Creating a Collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Creating a Collection 

Courses can be grouped together in a collection. There are three collection types: enroll, exchange, and public. Refer to 'Collection Types' to learn more. 

Creating a Collection 

To add a course, unit, or lesson to a collection, first create the course, unit, or lesson you wish to share, then create the collection. 

Step 1: 

• Login as an Instructor and navigate to the 'Collections' page from the left navigation menu.   

Step 2:

• When creating the collection for the first time select, '+ Collection'. Determine the type of collection. Refer to the 'Collection Types' article to learn more about the collection types.

Step 3:

• Create a title and description for the collection. 
• Optional: Add a custom collection image to appear in the Course Catalog. 

Step 4: 

• Tag the collection by primary audiences and relevant content.
• Select different tags using the colored tabs at the top. You will see all selected tags at the bottom.
  • Tags are color coded based on their groupings and assist when searching for relevant courses and collections.
• To remove a tag select the red 'x' in the corner of the tag. 

Step 5: 

• Determine the participant and contributor access. Participants are the users who can join courses. Contributors are users who can add content to the collection. 
  • Participant Access 
    • Open - Any learner in the school system can discover the collection. 
    • Invite only - Invited members will access in their collections tab. 
  • Contributor Access
    • Open - Any instructor can add to the collection.
    • Invite only - Invited instructors will access in their collections tab. 

Step 6:

• Invite users using emails or a csv file, as needed. When inviting members, also determine permissions between participants, contributors, and admin. 
  • Participants can join and participate in the courses within the collection. 
  • Contributors can add content to the collection and participate. 
  • Admin can invite new members, configure permissions, and delete the collection. 
•     Select 'Done'.  

Refer to 'Sharing to a Collection' to learn how to share content to the Collection.