Custom Course Conversion Guide
Custom Course Conversion Guide Good news: All that time and effort you put into creating custom courses for your students prior to now is not lost! In most cases, you can now convert your older custom courses to the current year’s curriculum. You save time by not having to re-create a custom course. To convert a custom course to use with the 2014 curriculum: 1. Click the Courses tab on your menu bar.
2. Click the Custom Tab. You see a window like this.
3. Find the course you want to convert. Click the Copy icon, as shown below, highlighted in yellow.
4. A window like the one shown here displays. Don’t let it worry you. Most courses convert just fine. Click the Copy button in the lower right corner of the window.
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Custom Course Conversion Guide The copy of your original course has been automatically converted to 2014 curriculum. You should see a window looking similar to the one below.
Notice the message in the blue box at the top of the page (red arrow)? Any changes or edits you make to the course with the 2014 curriculum do NOT affect the students currently enrolled in the version of the course already assigned to them. Be sure to check the units and assignments in the right column of the converted course to make sure everything from your original course is still there.
Incomplete Conversion Say my course didn’t fully convert. Why and what can I do? Why didn’t it convert? There are some assignments that just don’t convert the easy way. Two of the most common reasons for this are:
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Custom Course Conversion Guide 1. We are constantly improving our curriculum year over year. Sometimes this requires us to rewrite an entire course. In those cases, the older course does not convert to the new version. 2. Lesson titles sometimes change so much that the application cannot tell that they are the same lesson, for example, say a lesson titled “The Middle Ages” became “The Dark Ages”. What can I do? Both of these situations have an easy fix. You can drag the missing assignment or unit over, just as you did when you created the original course. 1. In the upper left-hand column, select the standard course containing the unit or assignment. 2. Click to select the specific unit or assignment in the lower left section of the window 3. Drag the missing item to the course list in the right-hand column placing it where you want it to appear.
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2. Click the Custom Tab. You see a window like this.
3. Find the course you want to convert. Click the Copy icon, as shown below, highlighted in yellow.
4. A window like the one shown here displays. Don’t let it worry you. Most courses convert just fine. Click the Copy button in the lower right corner of the window.
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Custom Course Conversion Guide The copy of your original course has been automatically converted to 2014 curriculum. You should see a window looking similar to the one below.
Notice the message in the blue box at the top of the page (red arrow)? Any changes or edits you make to the course with the 2014 curriculum do NOT affect the students currently enrolled in the version of the course already assigned to them. Be sure to check the units and assignments in the right column of the converted course to make sure everything from your original course is still there.
Incomplete Conversion Say my course didn’t fully convert. Why and what can I do? Why didn’t it convert? There are some assignments that just don’t convert the easy way. Two of the most common reasons for this are:
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Custom Course Conversion Guide 1. We are constantly improving our curriculum year over year. Sometimes this requires us to rewrite an entire course. In those cases, the older course does not convert to the new version. 2. Lesson titles sometimes change so much that the application cannot tell that they are the same lesson, for example, say a lesson titled “The Middle Ages” became “The Dark Ages”. What can I do? Both of these situations have an easy fix. You can drag the missing assignment or unit over, just as you did when you created the original course. 1. In the upper left-hand column, select the standard course containing the unit or assignment. 2. Click to select the specific unit or assignment in the lower left section of the window 3. Drag the missing item to the course list in the right-hand column placing it where you want it to appear.
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