Title: Get to Know Your Course
Course: BTEC-2020-301-302-303-F21 > Section: Course Orientation

Navigating the Course

This course is a competency-based hybrid course, which means that much of the content is delivered on the pages in the course. It is important to not skip any of the pages in the course by just going directly to the quizzes and assignments like you might do for a face-to-face class.

The course is designed for you to progress linearly. The pages, quizzes, discussions, and assignments build on each other in a particular order. You’ll want to start with the orientation module and then move through each of the pages in each week. You can do this by using the Next button at the bottom of the page or by using the "Modules" tab on the left-hand menu. These are the best ways to view the course (not via the other tabs on the left or the to-do list on your dashboard).

The following is an overview of each of the buttons in the course navigation menu.

The "Home" tab and the "Modules" tab will allow you to see all of the pages in the course, including the quizzes and assignments and when they are due. From this view of the course, you can navigate straight to any page in the course.

"Assignments"and "Quizzes,"will take you to a global view of each of these items in the course. These are for your convenience, but it is best to navigate through the course using the Modules tab.

"Grades” will track your points earned on assignments in the course.

“People” gives you the list of students in the class.

"Media Gallery" provides a list of all of the media in the course.

"My Media" is where you upload videos or audios for any assignments.

Unit Structure

Below you will notice a screenshot of a typical unit in Canvas as seen from the Modules tab on the left hand side.

- Notice that each unit begins with an introduction page that includes the learning objectives for the module.
- You must complete the Orientation before you can continue on in the course. After that, you may complete the modules at your own pace, with the caveat that you will need to complete relevant labs before going on to subsequent material and assignments.
- Modules may have quizzes, assignments, and/or labs which may vary from module to module.
- For your final assignment, you must complete a current biotechnology position paper and submit it in your ePortfolio.

Tabs

You will notice that some pages have tabs. Make sure to visit each tab to get all the course content. Note that these tabs will not work when using the Canvas App. When using the App, each of the tabs will be a blue link at the top of page that will take you to that section of the page. For best functionality, access Canvas on your mobile devices using the Google Chrome browser (Safari okay) instead of the App.

Instructor Feedback and Rubrics

Canvas has a tutorial for how to view comments made by your instructor on assignments. Rubrics let you know how you will be assessed on your assignments. Canvas has a tutorial for how to view rubrics for assignments,  and how to see rubric scores and comments.