Learning modules let you present all of the resources for a specific topic (e.g., one week of class) as a cohesive unit, rather than requiring that students visit several different areas of your Compass course.
This video tutorial covers the basics of creating a learning module.
To download all student submissions for a particular assignment:
After you unzip the file you save, you will have a folder for each student who submitted the assignment, in that folder will be an html file that contains the student's name, and the file the student submitted for grade.
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Go to the next tutorial if you are interested in creating an outlook distribution list
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When you start a new course site in IL Compass you will see a link in the front page that links to help files and to samples of course site organization. Watch this movie to see that link displayed.
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The Assignment Toolallows the submission of assignments by the students or groups in different formats. Follow the video tutorial next to create assignments. You can also go to the CITES tutorial to view and print the instructions.
The calendar tool is a robust application that allows users to see in one view all the calendars from the different courses that he is participating in, or that allows them to customize the calendar and even add personal information
This video show to set up the Calendar tool in IL Compass(WebCT)
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Those with Instructor Access to a course can add other members to the class. In other ways, only those that can see the TEACH tab in the course window have access to the Instructor Tools and can add other member.
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The Gradebook default view in IL Compass (WebCT) will show all participants in alphabetical order. But the users can sort them in different ways, click on the link to read the complete post to see the step by step instructions to do it This second video shows other ways to sort the gradebook view:
If you want to sort them so that you only see the students first, this video shows how you can do it:
The Mail Tool in WebCT is very useful because it allows communication between all the participants in a course, and the users can configure the settings so that they receive the messages in their e-mail mailbox whenever new messages are posted in WebCT.
This document explains how to configure the Mail TooL, (Click on the image to open instructions)
The user's profile is created once and it is displayed in all courses or sites that are using the same Compass (WebCT) server. It is important for the users to show updated information in their users profile so that other users in the system can see. For a text version of this tutorial, go HERE
This video shows how to configure the user's profile, upload user's photo ( and add more information that will show in user's profile in the course rosters):
1. Download the course roster by going to the Gradebook and selecting the button "Export to Spreadsheet" at the bottom of the page.
2. Save that as your "master" spreadsheet for the course roster.
Now that you have that spreadsheet, use it to enter grades to different assignments. You don't need all the columns that show in the Master spreadsheet, you only need the User ID column and the column of the assignment that you want to update.
3. If the column of the assignment is in the Master spreadsheet, leave the name as is, and enter your grades there. If you don't have the column in the Master spreadsheet, then add a column with the name of the assignment that you want to enter
4. Save the spreadsheet as a .csv (Comma Separated Value)
5. Close the spreadsheet.
6. Go to your course gradebook in Compass
7. Click on the button "Import from Spreadsheet"
8. Browse for the file, and upload.
Creating Groups in WebCT (IL Compass) is a simple process. First, make sure that the students or Teaching Assistants' rosters have been uploaded. Then you can proceed to create groups. Click on the TEACH tab and follow the steps shown in the movie below,
For a text version of this tutorial go HERE
Read the complete post...Al Weiss, CITES EdTech Consultant, has provided this useful list with top 10 Compass tips can help instructors save time and avoid frustrations, customize and personalize your course site, and add to the educational value of your online content.
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