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Classic LMS Course Overview for Instructors

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The Classic LMS Course has been the main course type offered on CN over the past few years. The Task tool is the central content delivery tool. It best suits instructor-led, blended learning.

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Create a Course

Create a Personal Classic Course

STEP 1: To create a personal Classic course, first click on the "Create a Course/Network" link from the "Courses" dropdown, or click on "Build Online Course/Training" from the bottom of the left menu on the home page.

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STEP 2: Then on the "Create a Course" page, select the option "Classic LMS Course". Then you can continue the steps to create your personal Classic course. You are allowed to create one free and unlimited paid personal Classical courses. Read this article to know more about CN personal course pricing and payment. 

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Create an Institutional Classic Course

To use Classic course as part of the course offerings from your institution, your institution admin should create the course for you from CN Channel.

Setting Up a Classic Course

Classic courses offer many robust features. We will briefly go through a few of them below and provides links to learn more about each feature.

1 - Review Basic Course Settings: Click on the gear icon next to the course name to find course settings or invite members to your course.
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2 - Task Tool: Task tool is the main content delivery tool in Classic courses. You can get started by clicking on the green plus icon next to the “Tasks” tab, or from the "+ Create New Task" button. Learn More
3 - Posts: Use the Post, Poll, and Event tools to create discussions in your course. Learn More
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4 - Quizzes: Use this page to create quizzes for students to take. Learn More
5 - CN DropBox: View and grade student assignments from the CN DropBox. Learn More
6 - GradeBook: View and manage the grades of the entire class on the GradeBook page. Learn More
7 - Roster: The members of the course are displayed on the Roster page, along with some helpful analytics and controls. Learn More
8 - Discussion Topics: Organize and filter discussion in the course with Discussion Topics (hashtags). You can define your own discussion topics for students to choose from when they post. Learn More
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Course Completion

In Classic courses, you can set up requirements for how the students should complete the course. You can also reward students with a badge or certificate for completing the course.

STEP 1: To set up Course Completion in a course, first click on the gear dropdown next to the course name, then click on Course Completion Settings.
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STEP 2: Next you'll be taken to the Course Completion Settings page. Here you can set up the requirements for completing the course, the rewards students earn after completion, and any custom message and email you want to send to students after completion. Learn More
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Invite Course Members

There are two easy ways to invite members (other instructors and students) to your course. 

Approach 1: click the course settings gear from the top of the course, then click Invite a Member.

Please note that this feature is only available in institution courses. 

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Approach 2: simply share the course URL and Access PIN (if you set up one) with the people you would like to invite. You can find the course URL and Access PIN from the About page.

Please note that when people join your course on their own, they are in the student role. You can go to the Roster to change their role and permissions. 

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If you have any questions about the CN Classic LMS Course, feel free to contact CN Helpdesk help@thecn.com. 

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