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Instructor: This video tutorial will walk you through
creating a new course in MindTap.
To get started, ensure that your adopted title
is on your instructor dashboard page.
This video focuses on the creation of a single course
so we will click the Create Course option.
You will be asked if you want to create
a new course or copy an existing one,
for this training, we will be creating a new course
so we will select the option and then click Continue.
You will now enter your course information.
All required fields are indicated with a red asterisk.
First, enter your course name.
We recommend that you include the course name
and number and some reference to the course term.
Next you will use the calendar tools
to enter the course start date and end dates.
The class start date should reflect the first day
you want students to access your course
and sets the temporary access period.
You can also optionally include class meeting times.
Use the Add Meeting Time's menu to enter the start
and end time times as well as the days the class meets.
When you have entered this information, click Save.
If you need to add a co-instructor to the course,
click Add Additional Instructor or TA
and enter the email address associated
to their Cengage account, then click Add.
After you have completed all
of the required fields click Create Course.
You will receive a confirmation that your course
has been created and have a few options for next steps.
The first is to click on the name of your course to access
it and begin customizing it for use with your students.
The second provides you with the course links
for your course, you can add this to your syllabus,
send to your students via email
or add the link into your learning management system.
You can also print student registration instructions
for easy distribution if you are meeting
face to face with your students.
And finally, you can click manage course to edit
your course settings or return to your instructor dashboard.
When you first open a new MindTap course,
you may be offered the opportunity to walk through
a guided setup of your course.
Whether you're creating a new course from scratch
or copying a course from the previous term,
Guided Course setup will save you time
and help you start off right.
You can skip this process by clicking,
Skip guided setup, but we highly recommend completing this.
Guided Setup is a great tool for getting the initial
MindTap setup steps out of the way.
Click the Guided Setup button to begin.
We estimate that this setup will take about a few minutes.
Click Next.
On step one, you'll be asked if your course is an Online
course, a Face-to-face course or a hybrid of the two.
The next option will ask if you'd like your course
to be displayed by topic or by date.
This will set the default view of your course
to be either the outline structure of the MindTap
learning path or a rolling week view that shows
your students what assignments are due that week.
If you select an option here and later decide you'd like
the other, this setting can be changed later as well.
Once you have selected your answers, click Next.
The next question will ask if you plan to use MindTap
with the school management system or LMS,
such as Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by D2L,
Moodle or other LTI compliant learning management system.
If you select yes,
it will then ask which LMS you plan to use.
Click Next.
The final page of Guided Setup will ask
how you'd like scored activities to impact the grade book.
Using the system defaults, we'll provide you
with a mixture of practice and graded activity
in line with how assignments were originally created.
Counts towards grade will set all scored activities
to be tracked in the course grade book.
Practice will set all scored activities
to not be tracked in the grade book.
The Point Value field is an optional field
that you can use to set the point value
of all scored activities on your course.
If left blank, all activities
will have a default point value.
If you'd like your activities to all
have the same point value, set that value here.
Finally, select whether you'd like all activities
to be available to your students on the first day
of class or if you'd like them to become
available at a specific later date.
When you are finished, click Next.
The last page is a confirmation
that you've reached the end of the Guided Setup.
If you'd like to go back and change something,
you can use the Back button,
if you're finished, click Finish.
MindTap will build your course around the settings
you have selected during the Guided Setup.
If you selected yes at the LMS integration question
you'll be provided with a PDF document that walks
you through integrating your course
with your learning management system.
These instructions will cover linking your MindTap course
with your LMS by creating a course level link
and how to enable deep links and grade synchronization
between MindTap and your learning management system.
Thank you for completing this video training for MindTap,
for additional help or resources,
please visit our Training and Support sites
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