How to Use this Video For review purposesTo go along with training coursesContact the STaR office and request a practice course for the video training series This video can be used for review purposes or as a training aid in conjunction with a practice course. Contact the STaR office a request a practice course for the video training series, if you are interested. 2 Learning Outcomes Navigate a courseDescribe different ways to organize contentCustomize a course Identify important areas on the control panel To achieve these outcomes we will cover how to navigate the course from both the students and instructors perspective. We will also look at different ways to organize content and customize the course menu. Finally, we will focus on the control panel and identify important areas. 3 When deciding how to customize your course menu consider these four steps: 4 In order to plan out your course menu, you need to consider how you want to organize your course into content areas. There are three common approaches to do so. 5 In this approach, each Content Area contains a week’s worth of readings, assignments, lecture notes, and discussion forums. A Getting Started Content Area contains information about course policies, a syllabus, and other information students need at the beginning of a course. Take NoteContent Areas can be created ahead of time, made unavailable, and then made available at the appropriate time. In the slide example, Weeks 1 through 3 can be created and made unavailable until each is needed. 6 In this type of organization, related types of content are grouped together in a Content Area, such as all the lectures for the entire course. A Content Area can contain multiple items and multiple folders. 7 When content is organized by subject area, each Content Area contains lecture material and readings on a specific subject, along with assignments, discussion forums, and tests.This structure is well-suited for courses where the content does not need to be learned in a linear fashion. 8