bCourses Basics

Login to bCourses: bcourses.berkeley.edu

Account

How do I access my personal Settings?

How do I add contact methods to receive notifications?

How do I set my Notification Preferences?

Dashboard

What is the Dashboard

How to create Course Site and Project Site?

Removing a course from my dashboard

What is the Course Setup Checklist?

Calendar

What is the Calendar?

How do I use the Scheduler?

General

What is the Rich Content Editor?

What is the Content Selector?

How do I publish my course?

Syllabus

How do I edit the Syllabus description?

Add Course Schedule to the Syllabus Tab

Modules

What are Modules?

How do I add items to a Module?

How do I reorder Module items?

How do I delete Module items?

How do I reorder Modules on the page?

How do I delete a Module?

How do I require students to move through each Module item in order?

How do I lock a Module?

How do I view the progress of my students in Modules?

How do I link to an external URL in Modules?

Files

Where are my course Files?

How do I add a file to my course?

How do I move and organize my files?

How do I bulk upload files to my course?

How do I delete a file?

How do I lock files and folders in Canvas?

Assignments

Discussions/Quizzes

How do I create a discussion as an instructor?

What are the different types of Quizzes?

What are Pages?

How do I get a copy of my Announcement emailed to me and students?

How do I access the Conversations Inbox?

How do I compose a message?

How do I send a message to an entire class?

How do I attach a media comment to my message?

What are Student Groups?

How do I start a new Google Docs Collaboration?

How do I access People?

What are Course Statistics?

Where can I find statistics about when students are accessing the course?

How to add a Berkeley Faculty, Students or Staff to your bCourse

bCourses Roles and Permissions

Create a Guest Account to add a non-Berkeley users to your bCourse

How do I change the Course Home Page?

How do I reorder and hide Course Navigation links?

What course settings do I have control over?