4.3: Course Properties
There are several different course properties and details that you can add or edit after creating, copying, or importing a course. The course details and information are accessed by navigating to the course and clicking the “Course Properties” icon. The sections below describe the course property options.
General Information:
You can always modify the information you entered when creating your course or update the information that was copied along with copied or imported courses.
Sections:
When a course is first created, it begins with one section. In the sections course properties, you can modify the section’s name or add other sections by clicking the “Add Section” icon. When adding a section, you must identify the name and course reference number (CRN).
Graders
You can add graders to your course who will have access to student submissions and grades. To add graders to your course, click the “Invite Graders” icon, enter their email address, and assign them to a section. The grader will receive an email from ADAPT with an access code and information on how to add your course. Please note that the grader will need a grader account to add your course. If they do not have a grader account, they can sign up using the link in the email or by registering for a grader account at adapt.libretext.org. You may also remove a grader or change which sections they are assigned to after they have added the course.
Graders can receive notifications from ADAPT when assignments are closed and if there are submissions after the close date. You can select these options in the Assignment Grader Notification box and the frequency of these reminders.
Students
The students view shows you the students who are registered for your course. From the students view, you can:
- Remove Students: You can remove a student by clicking on the trashcan icon in line with their name. You will need to type out their name in the confirmation box and click on the “Yes, unenroll the student!” button.
- Change student emails: Students may inadvertently enter the wrong email when registering for your course. You can modify their email by clicking the pencil icon next to their email address, entering the new email, and clicking update.
- Adjust sections: you can move a student to a different section by clicking the moving truck icon in the actions section for that student, selecting the section from the dropdown menu, and clicking the “Yes, move the student!” button.
Non-Updated Revisions
ADAPT is a community-driven, open-source platform that is continually updating code and questions. Sometimes, a question used in your homework assignments may be updated by another user, and you can use the newest revision.
When you navigate to the revisions option, you will see the revision in your assignment, the latest revision, and the reason for the edit. You can approve and update your assignment question by clicking the “Update Question” button. It’s important to know that if you update questions with student submissions, these submissions will be reset, and the students must retry the problem.
A11y Redirect
LibreText and Adapt strive to ensure accessibility for all students. Unfortunately, some of the technologies used in Adapt are open-source and do not meet some accessibility requirements. If you have a student that requires accessible technology, Adapt will create modifications to course questions and assignments to meet their needs. You can indicate the student that needs these accommodations by selecting them in the A11y dropdown menu and the type of technology used to provide them.
Tethered Courses
Tethered courses involve beta courses that are connected to an alpha course. Changes in an alpha course appear in the beta course’s “Pending Approvals” section. If you are the beta course instructor, you can accept or reject these updates. This section also shows the alpha course it is tethered to or any tethered beta courses.
Assignment Group Weights
Adapt can be used as a traditional homework system or for other assessments – including exams, quizzes, surveys, and extra credit. If you use multiple types of assignments, you can adjust their final grade calculation weight here. The total weighting percentage must add up to 100, and any extra credit is added to the total weighting.
Letter Grades
If you are using the Adapt gradebook, you can modify the letter grade breakdown, release different metrics, and release letter grades. The options you can turn on/off using the toggle buttons are showing progress reports, z-scores, weighted averages, and letter grades. You can also show rounded weighted averages by using the weighted scores rounding toggle button.
If you want to edit the grade scale, click the “letter grade editor” hyperlink and enter the grade scale using the format: minimum score for the group, letter grade. For example, if you want the A cutoff to be 89%, you would enter 89,A followed by the other scores and groups. You can always reset to the default scale by clicking the “Reset to Default” button.
Ungraded Submissions
The Ungraded Submissions section of the course properties will show the assignments that contain any ungraded submissions. You can click on the assignment to go directly to the assignment grading.
Embed Properties
The ADAPT system can be embedded into other webpages (addressed in other sections). When embedding ADAPT, you can control the question numbers, assignment information, submission information, and attribution shared on that webpage by clicking the “Show All,” or “Hide All’ buttons. By default, this information is not shown.
Testers
You can invite other ADAPT users to test aspects of your course. They will not have access to any student information or submissions, but they will be able to access assignments and attempt questions. This is great if you create new questions and want someone to check and see if they work from the student’s perspective.
You can invite a tester by entering their email address in the space provided in the testers section.
Analytics
The analytics dashboard for LibreText is still under development. However, you can explore different analytics for your course and students by connecting your course to the analytics dashboard.
To add your course:
- copy your course’s shared key,
- click on the “Analytics Dashboard” hyperlink,
- log into the LibreText conductor site,
- click the “+ New Course” button,
- enter your course ID
Gradebook
More details about the gradebook are available in later sections, but you can access the gradebook by going to the “Gradebook” section of the course properties. There, you can view course and assignment grades, download/export grades, view grading information, and override any scores.
Reset Course
Resetting a course removes all students, student submissions, and student grades, and allows you to reuse the course for another term. You can reset a course by clicking the “Reset Course” button.
A course will automatically be reset after 100 days of completion to ensure that the ADAPT system doesn’t retain large amounts of sensitive student data.