This book walks you through the essentials for every COTROnline course homepage.

Checklist

You can download a PDF Checklist to ensure you have covered all the basic settings and content elements.

• The Course Restore Process
• Course settings
  • Essentials
    • Title and Course Short Name
    • Start and End Date
    • Course Description and Image
    • Sections and Format Structure including show/hide function
    • Hide/Show Settings
• Course welcome
  • Course Outline Link
    
  • Announcements Forum
    
  • Instructor information
    
  • Course syllabus and other important information
• UDL Template and Accessibility
  • Student help resources
  • Layout options
• Gradebook Essentials
  • Check Gradebook Categories
  • Check Category Totals
  • Include Empty Grades
• Other Settings
  • Groups and Groupings
  • Completion Tracking
• Blocks
  • Meet your instructor