Adding Start Here from the LOR in Brightspace
We want students to have a consistent location to find key course-related items like the Syllabus and Course Calendar, as well as campus-wide support information. The Start Here module is where this information is provided and should be the first item in your course's Table of Contents.
Task 1: Adding Start Here from the LOR
- Watch the first 1:30mins of the video on How to: Add Start Here and Restructure a Course in Brightspace
- Search for and enter course using Course Selector “waffle”
- Select Course Information folder from D2L Visual TOC or full Table of Contents
- Upload/Create > Add Object from LOR
- Search For: start (click Search rather than <ENTER>)
- Select radio > Next
- Leave as default “Dynamic Link to Newest Version” > Next > Create Topic
- Grab the move handle and shift out and to first item in Table of Contents list
Task 2: Relocating Syllabus and other important documents into Start Here
- Drag and drop Syllabus, Course Calendar, etc into Start Here (Start Here title block will highlight when selection to be place inside this folder)
- If additional informational docs exist that require Course Information folder to be kept, say several internship or clinical docs, then leave
- Note: If Textbook has only one item in it (say, an image of a book that is only offered in hard copy), drag that into Start here, place under Syllabus, and then delete Textbook folder item
- If Course Information is empty, select Actions arrow > Delete Module
- If Course Information still has documents, determine if/where they should shift to another folder.
Task 3: Setting up Start Here description
- Select Start Here title
- Add a description by copy/pasting the following > Update:
"Welcome to {OrgUnitName}!
Before you jump into the course content, please take a few minutes to review the following items. This brief orientation is to make you aware of some course-related information as well as a few PTC-related items."
Task 4: Reposition and Hide key items
- Reposition items
- Place Syllabus after PLACEHOLDER: Syllabus) and other items.
- Place Course Calendar after Syllabus
- Place Online Faculty Checklist before Additionally Online (ONL) Information
- Place Announcements log file after Additionally Online (ONL) Information
- Hide Instructor Checklist and PLACEHOLDER items
- Bulk Edit > click on eye then click a second time to get line through eye
- Click Done Editing once all desired items hidden
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