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Adding a Content item

Add documents, Web content, zip files, or gradebook-only items to a course and set how each is graded.

Courses can be set up with a variety of content items, such as imported SCORM/AICC courses, Word documents, Web sites, invites to collaborative group chat discussions, or days of attendance. CourseMill accepts over 300 file types. You can also specify whether the content is graded and the prerequisite order, and you can add, delete and rearrange the order of content items.

To add a SCORM/AICC package as a content item, use the Import Content Package tool instead. See Importing content packages.

Add a content item

  1. Open the Curriculums/Courses side-tab and click Manage Courses.
  2. Select the course ID of the course to which you want to add content and click Content. Alternatively, select the course ID, right-click on the table and select Content.
  3. Click Add Content Item.
  4. On the Add Content Item window, complete the fields described below.
  5. Click Save.

The content is added to the content list.

Add Content Item fields

  • Gradebook ID – The gradebook ID of the content item. Students will not see this.
  • Content Item – The name of the content item. This is viewed by students.
  • Type – How the content item is to be graded:
    • Auto Graded Content – The grade and status of the content item are set to 100/Passed when the student launches the content item.
    • Manually Graded Content – The student must complete an action and the instructor manually sets the grade and status of the content item.
    • Not Graded Content – The content item does not require a grade or status. When the student opens this content, the content grade is marked as Browsed.
    • Gradebook Item (No Content) – There is no content for the student associated with this item, but the instructor would like to track it. This might be used for attendance, for example.
    • Evaluation – The content item requires action from the reporter in order for the student to advance within the course. This puts a block on the student to prevent continuing to the next content item until the manager/instructor evaluates him or her. Selecting Evaluation specifies that this is a SCORM course that will log the evaluation score the manager/instructor provides in the student record. See Forcing evaluation blocks in a course for more details.
    The instructor takes action on each course item using the gradebook. See Using the gradebook.
  • Order – The prerequisite order for the content item.
  • Prerequisites – Type the name of any content items that need to be completed before the current content item can be accessed. Use the pipe (|) delimiter between items if any one of those content items needs to be completed before the content can be accessed. Use the ampersand (&) delimiter between items if all of those content items need to be completed before the content can be accessed.
    • CourseA|CourseB – Either CourseA or CourseB must be completed before accessing this content item.
    • CourseA&CourseB&CourseC – CourseA, CourseB, and CourseC must all be completed before accessing this content item.
  • Web Address or Launch File Name – If the content item resides on the Web, specify the Web address of the content item. If unpacking a zip file, specify the name of the initial file to launch when the content item is accessed.
  • File to Import Already Resides On Server – Enable this check box if the content item resides on the CourseMill server.
  • File – Specify the name of the content item file or click Browse to navigate and select the content item file.
  • Unpack Zip File – Enable this check box if the content item file is a zip file that is to be unpacked after it is copied onto the server.

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