(Faculty LMS) Editing Content in the Classroom – GCU Technical Support

Online courses typically have very limited edit-ability. Only faculty who have been granted special permissions can change content. Please contact Faculty Training and Development at 602-639-7004 or at [email protected] for more information about what you can and cannot change in a class.

If you have been granted permission to change content within the LMS, this article will walk you through the process. You can add content, edit tasks and assignments, and re-order the structure of the path. Click the applicable heading below for steps.

Adding Content to the Path

There are a lot of things that you can add to a class. So many things in fact, that we've made a separate article in order to cover it in detail. For more information on this, please see (Faculty LMS) Adding to the Path.

Editing Tasks (DQs, Assignments, Quizzes)

You can edit content related to DQs, Assignments, and Quizzes until the task's start date. Once the assignment has started, you will not be able to make any edits.

NOTE Benchmarks cannot be edited, even if you have been granted permission to edit other content.

To do so, first click the edit button in the upper right corner of the Path.

Then locate the task you would like to edit by opening the appropriate Topic and selecting Tasks.

You can then edit details about the task, such as the visibility, title, description, and assignment type.

By scrolling down, you will see additional options for updating the dates in which the assignment is due, and indicate whether you will allow for late submissions.

NOTE If you would like to edit the assignment due date for an individual student only, see the article Reassigning Assignments and Quizzes. Please note, you will not be able to reassign an assignment unless the due date has passed or you have put in a grade for the assignment. You can put in a temporary grade (such as a 0) to reassign the assignment, however, and put in a new due date.

You can adjust display options, such as whether or not students can see their score.

Grading options can also be adjusted if necessary. Keep in mind that the total grade points in a course should not exceed 1000. Therefore, be careful with changing point values for individual assignments.

NOTE When making changes to the discussion questions, there will be two options that can set when students will be able to view posts to the DQ. If students are having problems viewing the posts, make sure the options Allow students to view posts only after grading and Allow students to view posts only after they make their first published post are unchecked.

Once you are done making changes, click Save at the bottom.

NOTE If the save button is not responding and the page does not seem to be loading, contact Technical Support to fix your grade scale.

Reordering the Path

You can also change the order content on the Path. To do so, first click the edit button in the upper right corner of the Path.

Then click the Reorder button at the top of the Path menu.

You can now reorder the content below. This can be done with the either the up/down arrows, or by dragging and dropping items with your mouse.

Example of using up/down arrows:

Example of dragging using your mouse: