Section outline

  • Welcome to our introductory skills course for learners!

    This course has demos of common activities your instructors may use. The activities do have grades, but only to simulate what it'd be like to receive a grade through that activity. This course is very rarely monitored, so think of it more as a sandbox where you can test what it's like to upload an assignment, take a quiz, or post in a forum without having to worry about losing points in a course. 

    Course Objectives:
    • Practice using course features and activities your instructor(s) may use.
    • Use resources like links, files, and embedded audio and video files to see how they display in your browser and on your device.
    • Check your ability to use common activities, such as forums, quizzes, and assignments.

    This course will remain available for you to refer back to later if you need a refresher on how an activity or resource works. 

    To begin, watch the welcome video in the Getting Started section below.

    • Announcements Forum

      The Announcements forum is where your instructor may post general news and announcements. Only instructors can post in this forum, and any posts made here will also be delivered to the email address associated with your account. 

      If you feel like you're receiving too many emails about forum posts, we recommend switching to a daily digest instead. This will send you one email a day with all of your notifications instead of an email for every single notification. To do this:

      1. Click your name in the top-right corner
      2. Select "Preferences"
      3. Select "Forum Preferences" (under User Account)
      4. Set your Email Digest Type to either Complete or Subjects
      5. Click the "Save Changes" button