(bright music)
Narrator: This video will guide you through the steps
to create a CengageNOWv2 course.
From your instructor resource center, ensure that your
adopted course materials are selected.
Then under My Course click on the link to CNOWv2.
You will land on the CNOWv2 homepage.
To create a course, we'll start
by selecting the Courses tab.
In the upper right hand corner, select Create Course.
You'll see that you have several options on this page.
In this video, we'll walk through building a new course
manually, where you will later create your own assignments.
If you care new to using CengageNOW, we recommend
saving time by modifying a template course built by Cengage.
The course information page will open.
All required fields on the page are indicated
with a red asterisk.
First, select the textbook that you
have adopted for your course.
You will see that a field named Digital product
students will buy is populated.
This represents the ISBN of the digital products
students will buy if purchasing access through Cengage.
Please make sure to provide students with this
and other purchase options in your course syllabus.
Your institution is pre-populated based on
the institution associated to your Cengage account.
Enter the course name and optionally, the course number.
It is recommended that you include the term and
section number in the course name for ease of
recognition in the future.
Next, we will use the calendar tool
to enter the class start and end dates.
The class start date should represent the first day
that students can access your course, and sets the
temporary access period for the course.
You also have the option to include your course syllabus,
which students will be able to view directly from
their CengageNOW course.
If your syllabus is available on a webpage,
select Link to This URL and enter the URL
in the provided text field.
To upload a Word or pdf version of your syllabus,
select Link to This File, and then browse
for your syllabus file.
One option available to instructors in CengageNOWv2
is to allow students the option to send an email
to their instructor when taking an assignment.
With this feature enabled, students can send an
email from their assignment take.
The email contains their message, a screen capture,
and a link allowing you to view the specific
assignment content, as well as information identifying the
institution, student, course and section, and assignment.
You can also add additional instructors or TA's
to receive these emails.
And finally, you have the option to request that students
enter a student ID during their registration process.
This can be useful if you are planning to export the
grade book to import into another system,
like your campus learning management system.
When you are finished, click Create Course.
At this point, your course is created,
but does not contain any assignments.
This is a likely next step and we encourage you
to watch the training video on creating an assignment.
Under Course Key, you will find a registration URL
and a set of instructions that can be printed
and distributed to your students.
While you may not be ready to distribute this to
your students, you can always access this
information from your Course List.
Thank you for completing this video training for CNOWv2.
For additional help or resources, please visit our
training and support sites or join the
Higher Ed Faculty Community to engage with your peers.