Create a class

Create a class

These system roles have permission to create a class:

• Administrators

• Instructors + create

• Instructors

New classes are created from the System Homepage.

Once you've created your class, you can then review and edit its details at anytime.

The Class Link is available after you've created your class.

Create a class

To create a new class:

1. Click Class Manager on the System Homepage.

2. Click Add Class.

3. Define the class details for your new class (see the field reference below).

4. Click Submit to save your new class.

5. A success message appears after your class has been created. You can also review the details of your new class.

6. Your new class now appears on the System Homepage in the class list of Classes Where My Role Is Instructor.

Class details fields

Define these fields when creating your class:

• Instructor

  • Instructor assigned to the class is the instructor user profile being used to create the class.

  • This is the primary instructor of the class and is the instructor that's listed on the Class Homepage.

  • Click Change Instructor to assign a different user as the primary instructor (check out Change the primary instructor).

  • Any user in your organization can be assigned as the instructor.

  • Example — A student user (with the system role of a student) could be made the instructor of a tutorial class. This student will have instructor privileges only for the class they are assigned to teach. All other classes they are enrolled in remain as student privileges only.

• Instructor Email

  • The email address autofills as a read-only entry for the instructor assigned to the class.

  • This email address is displayed on the Class Homepage.

• Course ID

  • Identifier for the class.

  • Often a combination of letters and numbers to identify the class.

  • Example — INTRO101

• Class Name

  • Identifier for the class.

  • Appears on System Homepage and class lists within your organization.

  • Must be unique within your organization.

  • Example — Introduction to Calculus.

  • This is a required field.

• Class Short Name

  • A shortened class name that is displayed only when space is limited.

  • Example — Intro to Calc

• Who can self-enroll in this class?

  • Select the radio button for how students are able to enroll into your class.

  • Choose from:

    • All students (any student from your organization can self-enroll using a class search or the Class Link URL if it's been provided);

    • Students with Class Link (only students that have received the Class Link URL will be able to self-enroll);

    • Instructors must enroll students (students can't self-enroll and must be enrolled by an instructor or your system administrator).

  • This is a required field.

  • Check out Manage student enrollment for more information on student enrollment settings.

  • This setting also determines whether your class will appear in a student's class search during self-enrollment — the class appears listed as an available class only if the All students option is selected.

• Allow Anonymous Access

  • Option is only visible if it's made available to your organization by the DigitalEd's Support Team.

  • If anonymous access is available, choose from:

    • Enabled (anonymous users can access your class's activities on the System Homepage without logging in);

    • Disabled (anonymous users can't access your class's activities on the System Homepage).

• Require Student Class License — The Require Student Class License check box is visible if your organization has student licensing enabled. You can select or deselect this check box depending on your permissions.

• Allow Students to drop class

  • Enabled (the Drop Class button is visible on the students' Class Homepage and students can drop the class at anytime);

  • Disabled (the Drop Class button isn't visible and students can't drop the class without approval by an instructor or administrator).

• Featured Class

  • Enabled (the class appears in the Inherit content from drop-down list so it can be used to create child classes);

  • Disabled (the class isn't available in the Inherit content from drop-down list and can't be used to create child classes).

  • Defining your new class as a featured class makes it a parent class because its content is made available to be inherited by other classes. Check out Create a featured class.

• Inherit content from

  • You can select to inherit content from the drop-down list of other classes defined as featured classes.

  • Selecting to inherit content from a featured class means that you are creating a child class of a featured class from within your organization.

  • Check out Create a child class.

• Default Role In Class

  • Choose the default class role for a user who self-enrolls into the class.

  • If self-enrollment is enabled, the user automatically receives this role regardless of their system role. Choose from:

    • Instructor

    • Proctor

    • Instructor + create

    • Student (selected by default)

    • Guest

  • Your organization may have other custom roles available that you can select as the default class role.

• Sort Weight

  • Prioritizes the arrangement of your classes on your System Homepage.

  • The lower the number, the closer the class is to the top of the class list.

  • Acceptable sort weight values range from -10,000.0 to 10,000.0.

  • Example — Class A with a sort weight of 1.0 will appear first in the class list. Class B with a sort weight of 2.0 will appear after Class A. Class C with a sort weight in between (1.5) will be placed between those two classes. If Class C instead had a sort weight less than Class A (-1.0), it will be placed in the first position.

• Time Zone

• The system-wide time zone is the default class time zone.

• You can change it to a different time zone if needed.

• The class time zone interacts with the start dates and end dates for your class content.

• Example — EDT Eastern Daylight Time America/Toronto GMT -5:00