Creating Courses 101

Step 1: Go to your HQ Dashboard and click on Content, then Create, then Course.

Step 2: Click Create New Course in the upper right and then New Course.

Course Information Page

You will first notice the navigation points at the top of the page. The navigation icons are all clickable and you will see a green checkmark when that section is complete.

Step 3: Enter the basic course information

Title:

Choose your category, level, and estimated time it will take to complete this course.

If your district is using Credit Types, you can select those here.

Fill out the Learn and Apply section and paste the link to your video.

Video Link

Make sure to click on the "How does this work?" button for specific directions about the URL that you will use.
Make sure that if you are using a YouTube video that you use the link from the URL address bar and NOT the link you get when you click Share.
The URL for a video to include. YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, ScreenPal, and Sharepoint videos are supported.

Workspace Embed File

You can embed many different kinds of workspace files.
Make sure to click on the "How does this work?" button for specific directions about the different types of files you can embed.

PDF Embed

You can also embed a PDF.

Materials Section

You can add links to any additional resources or materials that would be beneficial to your learners.

Standards and Tags

If your district is using standards in MobileMind, you can attach those here.
We highly recommend using tags to make searching for relevant content easier for your learners.

Course Challenge Page

You will now see the green checkmark for the course page if you have entered all the required information and the Challenge page is now green and ready for you to enter your challenge information.

Choose your submission type.

Remember to consider the number of reviewers you have available if you are going to choose any of the manually reviewed types.
Click HERE for more information on submission types.

Autograded Submission Types

Add the instructions, the question, and the answer options for the learner. Make sure to select a correct answer.

For Instructions, try to be as specific as possible and add numbers if needed.
If you would like to allow more than one correct answer, simply select them and choose if you will allow any or if they need to select all the correct answers.
If you are using multiple choice, you can add a hint that they will receive if they get the answer wrong on the first attempt. (Optional)

Quizzes

Add as many questions as you would like.
Choose to show missed and/or correct answers and choose the score it takes to pass.

Manually reviewed submissions

Enter the instructions, the question, reviewers instructions.
Select who will be reviewing these submissions.
We suggest using reviewer groups so you can easily manage who will be reviewing submissions based on who you put in or take out of reviewer groups. (Click HERE for more information on reviewing and reviewer groups.)

Course Settings Page

You will now see green check marks for the Course Information, and the Challenge pages and the circle around the Settings tab is green and ready for you to make your selections.

Related Courses

If you would like any related courses to show up in the left sidebar of the course on the Learn side, you can enter those here.

Mobile Friendly & Exclude from Library

If this course is something that could be done on a mobile device through the MobileMind app, you can check this box. If you do not check this box, they will be able to see the courses on the app, but will not be able to complete it. They will need to complete it from a computer.
If you want to make sure this course lives in a learning path or a badge or can only be accessed with a link, you will check this box and it will not be searchable on the Explore page.

Release Date & Course Author

If you want learners to wait until a certain date before having access to a course, you can select a release date.
If needed, you can always change the course author.

Course Visibility

Course visibility allows you to determine who will have access to this course. If you don't select anything, everyone in your district will have access.
You can select groups and/or job titles. Please keep in mind this creates an "AND" situation if you use both. They will have to be in that group AND have that job title. We recommend using one or the other.

Course Collaborators

If you do not select any collaborators, anyone with the role of Org Admin and Org Creator will be able to see and edit this course.
If it was created by a Group Admin or Group Creator, any Org Admin, Org Creator, Group Admin, or Group Creator will be able to view and edit this course.
If you select collaborators, any Org Admin, the original creator, and the people selected will be able to view and edit this course.

Course Owner and Support Email

The course owner is used in the event that the course author is no longer with the district. Organization Admins and Creators of the selected group will be able to edit this course.
A single email address learners can use to get help with this challenge. A prompt to get help will automatically appear after a second incomplete attempt. This is required for manually reviewed submission types. Please do not enter any MobileMind email addresses.

Course Review Page

Now it's time to check your work before clicking Publish! All your other pages have a green checkmark and it is time to review your course.

If anything is missing from any of the pages you will see a red exclamation point about that page title.

Preview, Save, Publish, and Share!

You can now Preview what your course card, the mobile app, and the extension window will look like.

You can also choose to Save as a Draft or Publish.

If you are ready to publish, please consider sharing your course with the MobileMind Community. We have more than 1300 courses in there already that you are welcome to copy and use for your own district! (Click HERE to learn more about the Community.)
If the category you chose for this course is one that you created, you will be promoted to choose a MobileMind category.
If you are going to share this course, you can choose to credit your district or make it anonymous.
If this is a district specific course that you would rather not share, you can click Just Publish.