Gary S.

Betney 2011-12

Gary Betney E-Learning Coordinator Rustaq
College and lead E-Learning Coordinator for
CAS Oman.

From Manchester, UK

Masters in Educational Technology

Been here 2.5 years

Im here to help teachers use technology to
enhance their teaching and administration.

Im NOT I.T. support (although I will try to
help if I know the solution to a problem)

I teach 10 hours so not always available.

Office: room 115 ext. 422

Mob. 9359 4562 Sunday to Wednesday,
08.00-16.00

Email: gary.betney@cas.edu.om

Type either: http://www.coas.edu.om OR
http://85.154.253.132 into a browser, it
doesnt have to be Opera for BB

The following screen should appear:



Enter your username and password, its the
same one as for SIS THEN WAIT

Your courses and sections should appear on
the right hand side of the screen listed like
this:


Your courses
are here

Check that the course(s) and sections are
correct. If not please inform Khulood Al-
Harrasi in the LRC (1
st
Floor) ext 111.

If they are correct click on a course

This appears:

Your
course is
now here.
The Course
Management box
appears

Go to the blue area: Course Management
Control Panel on the bottom left side of the
screen



First make sure you have selected the course
to which you wish to add content.

You can put many types of content up and
control when and who can see it.

Start by clicking on the Content tab in the
maroon section.
Content already added
by me.

Just complete the fields to indicate if you
want the file to be visible and state for how
long.

Then click Submit

This then appears.

If you just want to post an announcement,
maybe a notification of a deadline, first
ensure that you have made the correct course
active by selecting it from the Courses menu
on the right hand side of the screen.


Active
course

SafeAssignments appear in courses as a new
content type and can be added to any course
content area.

Please note that SafeAssignments are
different from Assignments and there is no
connection between the content types.

It is not possible to make an existing
Assignment into a SafeAssignment without
starting from the beginning.

Like regular Assignments, however,
SafeAssignments are integrated with the
Grade Center. We do not use the Grade
Center currently.
From a content area within a course:
Select the SafeAssignment content type from
the Create Assessment drop-down list



Click here
The Add SafeAssignment page appears:


Title
Type a title for the SafeAssignment, e.g.
Assignment1SafeAssign
Points Possible
Type the points possible for the
SafeAssignment.
Text
Type instructions for completing the
SafeAssignment. The slides at the end of this
presentation may help.

Available
Select whether or not the SafeAssignment should be visible
to Students.
Availability Dates
Use these controls to set the date range when Students
can interact with the SafeAssignment. It is possible to set
only a Start date or only an End date.
Drafts
Allows Students to validate their paper without submitting
it to the institutional database. Useful as an instructive
tool to help Students learn how to attribute papers
properly. Click here for a first draft then remove later.
Students Viewable
Determines whether or not Students can see the report
generated when their papers are submitted.

Urgent Checking
Sets papers to a high priority in the queue.
Optional Announcement
Create
Select Yes to create an Announcement about
the SafeAssignment.
Subject
Type a subject for the Announcement.
Message
Type a message for the Announcement.


Student submissions and the Safe Assign
reports associated with submissions are
viewed from the SafeAssign link on the
Control Panel, found under the Course Tools
heading.

The SafeAssign area lists SafeAssignments in
the course. Click a SafeAssignment to view
and grade submissions.

From the Control Panel, expand Course
Tools, click SafeAssign:

Select View
Submissions
Edit Properties
allows you to
change the
SafeAssignment
settings at any
time
Text: Select this option to view the Students
paper and any comments from the Student.
File: Select this option to download the Student
Submission.
Matching: The percentage listed is the percentage
of the paper that matches other sources. Please
read the full report to determine if the matching
is properly attributed.
SA Report: Select this option to view the full Safe
Assignment report.
Clear Attempt: Select this option to delete the
submission from the database, for example, if
the Student uploaded the wrong file.


Go to the Content Area that holds the
SafeAssignment, for example, the
Assignments Content Area.

On the Assignments page, look for the
SafeAssignment and click View/Complete.

Click Browse to select a file to attach as your
submission.

Click Submit.

Note: After you submit SafeAssignments,
there is a slight delay between the upload and
the availability of the SafeAssign report.
Results are normally available within 10-15
minutes BUT can be much longer.