Start of Semester Checklist [Faculty]

This template is designed as guidelines for setting up your course at the start of the semester. You may need to add or skip steps based on your course.

Description

This template is designed as guidelines for setting up your course at the start of the semester. You may need to add or skip steps based on your course.

Note: This template will be updated periodically. The most recent version can be downloaded each semester, as needed.

Metacourse

• Request a Metacourse if you will be combining two or more sections of a course to work in

Course Content

• Review your list of things to change for next time.

  • Prioritize the list based on your available time.

• Import your course material into the live course.

• Review course navigation.

• Add syllabus.

• Update old videos.

• Check links/URLs

  • Use the Link Validator

• Check accessibility with the accessibility checker in the Rich Content Editor

• Make sure files are visible to students

• Check how your class looks using the mobile app

Course Settings

• Check enrollments in the LMS vs the MyISU Class List

  • View the course Waitlist in MyISU

• Update the dates.

• Review and Update Home page.

• Create groups for group assignments

Quizzes

• Ensure correct settings (e.g., availability dates, time limits, grading schemes) for all quizzes, exams, and assignments.

• Preview quizzes

• Request online proctoring services

Announcements

• Create announcements

External Tools

• Update external tools (Turnitin, Zoom, etc.)

• Request Interactive Video Conference Classroom Zoom connection (if applicable)

• Have TAs, Graduate Students, and Clinical students request a temporary ISU Zoom Licensed Account (enables full meetings for 1 full year)

Gradebook

• Check gradebook and match it to the syllabus

Publish

• Publish course

Dashboard

• Favorite / Unfavorite courses in the Canvas Dashboard (See How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor?)ck activity. These responses are shown in graph form. These results can be exported to Excel.

 

Seek Further Assistance

For additional assistance, please contact the ITRC at (208) 282-5880 or itrc@isu.edu.

 

This work was created by the Idaho State University Instructional Technology Resource Center and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.