ARCHIVED: Oncourse: The least you need to know

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Oncourse is retired. For details, see ARCHIVED: About the Oncourse retirement.

On this page:

For students
For instructors

For students

The following printable PDF materials will help you become familiar with common tasks and features in Oncourse:

For instructors

The following materials provide simple paths to success. Become familiar with common tasks and features in Oncourse with these short, printable PDF documents:

Open the Door to Oncourse (For those new to the environment; the least you need to do to prepare for the start of classes)
Basic Community in Oncourse (Create a basic community experience for course participants)
Communication & Collaboration in Oncourse (Create a "basic social networking" experience through more sophisticated communication)
Useful Information for Instructors (Learn to reorganize tabs, view rosters with pictures, print rosters, and make suggestions)
Oncourse: Pasting from Microsoft Word
Announcements: Posting An Item
Assignments: Adding an Item
Assignments: Editing, Duplicating & Removing Assignments
Assignments: Downloading and Uploading All Assignments
Assignments: Providing Grades and Feedback for Assignment Submissions and Resubmissions
Assignments: Granting Additional Resubmissions
Calendar: Adding an Event
Chat Room: An Overview
Forums: Participating in Conversations
Forums: Creating & Organizing
Gradebook: Setting Up a Grading Scale
Gradebook: Assigning Permissions to AIs/TAs
Gradebook: Adding, Editing & Deleting Items
Gradebook: Entering & Editing Grades
Gradebook: Importing & Exporting Items and Grades
Messages: Sending, Replying & Organizing
Modules: An Overview
Modules: Creating and Editing
Modules: Working with Content
News: Adding, Editing, & Deleting
Podcasts: Posting a Podcast
Podcasts: Subscribing to a Podcast
Post'Em (Learn to create multiple gradebooks, upload an Excel spreadsheet of grades, and post comments to students)
Profile: Managing Your Info
Profile: Social Media
Resources: Adding & Removing Files
Resources: Organizing Resources
Site Setup: Setting up and Organizing a Site
Site Setup: Working with Groups
Syllabus: Creating a Syllabus
Tests & Surveys: Overview
Tests & Surveys: Creating a Test Using Markup Text
Tests & Surveys: Create a Test or Survey
Tests & Surveys: Adding Questions
Tests & Surveys: Managing Questions
Tests & Surveys: Using Question Pools
Tests & Surveys: Managing Question Pools
Tests & Surveys: Editing an Unpublished Test
Tests & Surveys: Reviewing, Publishing and Delivering a Test
Tests & Surveys: Viewing Test Results and Grading a Test
Tests & Surveys: Editing a Published Test
Tests & Surveys: Retracting and Removing a Test
Tests & Surveys: Exporting a Test
Tests & Surveys: Creating, Editing and Removing an Assessment Type
Tests & Surveys: Question Types
Tests & Surveys: Settings Overview
VoiceThread: Creating a presentation
VoiceThread: Sharing
VoiceThread: Commenting on a Presentation
VoiceThread: Managing Identities
Web Content: Adding, Editing, & Deleting
Wiki: An Overview

For more about using Oncourse, see ARCHIVED: Oncourse in-depth materials and ARCHIVED: Oncourse feature demonstrations.