Courses and Units

Accessing Courses from your Top Menu

1. Select the 'Courses' tab in your Top Menu.

2. Select the 3-dot menu next to the Course you want to navigate to and select 'Course Homepage'.

Accessing Units from your Top Menu

1. Select the 'Courses' tab from your Top Menu.

2. Select the arrow next to the Course which contains the Unit you wish to navigate to.

3. Select the title of the Unit you wish to navigate to.

1. Select the Courses icon in your Top Menu to access the Course List page.

2. Select the '+' icon.

3. Give the course a name.

4. Select the Faculty/Subject Folder where the course will be housed.

5. Select a Course Framework.

6. Add Subject Codes if required.

7. Add Curriculum Codes if required.

8. Select 'Next'.

9. Give your Unit a title.

​​​​10. Select 'Create Unit'.

You can continue to add units by repeating steps 8 and 9.

11. Add Projects, Tasks, Due Work, Quizzes and Lesson Plans to your unit/s by selecting the relevant button.

12. Once you have finished setting up any relevant learning activities, select 'Save Course'.

NOTE - You can return and modify existing learning activities, or add new ones, from the Course List or by using the Course Builder component on a Unit page.

NOTE: It is recommended that banners are created using an external design tool. A good resolution for a banner image is 1600 x 200px or higher, as long as the image maintains a 16:2 ratio. If possible, it should be exported as a PNG or other lossless image filetype.

1. Click inside the URL bar of your Course Homepage and copy your Course's URL.

NOTE: The steps below begin by describing the process of adding a Tiles component to the page for the Course Homepage Banner. Depending on the template applied to your page, you may already have a Tiles component added for you.

2. Add a full-width Tiles component to the Homepage by selecting the 'plus icon' and then selecting ‘Tiles’.

3. Unlock the page.

4. Select the settings cog on the Tiles component and modify the heading to read ‘Course Homepage Banner’.

5. Select ‘Update’.

6. Select  'Add a Tile'.

NOTE: You will automatically be navigated to the ‘Add Tile’ page or to the ‘Modify Tile Layout’ page depending on how the template was set up. If you are on the ‘Modify Tile Layout’ page, select ‘+ Add Tile’.

7. If you are not using a custom banner image, add the name of your Course into the ‘Text’ field. Modify the text colour, modify the text positioning using the checkboxes, and modify the background colour if required.

8. Paste the Course homepage URL into the URL field.

9. Apply a hover colour.

NOTE: We recommend the following hover colour - (rgba 255,255,255, 0.4), which converts to #FFFFFF70 as a hex.

10. Upload your custom image.

11. Select ‘Save’.

12. Check that the following Tile Layout options are selected:

• Use the ‘Ratio’ dropdown arrow to select ‘Banner (16:2)’
• Modify the ‘Tiles/Row’ field to read ‘1’.

13. Select ‘Save’.

To give users a method of navigating a Course and its associated Units, it is recommended to create Unit tiles that can be alt-sourced to all unit pages.

Preparing to Add Unit Tiles

NOTE: It is recommended that Unit tiles are created using an external design tool. If possible, it should be exported as a PNG or other lossless image filetype.

1. Select the 'Courses' tab from your Top Menu.

2. Select the arrow next to the Course which contains the Unit you wish to navigate to.

3. Right-click on the unit link and select ‘Copy link address’. Paste the link somewhere it can be accessed later. Repeat this process for each unit.

NOTE: The option to copy a link may be different depending on your web browser, so select the option that is relevant to your browser.

4. Select the 'Courses' tab in your Top Menu.

5. Select the 3-dot menu next to the Course you want to navigate to and select 'Course Homepage'.

NOTE: The steps below begin by describing the process of adding a Tiles component to the page for Unit tiles. Depending on the template applied to your page, you may already have a Tiles component added for you.

6. Add a Tile component to the left or right column on the Homepage by selecting the ‘+’ button and then dragging the ‘Tiles’ component to a column. 

7. Unlock the page.

8. Select the settings cog  on the Tiles component and modify the heading to read ‘Unit Tiles’.

9. Select ‘Update’.

10. Select  'Add a Tile'.

Tile Creation Process

1. If you are not using a custom image, add the name of your Unit into the ‘Text’ field. Modify the text colour, modify the text positioning using the checkboxes, and modify the background colour if required.

2. Paste the Unit homepage URL into the URL field.

3. Apply a hover colour.

NOTE: We recommend the following hover colour - (rgba 255,255,255, 0.4), which converts to #FFFFFF70 as a hex.

4. Upload your custom image.

5. Select ‘Save’.

6. Check that the following Tile Layout options are selected:

• Use the ‘Ratio’ dropdown arrow to select a ratio that matches your custom image.
• Modify the ‘Tiles/Row’ field to the number of tiles you wish to display in a single row before creating a new row.

7. Select ‘Save’.

Alternative Source Linking Unit Tiles to Unit Homepages

1. Select the 'Courses' tab from your Top Menu.

2. Select the arrow next to the Course which contains the Unit you wish to navigate to.

3. Select the title of the Unit you wish to navigate to.

 
4. Add a Tile component to the left or right column on the Homepage by selecting the ‘+’ button and then dragging the ‘Tiles’ component to a column.

5. Unlock the page.

6. Select the settings cog on the Tiles component and modify the heading to read ‘Unit Tiles’.

7. Select ‘Browse’.

8. Using the breadcrumbs, navigate to the Course Homepage.

9. Select ‘Use this Folder’.

10. Use the ‘Layout’ dropdown arrow to select ‘Unit Tiles’.

NOTE: If you did not set the heading on the Tiles component on the Course Homepage to ‘Unit Tiles’ it may be named something different.

11. Select ‘Update’.

Consider adding one or multiple Text Box components (such as a Course Overview) to the Course Homepage. The purpose of these Text Boxes is to share a description of the Course with students and parents.

1. Select the 'Courses' tab in your Top Menu.

2. Select the 3-dot menu next to the Course you want to navigate to and select 'Course Homepage'.

NOTE: The steps below begin by describing the process of adding a text box component to the page for the Course Overview. Depending on the template applied to your page, you may already have a text box component added for you.

3. Add a Text Box component to the left or right column on the Homepage by selecting the ‘+’ button and then dragging the ‘Text Box’ component to a column. 

4. Unlock the page.

5. Select the settings cog on the Text Box component and modify the heading to identify the purpose of the Text Box (such as ‘Course Overview’).

6. Select ‘Update’.

7. Select ‘Add text and multimedia, or embed content’.

8. Give the Text Box a title (such as ‘Course Overview’).

9. Add content using the Rich Text Editor. 

NOTE: This can be information that you wish to showcase about the Course to Students and Parents. Consider adding content from the ACARA website or from your School's Curriculum Information Handbooks.

10. Select ‘Save’.

Content from your Course and Unit pages can be displayed on your class pages, or across unit pages, to avoid you recreating tiles or links, and to save space by not storing files in multiple locations. We recommend you build your course page, with tiles that are displayed on your unit pages and class page. This can be completed using alternative source linking. This is the same process that you can follow to display files and links in multiple locations.

1. Navigate to your Class Page.

2. Add the type of component that you wish to alt source. 

3. Select the settings cog.

4. Select 'Browse'.

5. Use the breadcrumbs to navigate to your Course or Unit Page.

6. Select 'Use this folder'.

7. Use the drop-down arrow to select the component you wish to display.

8. Select 'Update'.