Educators can add a writing prompt containing a minimum of ten words to a lesson in a customized course. Any changes made to the course will only be visible to students who have not yet reached that activity. To make the changes visible to students who have already completed the activity, the activity must be reset. This will force the student to re-take the updated version of the activity.
Remember that if a teacher makes a change to an activity in a course which they created, the changes will also appear in any course that includes the activity. This includes any duplicate courses.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes, however there are some things to keep in mind:
- If teachers want to affect current enrollments, click the option to Modify Course then In-Flight Enrollments for the Customize option
- Links and docs can be added, edited, or deleted after enrollments are added to a course
- Activities that contain links or docs can only be modified by the user who created the activity
- Link or doc updates affect all student enrollments if the activity hasn't been started
- Link or doc updates will NOT affect students who have previously started the activity, or students who have already submitted the activity for a grade
- Resetting the assignment will update the activity and any changes to the links or docs
- Link or doc updates affect all customized courses that contain that same activity
- Schools need to have the links included in their Allowed URLs list if it has any content filters blocking URLs on campus
Caution
Before customizing a course, verify that you have imported the current version of the course.
Caution
Once a student has been assigned to the course, the option to add additional material at the course level is no longer available. However, in-flight customization is possible one enrollment at a time.
- Locate the lesson where the writing prompt will be included. Click Add Activity.
- Select Writing Prompt.
- Click Create New Activity.
- Enter the required information for your writing prompt. There are additional options that are not required, but are helpful if you share your activity with other teachers.
- Scroll down. Decide which grade weight category you want this activity to be. Assignment is the default selection.
- When done, click Save.
- Your new writing prompt will appear as the first activity in that lesson. If you do not want it there, move it.
Note
- The person icon shows the author of the activity. Only the creator of the activity can edit it.
- The pencil icon shows if the person customizing is the original author of the activity.
- The trash icon will delete the activity from the lesson. It can still be used in another lesson because it will now be part of the author's personal library of resources.