• Publishing provides another method of copying resources from one place to another. As it is a copy, tracking will not be available from the LOR, instead use and interaction data will need to be exported from the course.
  • A benefit of publishing, is that you can create an entire lesson in the LOR and then push it to the course in it's entirety. This method results in retaining a copy of the published content in the Library Repository
  • The process of building a lesson to be published into a course involves copying items in the repository into a folder to be published. Once the lesson content is built in entirety, it can be published into the course. Once in the course adjustments may be needed for proper labeling, access, and interaction settings.

Creating a Folder to Publish from

 

  1. Begin in the "Publishable Content" folder in the LOR
  2. Click on Add Content
  3. Click on "Folder" to create a space for the course. Name the folder after the course e.g.. World Civ 111
  4. Click "Save"
  5. Repeat steps 2 - 4 to create a folder for a specific semester
  6. Obs.: Collaboration with courses will span multiple semesters. A clean shared space will be maintained by using the following structure in the Course Assessments directory: 
    Course Name / Course Name Semester Year. e.g.: World Civ 111 / World Civ 111 Fall 2011.
  7. Click on "Settings" and Select the "Advanced" radio button
  8. Configure settings as described below
    1. Content tab
      1. Set the Title. Name the folder for the course and semester. e.g. World Civ 111 / World Civ 111 Fall 2011.
      2. Use the "Page Text" area to include instructions for the lesson
    2. Access tab
      • The "View Restrictions" start and end dates control what appears to the student. It does not make an assessment or tutorial able to be interacted with, that function is controlled using the Interaction tab.
      • It is recommended to leave the start and end dates in the "Access" tab alone
      1. Set User Tracking to "Everyone"
      2. Set Viewable by to "Members"
  9. Save

Building the Lesson in the LOR to Publish from

 

  • Here, we are going to pull together all the content that will be "published" to the course into one place for easy exporting of the material into the course
  1. Begin in the folder created in the Creating a Folder to Publish From procedure (LOR/Publishable Content/)
  2. Click on Add Content
  3. Click "Copy Items"
  4. Select items from the hierarchy
  5. Repeat as necessary to incorporate all content
  6. Click "Save"

Publish Lesson Content in LOR into a Course

 

  1. Begin in the folder in the LOR that was created for the publishable content (LOR/Publishable Content/Course folder)
  2. The order that the content appears is the order it will be displayed to students. Verify that the order is as intended and adjust as necessary
    1. Click "Rearrange" from top menu
    2. Drag and drop the content into the order intended
    3. Click "Save"
  3. Click "Publish"
  4. Use the checkboxes to select all the content to be published into the course
  5. Click "Continue"
  6. Use the interface provided to find the course for the content to be published into
  7. Select the course
  8. Use the "Copy Content" button to send the content to the course

Setting up the Lesson in the Course

 

  • The procedure for setting up a lesson in the course is made easier when all the content for the lesson has been published together.
  1. Begin in the "lessons" folder in the course the content was published to, and find the "Repository - Library Repository Pullman" folder
  2. Click "Settings"
  3. Adjust the lesson title to something appropriate for the course using the "settings" options
  4. Verify "Access Settings" are set to:
    • Access Tracking, User Tracking = "All Enrolled Users"
    • View Restrictions, Viewable By = "Students"
    • The "View Restrictions" start and end dates control what appears to the student. It does not make an assessment or tutorial able to be interacted with.
    • It is recommended to leave the start and end dates in the "Access" tab alone
  5. Verify Assessment Settings
  6. Verify the order of items in the lesson
  7. Save

Configure Access Dates & Connecting Assessments to Gradebook

 

  1. Navigate to one of the recently created module folders
  2. Click "settings" link under the assignment name
    1. Access tab
      1. Click on "advanced" radio button
      2. Set User Tracking to "Everyone"
      3. Viewable by "Students"
        • The "View Restrictions" start and end dates control what appears to the student. It does not make an assessment or tutorial able to be interacted with, that function is controlled using the Interaction tab.
        • It is recommended to leave the start and end dates in the "Access" tab alone
    2. Interaction tab
      • The "Interaction" tab includes "Delivery Settings" where start and end dates can be set for availability of a tutorial or assessment
      1. Under "Delivery Settings" set the enable and disabled dates for the assessment to be available for student work
      2. Verify "Display Settings" are set as desired. See recommendations for the Interactions tab settings inCourse Assessments - Combining Tutorial Quiz Sets into a Quiz
    3. Assignment tab
      1. Milestone Settings: leave Task Type with default value "(None)"
      2. In the "Gradebook Settings" section, set the values as shown in fig. 5
        1. Assignment: (New Assignment)
        2. Points Possible: The quiz value to be displayed to students when taking the assessment, and what is used for calculations in the gradebook
        3. Select the appropriate category for the assignment to be tied to the gradebook in, or create a new one (this should be discussed with the course instructor)
  3. Save
  4. Repeat as necessary for each assessment

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