Course Formats in VSTAR Learn
The following article shows how an outline of your course should look. Visit our other help articles to dive further into setting up activities within your course.
Main formatting components
- Introduction Content
- Course Topic Titles
- Course Activity Settings
Course Landing Page – Introduction Section
You may use folders to consolidate the information shown in the introduction section
- Announcement Forum
- Q&A Forum
- Syllabus
- Course Policies
- Link to Echo360 lecture library
- Faculty contact information
- Course support contact information
- EAP contact information
- Logistics Documents
Course Landing Page – Topic Headers
When setting up your course for the first time, you may decide to use Chronological topic headers if students move through the course in a linear manner. The FMK phase has decided on the chronological layout for their courses. The FCC core courses utilize a Categorical topic layout. This layout benefits students that need to access a variety of resources at various points throughout the course. Below you will find both layouts and their naming conventions.
Course Materials:
Course sections should be organized with the use of the following.
- Consistent fonts and level headers
- Naming conventions for activity types
- Indented content
- Standard activity appearance settings
- Concise and consistent language
- Minimal empty space between items
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