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ANGEL Directions for Instructors and TAs

FIRST - MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALWAYS USING "ADVANCED" SETTINGS

Before doing anything else, you should make sure you have your ANGEL profile set so that you always see "Advanced" settings by default. If you don't, some of the directions below won't seem to make sense because you won't be seeing all of the editing options!

1. Click on "My Profile"
2. Select "My Settings"
3. Select "System Settings"
4. Select the radio button next to "Advanced"
5. Click on the "Save" button

That's it! Now when you are in any of your ANGEL courses or groups, you will see the all of the editing options possible to Course Editors.

PUTTING DUE DATES ON THE CALENDAR

For any assignment that consists of submitting a quiz/form or dropbox in ANGEL, the best way to put it on the calendar is actually to assign a "milestone" to it under the Lessons tab. That puts the due date/time on the calendar and ALSO makes it a "milestone" (see "Milestones" under the Tools tab). Some students seem to like that tool!

1. Click on the Lessons tab
2. Navigate to the item you want to put on the calendar (but do not click on it)
3. Click on the "Edit" button next to that item - that puts you in the "settings" for that item
4. Scroll down to the "Milestone Settings" section
5. Click the box next to "Milestone Settings" to check it - that will open up the area where it says "Completion...Assign Date...Due Date..."
6. Click the box next to "Due Date" to check it and then use the fields there to select the date/time you want it to be due
7. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Save."

Now the item magically appears on BOTH the Calendar and under Tools-->Milestones. If you want to change a due date and/or time, just repeat the steps above and when you save, both the Calendar and Milestones will be updated, too. (Do NOT manually change it on the calendar or the whole Calendar/Milestones connection for that item will break.)

The same thing can be done for whole folders or pages of content. For example, you might want to put the date/time when a unit of study "opens" onto your calendar. For something like that, ANGEL will put "Assigned:..." instead of "Due:..." on the front of the automated calendar entry.

PROVIDING STUDENT ACCESS TO A CLOSED ITEM

• Click on the Class tab
• Click on “Edit Teams” link
• Click on “Add a Team” link
• Fill out the form – name the team with the name of the item, like "Quiz 1" in order to easily identify the team later; No need for homepage or Project URL fields. Leave “Hidden” and Disabled” at “No.” For “File Sharing,” set to “Disabled.” Save.
• Next you will see the "Add Team Members" page - click on the box next to the name of any students who need access to the item, then click on the "Add Selected" button. Click on the "Done" button when you are finished adding students, then click on the resulting "Exit Teams Editor" button.
• Next, navigate to the closed item (e.g., Quiz 1) under the Lessons tab
• Click on the “Settings” link for the closed item
• Scroll down to the “Access Settings” area – for “User Team,” select the new team you just created and Uncheck the “Start Date” and “End Date” – that will make the item visible to the “team” only.
• Let the student know that the item is now available to him/her.
• When the student has completed the item, go back to step 7 and REcheck the  “Start Date” and “End Date” fields (dates/times will need to be reset - if the item also uses a "Milestone Setting," you can likely just match those) and change “User Team” back to “ALL”

DELETING A QUIZ OR DROPBOX SUBMISSION

• Under the Lessons tab, navigate to desired quiz or dropbox and click on it
• From the sub-menu, click on "Utilities"
• Select "View, Grade or Delete Submissions"
• Locate the student you are looking for (you can click on the column headers to sort by User ID), then click on the "Delete" link next to the student's name
• That's it

ADDING A STUDENT MANUALLY

• Click on the Class tab
• From the sub-menu under "Course Members," click on Edit Roster
• From the sub-menu click on "Add a User"
• In the "Account Search" field, enter a user ID - as a result, you should get the student's name you are looking for
• Click the "Select" button that is next to the desired student
• You can leave their "User Settings" as-is
• Check the "Notify user of account changes by e-mail" - that will send an automated e-mail to their PSU account, letting them know they've been added to your course space
• Click save - that's it