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Angel FAQ - Lessons Tab
- What is the Lessons Tab?
The Lessons Tab is the main content area for students on an Angel course.
All course documents, discussions forums, exams and drop boxes appear under the Lessons Tab.
You can create a variety of content items in the Lessons Tab, including:
- Folders, to organize content.
- Pages, to share documents and information.
- Hyperlinks to external websites
- Quizzes and exams for flexible online testing or review.
- Discussion forums, for class discussions on various topics.
- Drop boxes for student submissions.
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- What types of content can I add and how would I use them?
Types of content on the Lessons tab are:
 Folder
- A folder is used for organizing your content. Other content items can be created within a Folder.
For example, create a folder named “General Information” in your Lessons tab and upload your course general information into it.
 Page
- Page item is used to share information with the class. A page may include images and/or formatted with titles, lists, and colors. You may copy your page content from word, using the HTML editor.
- Why use the Page content item and not upload a word document (for example)?
- When uploading an external file, such as a word document. Students must download the file to their computer and the following issues may arise:
- Changes in a document require re-uploading them to the course.
- Students must have MS Office installed on their computer.
- MS Office version may not be compatible with the file, resulting in corrupt view or file not opening.
- Students can modify the file
- By using the Page item, the content is stored on Angel, you may edit the information without having to upload a new version. Students may view or print the information, but cannot make any changes.
 Link
- Link item allows you to direct your students to an external resource or website
 Survey
- Survey allows you to conduct anonymous polling of your students opinions, feedback and responses.
 File
- File option allows you to share files with your students. Students will be prompted to download those files.
- In case of a PowerPoint Presentation, we recommend uploading the presentation as a handout, to protect your presentation from being modified, and to allow students to print an outline to add their notes.
- Click here for detailed instructions on uploading a handout version of your presentation to Angel.
 Drop Box
- A drop box provides an area resource for student to submit assignments online. These assignments can be accessed by the instructor online, and are then reviewed and graded.
 Turnitin Drop Box
- Turnitin drop box is a plagiarism prevention system, which compares your students' papers to databases, journals, publications and internet resources and produces an originality report.
 Discussion Forum
- A Discussion Forum allows the instructor to facilitate a discussion between students, either as a continuation to a discussion that began in class, or for discussing an event or idea relating to the course. Students can read, think and share their thoughts with others, responding to fellow students input.
 Blog
- A blog allows a person to share a thought, idea or reflection with the course, allowing others to comment on it. A blog can be used in a course for students to write and reflect about a specific topic or concept discussed in class, allowing other students to comment.
 Wiki
- Wikis are a collaborative working space, where the whole class can create a glossary, dictionary or work on a joined project, allowing all members to edit all entries and comment on them.
- A wiki could be compared to a book, written by various contributers (students and teacher).
In order to organize the book (wiki), the editor (teacher) sets guidelines for all chapters (entries) to follow, keeping a unified structure.
Contributers then add tags (index keywords) for bettr navigation of the content (such as an index at the end of a book).
 Assessment
- Assessments enable online exams/quizzes for your course. When using this tool you may set a time limit, scramble the order of questions and answers and control the way your students view the assessment.
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- How do I add a piece of content (ie. Folder, page, dropbox, discussion board) to the course?
- From within any course
- Click the Lessons tab.
- Click the Add Content link
- Select a content item (i.e. Folder, Page, Drop box)
- The content editor displays tabs for each setting option. The tabs depend on the content item you are creating. All content Items contain the following tabs:
- Content – Describes the content item
- Access – Determines who has access to the item
- Assignment – Defines Milestone or Gradebook settings (the gradebook will be covered in detail in a later lesson)
- Click each tab and enter the necessary information
- Click Save
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- What are the different options within the Course Content Editor?
When a content item is added, the editor displays in tab format. Each tab contains common fields that are used for each content item.
- Content Tab - The Content tab provides the page settings and link settings for the content item you are creating. Page settings contain information about the content item such as Title, Subtitle, Directions, etc. Link settings are used if you want to change the icon displayed for the content item; add a help link for the content item; or direct the content item to open in a new page.
- Access Tab - The Access tab provides settings for access, viewing and editing content items. This editor allows the instructor to set tracking on content items to control information about visits to a lesson item. This editor also determines who can view the lesson item.
- Assignments Tab - The Assignment tab provides access to creating Milestones and Gradebook settings for the content item that is being created. This allows the instructor the ability to create milestones and gradebook items from within the content item.
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- Why would I control Access to specific content?
- Allow instructor preparation time before content is viewed by students.
- You may have a quiz that needs to be released at a certain date and time.
- You may want students to complete certain content before seeing further content.
- More secure testing.
- Enter items ahead of time, but you do not want them displayed until a specific date (Recommended)
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- How do I limit Access to specific content?
- Click the Access tab of a content item
- User Tracking – determines when information about visits to a page are logged
- Do not allow users to view this item - hides the content item from users. This is useful as you are creating course material that has not been completed
- Viewable By - allows the instructor to restrict access to the ANGEL content item according to the course rights designation assigned to the user
- Password – control access to a content item. This feature can be useful for proctored testing (only the proctor knows the password
- Team Access - determine which teams have access to this content item
- By selecting the Advanced option, additional access control features are available:
- Start Date - prevents the item from being displayed until the specified date
- End Date - prevents the item from being displayed after the specified date
- Editable By - allows you to define which types of users should be able to edit the access setting for an item. The default setting is to allow all course/group editors to edit these settings. It can also be set to author/owner to further restrict editing rights
- Object Editable By - allows you to define who can change the context of the item. Context is page text, directions, etc.
Note: The advanced setting may be different depending on the content item you choose.
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- Where can I find step by step instructions for adding different content items?
Detailed instructions for adding content to your course are located in our Add Content support page.
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- Where can I learn more about Drop Boxes?
More information and tutorials about a drop box can be found in the Drop Box support page.
Click here to view the Drop Box support page
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- How do I use Discussion Forums?
Discussion forums are set up and facilitated by the instructor.
More information and tutorials on creating, posting and managing discussion forums can be found in the Discussion Forums support page.
Click here to view the Discussion Forums support page
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- How do I use online exams in my course?
More information and tutorials about the Assessment tool for online testing can be found in the Assessments support page.
Click here to view the Assessments support page
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- Where can I find more information about Blogs and Wikis?
More information about Blogs and Wikis, ways to use them in a course and detailed step-by-step tutorials for these features, can be found in our Blogs and Wikis support page.
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