Courses in which you are currently enrolled will appear in your Navigation block under the My courses link. Once you have selected a course, the subheading will include three generic links (Participants, Badges, General) and then a link for each topic in the course. The example below shows the subheadings for this course, Current […]
Editing Course Settings
The most basic structure of a course is created via the Edit settings page of Course administration. This is where you will start when you first begin to create content in your course. The first thing you will want to do is make sure that your course is not available […]
Copyright Considerations
DISCLAIMER Information on this page is not legal advice. It is intended only for general information purposes. If you need additional assistance, please contact Vanderbilt’s Copyright Clearance Services Office. It is your responsibility to secure permission to use copyrighted materials in your courses. Find out if you already have electronic […]
Uploading Resources
The process of adding a resource may vary depending upon the type of the resource involved. After entering Edit Mode, click Add an activity or resource. Select the resource from the popup menu. The next set of screens will vary depending upon which resource is to be added. In general, […]
Activities and Resources – The Activity and Resource Types Available in VSTAR Learn
This article will explain the basics of how to add an activity or resource to VSTAR Learn. Content that you add to your course will fall into one of two categories: activities or resources. To create content, you would click on the text that reads “Add an activity or […]
Quick Edits Using Icons
If your privileges allow you to edit a page, there will be a button in the top right corner labeled Turn editing on. This button can be used to toggle the editing mode on and off. When editing mode is ON, you will see many additional icons on the page. […]
Editing Course Content
Once you have created a course, you may begin adding and editing the content. To begin, click the Turn editing on button, as demonstrated in the page Enabling Edit Mode. While in Edit Mode, sections, activities, and resources may be added, deleted, moved, renamed, and otherwise edited in a variety of ways. Much […]
Creating Groups
Some courses use small groups that have different assignments or utilize small group discussions. Groups are also a useful resource for review after exams, allowing students to check in and check out of a monitored secure session, so students can review their scores and exam feedback and don’t need to […]
Introduction to Roles
A user can be granted privileges to perform specific tasks within a course, such as grading or creating new content or taking quizzes. Those privilges are bundled together into logical units called roles. VSTAR Learn grants users different access to a course depending upon the user’s role. For example, the […]
Making a Course Available/Unavailable
This setting determines whether the course appears in the list of courses. Apart from teachers and administrators, users are not allowed to enter the course if it is set to Unavailable. You may wish to set a course to Unavailable to prevent students accessing course material prior to the beginning […]