs in a course conversation for assignments, tests, and documents. The activity icon also appears to indicate new discussions.
Calendar
The calendar will help you stay on top of up and coming assessments (such as assignments and tests), due dates and events.
- Schedule – you can toggle between Day and Month, so that you can see all the items and their corresponding due date.
- Due Dates – provides you with a list of items and their due dates by Day or Month.
Additional information about Calendar
Announcements
Your instructors can use announcements to share important information with you, such as reminders about course events and due dates.
New course announcements appear immediately when you enter a course. You need to close the New Course Announcements window before you can view course content. After you close the window, it won’t appear again. If your instructor posts new announcements, the window appears again with the new announcements only.
If you want to review a previous announcement, select View all announcements.
If you see a number within a circle to the right of the Announcement tab, this means that you have some many unread announcements.
Additional information about Announcements
Discussions
Discussions are an online forum about course concepts. Your instructor may expect you to create your own discussions and participate in existing ones. Your instructor can also grade your contributions.
Discussions can also appear alongside other course materials on the Course Content page.
Additional information about Discussions
Gradebook
1 - This will be your overall grade in the course which is a running calculation.
2 - For each item, you can view the status and how many attempts you have. View which attempts you've started, submitted before the due date, and if any submissions are or will be late. After the due date passes, submission info appears in red.
3 - Click on the feedback icon to view your instructor's feedback for this particular item.
4 - Select an item to open the Details & Information panel and view your current grade and how it was calculated. You can also view how many attempts you have and if any submissions are or will be late
5 - If the due date has passed, you’re informed the next attempt will be marked late.
6 - Select the grade pill to access your submission. If you made multiple submissions, the Submission panel opens. If your instructor annotated a file you uploaded as your submission, you can view the annotations inline. Visit the assignment grades topic to see how multiple comments appear in your annotated PDF.
Additional information about Gradebook
Messages
You can send and receive messages from your instructors, other classmates, and group members. If you have new unread message(s), you will see a number in a red circle icon appear to the right of the Messages tab withi the top navigation bar.
Additional informaton about Messages
Groups
Your instructor can create group assignments, tests, and discussions where you can work collaboratively with other students in your group. You instructor can setup the groups where you are automatically enrolled or you are asked to manually join a group.
1 - Click the group name to access the group's assessments (assessments and tests) and discussion.
2 - Access a group members' names.
3 - Send a meesage your group members
Additional information about Groups