e-Learning:
Advanced Training
Creating Groups:
1. Click on Users & Groups underneath
Course Control Panel
2. Click on Groups
3. Click on Create Single Group
4. Click on Manual Enroll
5. Type in Name for group
6. Fill in Description of group (optional)
7. Group available: YES
8. Tool Availability: Select which tools will
be available to members of the Group
9. Membership: Select the members for
the group
10. Click on Submit
Assignments:
The lecturer creates assignments for stu-
dents to complete and sets the detail that
the task requires. The student then creates
the assignment response and submits
electronically via Assignments.
Create Assignment
An Assignment can be added to a Content
Area / Learning Module or Content Fold-
er.
Steps for creating an Assignment:
With Edit Mode On:
1. Click on Create Assessment
2. Click on Assignment
3. Name - Type in name of Assignment
4. Instructions - Type in the instructions
for the Assignment.
5. Attach File - If you want to attach a file,
click on Browse My Computer and se-
lect the file(s).
6. Grading - Fill in the Points Possible for
the Assignment.
7. Availability - Set the number of
attempts, set the dates from when to
when the Assignment must be available
and select if you want the system to
track the number of views of the
assignment or not.
8. Due date - Set the due date of the
Assignment.
(Submissions are accepted after this date
and will be marked Late)
9. Recipients - Assignments can be
assigned to each Student individually or  Assignments (will only view the
to a group of students.
(Groups need to be set up first before
setting up the Assignment)
10. Click on Submit
Evaluate Student Responses (Online)
1. Click on Grade Centre underneath your
Course Control Panel.
2. Click on Assignments (only the Assign-
ment columns will display in the Grade
Centre)
3. Click on next to the Assignment
column you want to grade
4. Click on Grade Attempts
5. Enter a mark and feedback for current
assignment attempt.
6. Use the Save and Next and View Previ-
ous buttons to navigate through the
attempts in the queue, one at a time.
7. Use Save and Exit to save the cur-
rent/last attempt and return to the Grade
Centre.
Evaluate Student Responses (Offline)
1. Click on Grade Centre underneath your
Course Control Panel.
2. Click on Assignments (only the Assign-
ment columns will display in the Grade
Centre)
3. Click on next to the Assignment
column you want to grade
4. Click on Assignment File Download
5. Select the Users (Student Assignments
you want to download)
6. Click on Submit
7. Click on the link -
Download assignments now.
8. Choose the Save File option and click
on OK
9. Decide where you want to save the file.
(The file is saved in .zip format)
Grade Centre:
Click on Grade Centre - 3 display options:
 Full Grade Centre (will view all the
assessment columns)
Assignment columns)
 Tests (will only view the Test columns)
Customisation
To Hide Columns click on next to the
column you want to Hide and click on Hide
Column
To Show Columns:
1. Click on Manage
2. Click on Column Organisation
3. Select the columns you want to show
4. Click on Show/Hide
5. Click on Show Selected Columns
6. Click on Submit
To Reorder Columns:
1. Click on Manage
2. Click on Column Organisation
3. Click on to reorder your columns
4. Click on Submit
Downloading Marks
1. Click on Work Offline
2. Click on Download
3. Data - Select the data to download:
Full Grade Centre, Specific Assessment
column or user information only
4. Options - Delimiter Type - select tab or
csv
5. Save Location - select My Computer
6. Click on Submit
7. Click on Download
8. Choose the Save option
9. Click on Open or Close
10. Click on OK
11. Open the file in Excel, a Warning
Message will pop-up, click Yes.
(The file will open)
 Uploading Marks Smart Views Calculated Columns

Preparation of spreadsheet to upload:
 Download the file by following the
instructions for Downloading Marks.
 Make the necessary changes to the file,
like deleting unnecessary columns and
adding new grade columns.
 Save the file as .csv.
Steps for uploading the .csv file:
1. Click on Work Offline
2. Click on Upload
3. Browse for the file you want to upload
4. Delimiter Type - select csv
5. Click on Submit
6. Select the Column(s) to upload
7. Click on Submit
8. Click on Edit Column Information
9. Select Primary Display
10. Select Secondary Display
11. Select Category if applicable
12. Type in Points Possible
13. Options: Include this Column in Grade
Centre Calculations = Yes, Show this
Column to Students = Yes, Show Sta-
tistics (average and median) for this
column to Students in My Grades = Yes
14. Click on Submit.
A Smart View is a focused look at the Grade
Centre. It shows only the data that matches
a set of criteria. Smart Views are useful to
quickly find data when the Grade Centre
includes a great number of Students and
Columns.
How to create a Smart View:
1. Click on Grade Centre underneath your
Course Management Control Panel.
2. Click Full Grade Centre
3. Click on Manage > Smart Views
4. Click on Create Smart View
5. Name - Type in name of Group
6. Tick Add as Favourite
7. Selection Criteria:
 Type of view: Select Course Group
 Select criteria: Select the groups to
include in this Smart View.
 Filter results: Choose the columns
to display in results.
8. Click on Submit.
There are 4 types of Calculated Columns:
1. Average: Calculates & displays the
numeric average for a selected number
of columns.
2. Min/Max: Calculates either the min or
max grade for a selected number of
columns.
3. Total: Calculates the total points for a
number of columns related to the total
number of points allowed. Useful for
generating final score.
4. Weighted: Calculates and displays a
grade for a selected number of
columns, based upon each column’s
respective worth of the total grade.
Track Students:
You can track student activity with the
Performance Dashboard and Course
Reports underneath Evaluation (on the
Course Control Panel).
1. Performance Dashboard: Provides an
up-to-date report on the activity for all
students. Information appears in a table
format. Click the arrow in the header
row of a column to sort the table data by
that column.
2. Course Reports: Course Reports
provides different ways to view
information about student activity,
content usage, course standards and
course objectives.

The Retention Centre:

 The Retention Centre provides an easy way for you to discover which students in your course are at risk. You can communicate with
struggling students and help them take immediate action for improvement. You can also keep track of patterns over time.

 Step-by-Step instructions on how to use the Retention Centre, can be found underneath the e-Learning: Best Practice subject >
Help Files > Retention Centre Helpfile

E-Learning Certificate:

 Attended ALL three training sessions: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.

 Showed competency in e-Learning by successfully facilitating at least one Subject.

Competency Criteria is on the e-Learning: Best Practice Subject.