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Lessons Tab - Add Content Adding a Folder for Organization - Basic View
Tutorials Adding a Folder for Organization - Basic View
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Adding a Folder for Organization - Basic View Information
As the primary tab for course content, the Lessons tab can include both a high volume and a wide assortment of items, such as assignment guidelines, quizzes, lecture notes, message boards, and more. One way to manage your course content effectively in this area is to use folders. Content can be nested within folders or subfolders.
NOTE - ANGEL provides context sensitive help in many places. Notice that the words Title, Subtitle, etc. are linked. If you click on any of these words, ANGEL will provide help about these items.
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1. Log into your ANGEL course and click the Lessons tab.
Content tab
2. Click the Add Content hyperlink.
Add Content link
3. The Add Content page will appear displaying a list of the types of Lessons content items that may be added to the Lessons tab. Click the Folder hyperlink or icon
Folder Link
4. The New Folder editor page will appear on the screen. You will notice that there are three tabs available: Content, Access, and Assignment. On the Content tab type a title for the page in the Title textbox. Type additional information in the optional ‘Subtitle’ textbox to provide the student with a more specific description of concepts and topics covered under the Lessons tab. NOTE - Unless you specify your system preferences, you will be adding a page in the normal or beginning view. Please review the tutorial on the Common Lessons item settings.
Type in Title
5.The Access tab allows you to keep track of who has been accessing your content page. Here you may also decide who has access to your page and whether or not they will require a password.
Access tab
6. The Tracking drop-down menu specifies how the system will track access to the Lessons content item. Choosing Disabled turns off tracking to the item. Choosing one of the other tracking options specifies who will be tracked. In most cases you want the content within the folder to be tracked not the folder itself.
What can be tracked
7. The View Restrictions section contains a checkbox that allows the instructor to temporarily hide the Lessons content item. This option is useful for hiding content items that are “under construction” or for restricting student access to completed Lessons items until a future date. Hidden Lessons content items remain accessible to course editors but are designated hidden by a partially transparent icon.
Hidden Menu
8. The Viewable By drop-down menu allows the instructor to restrict access to the Lessons content item according to the course rights designation assigned to the user.
- A setting of Everyone allows the Lessons content item to be accessed by anyone on the World Wide Web regardless of whether they are affiliated with your institution and regardless of whether they have a valid account on the ANGEL system.
- A setting of Authenticated Guests allows any authenticated ANGEL user to access the Lessons content item. This includes both users who are on the course roster and those who are not.
- A setting of Students restricts access to the Lessons content item to only those users on the course roster who have course rights of Student or higher.
- A setting of Team Leaders restricts access to the Lessons content item to only those users on the course roster who have course rights of Team Leader or higher.
- A setting of Course Mentors restricts access to the Lessons content item to only those users on the course roster who have course rights of Course Mentor or higher.
- A setting of Course Assistants restricts access to the Lessons content item to only those users on the course roster who have course rights of Course Assistant or higher.
- A setting of Course Editors restricts access to the Lessons content item to only those users on the course roster who have course rights of Course Editor.
- A setting of Author restricts access to the Lessons content item to only the original author of the Lessons content item.
Viewable By Menu
9.The Password field allows the instructor to password protect the Lessons content item. Upon clicking the title of the Lessons content item, the user will be prompted for the correct password before access is granted. Course editors may hold their cursor over the locked icon (located next to the password protected item) to see a reminder of the password.
Password
10. The Team Access drop-down menu allows the instructor to restrict access to the Lessons content item to a specific team of students as defined under the class roster. The team must first be created under the Management tab before the Lessons content item may be restricted to the team. This option is useful for providing unique content to specific students for team projects, multiple versions of a test, remedial or advanced content, etc. For more information on creating teams view the tutorial Management Tab - Teams.
User Team Menu
11. The Assignment tab allows you to add your Lessons item as a milestone or as a gradable assignment in the Course Gradebook. The Milestone Settings drop down box allows you to add a Lessons item as a milestone without leaving the Lessons area. Milestone settings provide options for the Completion of the item, Assign Date and Due Date. To learn more about Milestones, please review the Milestone Tutorials. NOTE - If you do not click the checkbox, a milestone will not be created. The Gradebook Settings drop down box allows you to add a Lessons content item as a gradeable assignment without leaving the Lessons area. To learn more about the Course Gradebook view the tutorials in Course Management - Course Gradebook.
Assignment Tab
12. Click the Save button.
Save Button
13. The folder is created and you are taken inside of the empty folder.
Empty Folder Created
