Adding a course is simplified by way of a step-by-step wizard that guides you through the creation process. After you create your first course, you can copy its settings to build other courses.

• Step 1

Course: In this step, you will name your course, identify the school at which the course will be taught, and set the start and end dates for the course.

• Step 2

Content: Set the range of coverage for your course, indicate the level of access you expect students to have for your course, and select appropriate student learning supports.

• Step 3

Gradebook: Your choices in this step will determine the layout and grade calculations within your course gradebook. You’ll begin with your course’s grading policy and create weighted categories for each portion of the grading policy. You’ll finish by customizing the settings for each category including defining its organization within the gradebook and setting the number of allowable attempts, lateness penalties, strictness settings, and the grading method (credit vs. graded) for assignments.

• Step 4

Summary: Review the summary of information regarding your new course, make adjustments before finalizing the course setup, and print or download a summary for your records.

Content (Step 2)

1. The USE SETTINGS FROM drop-down is preset to the last course you created or to the course selected in step 1 of the wizard. You may change the selection to another course by clicking on the drop-down menu and making a new selection.

2. In Access Level, select the level of access students are expected to have for the course. Note: The options are Supersite or Supersite Plus (some books also allow you to select WebSAM, eCuaderno, and/or vText).

3. In Assignment Settings, you may set the lesson coverage for your course by selecting a First lesson and Last lesson from the drop-down menus. Note: Students may access other lessons if they wish.  

4. In Assigning Tools, you may select the Enable Individualized Assigning checkbox to use the individual assigning option, allowing flexibility to assign activities to the entire section roster or to individual students.

5, Select vhlcentral programs include a Portfolio setting. If your program has this feature you may select the checkbox to enable auto-creation of a Portfolio account for each student enrolled in this course. 

6. In the Media Settings section, you may only view default settings for video and audio transcripts, subtitles, and closed captions. Note: Settings will vary depending on whether the course was newly created or if it's copied from a previous course where settings differed.  

These media settings are customizable at the section level and for individual students through the Student Interaction Settings page.

7. In the Student Support Requests section, you can opt to allow students to contact you with questions about their submission scores (fill-in-the-blank questions only) or for general assistance with  assignments. Note: If you don’t enabled this option, students may still report content errors or  technical problems to VHL Tech Support from the “Help” menu.

a. Allow students to submit score reviews?

• Yes: Allow students to contact you to review submission scores.
• No: Disables score review requests (default setting).

b. Allow students to submit help requests?

• Yes: Allow students to contact you for help or to ask a specific question regarding an assignment.
• No: Disables help requests (default setting)

8. In Chat, you can opt to allow students to communicate via the site’s text, audio and video chat features. 

a. Never available: When selected, disables all chat capabilities for students enrolled in your course including Partner Chat activities. Note: Partner Chat activities will not be available for assigning purposes.

b. Only in Partner Chat activities: When selected, enables chat capabilities for students enrolled in your course in Partner Chat activities only (default setting).

c. Always available: When selected, enables all chat capabilities for students enrolled in your course including Partner and Live Chat.

9. Click next to move to the Gradebook step. Note: You may return to the previous step to make changes by clicking the “back” button.