Home Page: Manage Courses Page
The Courses Module homepage is the Manage Courses Page and is only visible to users with course-management permissions. System users do not have access to this module.
KAStrack uses Certifications within the People Module to assign a course to users. Before a certification with a required activity is set up, a user will not be able to take a course.
How To: Set Up a Course as a Certification
In order for a user to access a course, the course must be set as a required activity in a certification after the course is created in the People Module. This certification must then be assigned to the user.
To do so, select the Certifications page in the People Module. Click the plus-sign (+) button to the right of the Certification header which opens the Add Certification page.
There are five data categories that allow a user to customize preferences: General, Tracking Settings, Activities, Privacy, and Advanced Settings. Detailed information about each can be found in the People Module.
Set up a course as a certification, select “Course – KAStrack” as the Required Activity for the certification from the dropdown menu.
Any courses that have been created in KAStrack show on the Choose a Course dropdown menu. Select the course you want to assign.
Courses are taken as part of a certification. To setup a certification with a course as a required activity, you must create a Certification in the People module with Required Activity set to "Course - KAStrack".
The Manage Courses page displays a New Course button beneath the page header.
How To: Create a New Course
Select “Home” under the Courses heading on the Main Menu, which takes the user to the Manage Courses Page. Courses will be listed alphabetically by title in the table.
Select the green “New Course” button underneath the header to create a new course, opening the New Course modal.
Input the desired course title.
Input the maximum number of times a user can take the course. Leave this blank to allow for unlimited attempts.
If this course is being graded, indicate the value that will be considered passing here. A passing grade can be calculated as a percentage (%) or number (#) of correctly answered questions. Each question/question group has its own passing grade and can be set to be part of the total passing grade. (Ex: 70% or 7/10)
If the course is not being graded, input 0 for the passing grade.
Select the “Allow the student to navigate freely” checkbox to give permission to navigate the course freely (allowing users to skip ahead in the course). If this box is not selected, users will be forced to progress to the next page, but may still return to the previous pages
The course creator can customize review options for the users. Select “Only When Passed,” “Always,” or “Never” from the drop-down list to indicate your preference.
Selecting the “Show non-graded questions in the review” checkbox will include any non-graded questions in the post test review.
Click “Save” at the bottom of the modal to create the new course. The new course is now added to the table on the Course homepage.
Course Context Menu Item Explanations
The three dot icon to the right of a course title opens the Course Context Menu with links for quick actions. An explanation of each is included below.
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Edit Course Properties | “Edit Course Properties” opens the “Edit Course” popup screen for editing, allowing the user to edit the original parameters that were selected when the course was created, re-opening the modal to change the course name, tags, settings for grading, and post course review. How To: Edit Course Page Properties
Existing courses are listed alphabetically in the table underneath the “New Course” button according to title. To manage a pre-existing course, select the three dot (…) icon to the right of the title and make a selection from the context menu.
“Edit Course Properties” allows the user to edit the original parameters that were selected when the course was created.
This selection re-opens the same options as in the “New Course” modal to change the course name, tags, settings for grading, and post course review. How To: Create a New CourseSelect “Home” under the Courses heading on the Main Menu, which takes the user to the Manage Courses Page. Courses will be listed alphabetically by title in the table.
Select the green “New Course” button underneath the header to create a new course, opening the New Course modal.
Input the desired course title. Input the maximum number of times a user can take the course. Leave this blank to allow for unlimited attempts. If this course is being graded, indicate the value that will be considered passing here. A passing grade can be calculated as a percentage (%) or number (#) of correctly answered questions. Each question/question group has its own passing grade and can be set to be part of the total passing grade. (Ex: 70% or 7/10) If the course is not being graded, input 0 for the passing grade. Select the “Allow the student to navigate freely” checkbox to give permission to navigate the course freely (allowing users to skip ahead in the course). If this box is not selected, users will be forced to progress to the next page, but may still return to the previous pages The course creator can customize review options for the users. Select “Only When Passed,” “Always,” or “Never” from the drop-down list to indicate your preference. Click “Save” at the bottom of the modal to create the new course. The new course is now added to the table on the Course homepage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pages | “Pages” opens the individual pages that have been created for the course. How To: Edit Existing PagesOn the Course Overview Page, all pages of the course are displayed with previews of their page elements.
Click and drag the handle in the top left to move the page, click the trashcan on the top right to delete the page, or click the page and pencil icon to edit. To edit a slide after it is created, simply click on the slide, and the “Edit Custom Content” page will re-open to permit this.
“Preview Page (opens in new tab)” allows the user to visually see how a specific page in the course will reappear. “< Previous Page” and “Next Page >” allows the user to navigate between the pages of the course. Click “Close This Page and Add New Page” will activate the “New Page” modal. How To: Add Pages in a New / Existing CourseStarting from the Manage Course Page, select “Pages” from the dropdown menu.
This opens the Course Overview Page Pages for Course Name Page. Selecting the three dot (…) icon to the right of the page header open a context menu. Selecting “Add Page” open the New Page modal.
Add a Title for the new page and select the desired navigation options.
If the course properties allow the user to navigate the course freely, in place of the checkbox options you will see “This course allows the user to navigate freely, so there are no per-page navigation options.” Select the “Save” button.
Selecting the three dot (…) icon displays a context menu that can be used to design the course.
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Test Course | “Test Course” opens a trial run of the course with quiz questions. Testing the course will not impact course stats. How To: Take a Course in Test Mode
Existing courses are listed alphabetically in the table underneath the “New Course” button according to title. To manage a pre-existing course, select the three dot (…) icon to the right of the title and make a selection from the context menu.
Select “Test Course (opens in new window)” to work through the course.
This will open the course in a new window, displaying the course from the user perspective. When taking the course in Test Mode, results will not be recorded and will not impact course stats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Stats | “Course Stats” opens a page entitled “Stats for (title of course)” which displays records of test taking attempts and access to an individual’s selected answers. How To: Access Course Stats
Existing courses are listed alphabetically in the table underneath the “New Course” button according to title. To manage a pre-existing course, select the three dot (…) icon to the right of the title and make a selection from the context menu.
“Course Stats” opens a page titled Stats for Name of Course that displays the records of every user’s test taking attempts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delete Course | “Delete Course” will eliminate the course. When deleting a course, a warning will notify the user that deletion will “remove all pages and history of people taking the course.” Confirmation that deletion is desired is required. If the course is a required activity for a certification, it will not be deleted unless certification course requirement is removed from the certificate. How To: Delete a Course
Existing courses are listed alphabetically in the table underneath the “New Course” button according to title. To manage a pre-existing course, select the three dot (…) icon to the right of the title and make a selection from the context menu.
If “Delete Course” is selected, the Delete Course modal requires the user to confirm that they wish to delete the course.
Deleting a course deletes the pages of the course and the course stats associated with it. If the course is a required activity for a certification, it will not be deleted unless certification course requirement is removed from the certificate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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