Course Builder

The Course Builder Tool allows you to map and plan out your course before adding content. You can apply place holders for content, quizzes, dropbox, etc. and easily apply the content when ready. Creating the association from an assessment item to the gradebook is made easy through the drag and drop interface.

How to access Course Builder? (Written guidelines)

1. To access Course Builder, enter your course, click “Course Content”, “Content” (1), “Table of Contents” (2), “Related Tools”(3), and “Course Builder” (4)
   
   You can also access Course Builder by clicking “Edit Course” (1), and “Course Builder” (2)
2. You are able to build placeholders in your course by dragging them from the “Build Outline” area (1) to the course structure area (2)
3. You are able to lay out your modules and placeholders (1), as well as add content that is ready to be added (2). Both simply have to be dragged to the course structure area (3)
4. When it comes time to add content to placeholders, simply click on the placeholder in the course structure area (1), and then access the options that appear in the panel to the right (2)

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True / False Question

• True / False questions should be statements rather than questions. Learners can read the statement and identify it as either True or False. Ensure your questions do not read as Yes / No questions as this can confuse the learner.
• To add to the complexity of a true false question and go beyond a simple statement, you can include a paragraph that would require the learner to evaluate the truthfulness of all statements as a whole.
• Set the correct answer by populating the weighting field. If the correct answer is “True”, fill the Weight (%) text field with “100”

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Multiple Choice Question

• Multiple Choice questions should have one correct answer. If there should be more than one correct answer, a Multi-Select question should be used instead.
• Like a True / False question, set the correct response by filling the Weight (%) field with “100”.
• Consider clicking Randomize options to mix up the answers every time a learner takes the Quiz. Note: Don’t select this option if one of the correct answers is “All of the above”.

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• Multi-Select questions are perfect for questions with more than one correct response, or All-That-Apply type questions.
• Ensure your learners know they can select multiple answers by including “Select all that apply.” in your Question Text.
• Instead of manually typing out numbers before each option, you can enable automatic Enumeration.
• Keep distractors plausible and all relatively the same length
• Avoid using NOT questions (e.g. Which of the following is NOT an attribute of emotional intelligence?) as they make the question more confusing for the learner.
• The default style for multiple-choice questions is Vertical, but if your answers are shorter, consider using Horizontal to fill up whitespace.

Example:

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Long Answer Question

• Consider including a word count you’d like to see from learners within the Question Text field.
• Choose the size of your Input Box – more rows will increase the height and more columns will increase the width. Experiment with these options depending on how long of an answer you’d like from your learners; if this box is too small for the length of the response, it will automatically add a scroll bar in the input box, which can negatively affect the user experience.