Quick Guide to COTROnline
Editing Your Course
Course Users and Settings
To access the list of users for a course, select the Users dropdown from the Administration block, and then select Enrolled users. More information on user settings.
Course Visibility Settings
To set the visibility of a course and control for other general settings like start/end dates, select Settings from the same Administration block. More information on course settings.
To set the visibility of the gradebook, select Settings from the Administration block and look under Appearance. More information on gradebook.
To set the visibility of course sections, select Settings from the Administration block and look under Course Format. More information on course sections.
Course Content: Activities and Resources
There are two viewing modes of the course content:
- Course Homepage View – this is the
landing page of the course which displays all the modules for the semester and
the content and activities they contain
- Activity Page View – this view begins once a student opens any activity or resource component. Students can complete whole modules while remaining in the Activity Page View and do not need to return to the Homepage view
1. Course Homepage View
Once inside a course, you can “turn editing on” by toggling the pencil-icon button in the top right corner to enable more options.
ON: 
OFF: 
The different types of activities and resources within a course all have a unique icon, the majority of which are color coded by type:
Course content/resources - Blue
Communication - Green
Collaboration - Orange
Assessment - Pink
A full reference for the icons is available.
Individual activities and resources can be edited by selecting the Edit dropdown – three vertical dots to the right of the activity – then selecting Edit settings. In the settings page, you can update the name of an activity, change due dates, configure grading options, etc.
2. Activity Page View
If you are viewing an activity from the Activity Page view, you can turn editing on and edit an activity’s settings using the following steps:Select the other buttons icon 
in the top-left menu bar (nine
dots). Select “Turn editing on”
You can also access course and page/activity settings, and turn editing on, via the top right settings icon 
. This will open your course dashboard menu.
Activity Completion Settings
Activity components that have completion requirements will display a variety of statuses down the left side of the Activities listed on the Course Homepage (or under the Activity name on smaller screens). More on completion settings.
These include (but are not limited to):
- To-Do: View – Will automatically be marked as ‘Done: View’ once opened by a user
- Mark as Done (button) – Students can manually set the status to Done by clicking on the button, it will not automatically change when viewed
- To-Do: Make a submission – Will automatically be marked as ‘Done: Make a submission’ once a student has successfully completed an assignment submission process.
- To-Do: Receive a grade – will automatically be marked as ‘Done: Receive a grade’ once the assignment has been evaluated and a grade released.
You can set the completion settings via the Activity Completion dropdown in the Activity Settings.
You can turn off/disable Activity Completion, or adjust the display settings to retain the completion component but hide the Activity completion flags from the course page using the Course Settings Completion tracking dropdown.
Viewing Activity Submissions and Grading
From the Course Management window you can access lists of all your assignments and quizzes, forums and other activities. Open the window by selecting the course management icon in the top right of your course homepage.
Navigate to your selected Activity to see submissions and items to be graded. More on grading activities.
Open your full Grader Report by selecting the 'Grades' option.