About the Build Tab
Links from the left side tool bars link to lists of the full inventory of that content or activity type.

You will design and develop your course from the Build tab. With the Build tab, you can:

  • create, manage, and present course content
  • build assessments and assignments to evaluate students
  • customize the Course Content Home by adding headers and footers, linking to content items, and modifying the look of a course.

It is always a good idea to click back and forth between the Build view and the Student view. This way you will have a clearer idea of what you are delivering to your students.

 

Course Tools
Course Content

expands to show all items in the course
Calendar

displays course events; personal activities can be added
Announcements can be set to pop-up when students log in to Vista
Assessments quizzes, self-tests and surveys with automatic grading
Assignments electronic submission of text or files linked to Grade Book
Assessments quizzes, self-tests and surveys with automatic grading
Assignments electronic submission of text or files linked to Grade Book
Chat group text or voice meeting with whiteboard (drawing)
Discussions threaded, blog or journal communication among all
Learning Modules guided multi-section units of content
Mail internal email, which stays within Vista course
Media Library collection of images or words (glossary), students can contribute
Roster list of all students, instructors, etc. with contact info and photo
Search allows search for words in any Vista-created content
Web Links URLs can be displayed inside Vista or open in new window
Who’s Online view others active in Vista and may be available for chat  

Designer Tools

Manage Course Use the Manage Course area to add, hide, show, or remove tools. You can also manage the course menu, customize course appearance, and import content.
File Manager Use File Manager to upload and organize files that you want to use in a course.
Selective Release Use Selective Release to control the release of content and specific items in a course. For example, you can release an assignment to certain students only.

Grading Forms Grading Forms can be used to grade students’ work based on specific criteria. They also provide clear performance indicators for students and consistent grading guidelines for instructors.

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