Creating Course Templates

From the Dashboard:

1. Go to Courses > Other > Course Templates. 
   
2. Click New to add a new template.
   TIP: You may also use the Quick Add New Template option if preferred. The quick add option gives you a narrowed down set of options to add to your template but you may always edit templates later when necessary.
   
3. You will now have a series of options to affect for your course template:
   • Enter the Title of your course (e.g. Music Gr. 1).
     NOTE: Make your course titles specific. If you have 5 courses called "Music," it will be difficult to determine which programs are in that course. "Music (Gr. 1)" would be much more useful).
   • Enter the Description of the course.
     NOTE: We understand that sometimes course descriptions change over time so teachers also have access to descriptions if they would like to write their own once the course is generated.
   • Enter the Order number. This will help shape the order of the course when it appears on a report. For example, make the course you want to appear first a "0." Then make the following courses 5,10, 15, 20, etc. to create the order you want them to appear. 
   • Complete the rest of the form as necessary.
     • Required fields include:
       • Credits: If the course is worth no credits, leave it as 0 or add the appropriate credits.
       • Assessment Entry Type: This allows the school to choose between Letter Grade or Percentage. 
     • Important optional fields include (hover over help bubbles for more information): 
       • Assessment Group: This is a customized group of assessments for teachers to select from in the portal. You may select from existing assessment groups, 
       • Auto Register: When this is checked, every student in the program(s) (grade levels) for which this course is intended for will be registered for this Course whenever the Auto Register tool is used.
       • Department
       • Master Course: If this Course has a Master Course, enter it here.
       • Hide Gradebook
     • Course Registration Options for Transcripts (hover over help bubbles for more information):
       • Count Toward GPA
       • Count Toward College Admission GPA
       • Honors Course
       • Is Weighted
       • Show on Transcript
       • Show on Report
4. Click Save and Continue.
5. At the bottom of the page, there are some Tabs to consider:
   
   • Teachers: If you know the same Teacher always teaches the same course year after year, add them here.
   • Evaluation Matrix: If you use Evaluation Matrixes and this Course always uses the same one(s), add them here.
   • Belongs to Curriculas: Tie the correct Curricula(s) to the Course Template.

1. 1. Click Save and Back and you are done! Complete these same steps for as many course templates as you need to add.