Viewing Materials
Hiding Materials from Students
Hiding a document, webpage, or weblink from students will make a document invisible to the student as if it does not exist on the page. You can also preview a student's view of the materials page ( which will not contain the hidden document).
DIRECTIONS to HIDE MATERIALS
- Click Materials in the navigation bar.
- Click the edit link on the document, webpage, or weblink you want to be hidden
- Select the "Hide document from students" to switch viewing from "show document" to "hide document from students".
- Click Submit to save your work.
Instructor|Student view
You can toggle the display mode between instructor and student view to see how the page will appear to your students by clicking on the show student view link. the gray link is the currently selected mode.
Students can open, download, and save topic materials to their own desktop. Students cannot edit or reorder topic materials.
NEW! Collapse and Expand Topic Materials
The Collapse and Expand Topic Materials tool allows users to view all the materials under a certain topic or only view the topic names. Click the plus sign to expand an individual topic and view the materials under that topic. Click the minus sign to collapse materials and view only the topic names. To view an entire list of topic materials at the same time, click expand all topics. To hide the list, click collapse all topics.
When a course topic is expanded you see: the date the material was last modified, the materials type icon, the title, the edit icon, the delete icon, the summary (if one was provided), the name of the person who last modified the document, and the due date (if the is an assignment with a due date).
Show Certain Materials
Users can choose to filter which Materials they wish to view on the materials page. click the Show down arrow to open a list of Material Types that have been added to the topic. Choose a material type, or choose to show all material types by selecting the all kinds option. Click go to display the materials page according to the item selected on the show drop-down list.
NEW! Drag and Drop Topic Reordering
Instructors can change the order of topics (with the corresponding materials moving accordingly) with the new Drag and Drop Trop Reordering tool. Place your cursor on a Course Topic heading and the cursor changes to a cross-arrow. Press and hold down the mouse button and drag the Course Topic to a new location in the list. Only Topic headings can be reordered in this manner.
NOTE: You must click the SAVE TOPIC ORDER button to commit your changes to the order of topics.
Material Reordering
Instructors can change the order of materials within a topic. (They can also move materials to another topic.) Click to open the change topic order form. Select a single course material in the current list order and click the up or down arrows to change its placement in the material list for the topic. Click submit.
To move a material to a new topic: