ANGEL Help

If

Then

You are adding a new page

• Click the Add Content hyperlink.
• Click the Blog hyperlink.

You are editing an existing page

• Navigate to the blog and click the Settings hyperlink.

Field Name

Description

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Title

The title text is used when listing the item.  It also appears at the top of the page when the item itself is selected.

N

Subtitle

The subtitle text is used when listing the item in its parent and also appears at the top of the page when the item itself is selected.  The subtitle appears in a smaller font directly beneath the title text.  Use subtitles to give longer descriptions of an item.

N

Link Target

Allows you to choose how the assessment opens in a browser.
No banner: Allows you to choose to show the banner title or hide it.
Same Widow:  Opens in the same window you are using.
New Window: Opens in a new window.
Parent Window:  Causes the linked document to open in the parent frame (one step up in the frame hierarchy).
Top Window: Opens in topmost window which replaces your current window.
 Selecting this checkbox displays the page without the ANGEL toolbar (banner) at the top of the window.

N

Description

The description is an extended description of the contents of the file. 

N

Sequence

Sequence is a numeric value that determines the display sequence of the content item on the Lessons page.

A

Icon URL

Allows you to select an icon that will be used in place of the default content icon.

A

Help URL

Type a fully qualified URL to a page that provides more information about how to use this resource.  For example, if you create a link to an online encyclopedia you could use this link to point to the online help for that encyclopedia.

A

Entry Author

Identifies entry author.

A

Object Author

Identifies object author.

A

Field

Description

View

User Tracking

Determines whether visits to the content item will be logged in the reports console.

N

Do not allow users to view these items

This checkbox hides the content item from users.  This is useful as you are creating course material that has not been completed. Determines if users are allowed to view the discussion forum.

N

Viewable by

The Viewable By setting allows the instructor to restrict access to the ANGEL content item according to the course rights designation assigned to the user.

• Everyone allows the content item to be accessed by anyone on the World Wide Web regardless of whether they are affiliated with your institution and regardless of whether they have a valid account on the ANGEL system.
• Authenticated Guest allows any authenticated ANGEL user to access the content item.  This includes both users who are on the course roster and those who are not.
• Students restricts access to the content item only to those users on the course roster who have course rights of student or higher.
• Team Leaders restricts access to the content item only to those users on the course roster who have course rights of team leader or higher.
• Course Mentors restricts access to the content item only to those users on the course roster who have course rights of course mentor or higher.
• Course Assistants restricts access to the content item only to those on the course roster who have course rights of course assistants or higher.
• Course Editors restricts access to the content item only to those users on the course roster who have course rights of course editor.
• Author Only restricts access to the author of the content item. 

N

Password

Assign a password to an item to further restrict who can view it.  When not in edit mode, the system asks the user to type the password before it allows the user to view the item.

N

Team Access

The Team Access setting allows you to restrict access to a particular group of users.  This can be useful when conducting group projects to ensure that only group members see material for their group.
Select the Selected Teams option designate which teams have access to the content item.

N

Start Date

Selecting a Start Date prevents the item from being displayed until the specified date.  This can be useful if you want to enter items ahead of time, but you do not want them displayed until a specific date.  You might use this setting in conjunction with the End Date setting to restrict access to a drop box to a specific date.

A

End Date

Selecting an End Date prevents the item from being displayed after the specified date.  You might use this setting in conjunction with the Start Date setting to restrict access to a drop box to a specific date.

A

Editable By

The Editable By setting allows the course editor to determine who can edit the access settings for the content item.  The default setting allows all course/group editors to edit these settings but can be set to author only to further restrict editing rights.

A

Object Editable By

Object Editable By allows you to define who can change the content of the item.

A

Cascade Settings

Blogs have the unique option to cascade or copy access settings preferences to all sub-Blogs eliminating the need to modify access settings for each sub item.  To use this feature select the settings that you want to apply to all existing sub-items. If unchecked, the setting is only applied to the blog itself and new sub-items.

A

If you are

Then

Removing a standards mapping

• Click the Mapped Standards tab.
• Clear the checkbox next to the mapping to remove.
• Click OK when prompted to “Remove this?”.
• Click Save.

Mapping a new standard

• Browse for a standard
• Click the Browse Standards tab and navigate to the standard to map.
• Click a checkbox next to the standard to map to this Page.
• Click the Save button.

• Search for a Standard
• Click the Search Standards tab.
• Type a keyword and click the Search.
• Click a checkbox next to the standard to map.
• Click the Save button.

If you are

Then

Removing an object mapping

• Click the Mapped Objectives tab.
• Clear the checkbox next to the mapping to remove
• Click OK when prompted to “Remove this?”
• Click the Save button.

Mapping a new objective

• Browse for an objective
• Click the Browse Standards tab and navigate to the objective to map.
• Click a checkbox next to the objective to map.
• Click the Save button.

• Search for an Objective
• Click the Search Objectives tab.
• Type a keyword and click Search.
• Click a checkbox next to the objective to map.

Description

View

Associated Agents

Provides a list of associated agents set for this content item.

N

Current Agents

Provides a list of current actions set for this content item

N

Field Name

Description

View

Milestone settings

Task Type: Determines when a milestone is considered to have been completed.

• Manually marked: Users must explicitly indicate completion by clicking a link.
• Item completion: Milestone is considered complete when the lesson item itself is marked as completed for the user.

Assign date: Specifies the date on which the students should begin work on the milestone. This date is displayed on the course calendar.
Due date: Specifies the date by which the milestone should be completed. This date is displayed on the course calendar.

N

Gradebook settings

Specifies the category the gradebook assignment is associated with.

• Assignment: This associates the content item with the gradebook.
• Category: Determines which category the content is associated with in the gradebook. Includes quizzes, exams and homework.
• Points Possible:  Species the point scale for the assignment with respect to gradebook reporting.
• Calculation Type: Select the appropriate calculation type from the Calculation options to determine whether the category average should be based the grade of all category assignments (Use all assignments) or a subset using the highest scored assignments (Use highest or Drop lowest).

Note: The Calculation Type option allows the course editor to configure a category to “drop lowest” or “use highest” n number of grades when calculating each student’s category average. For example, by specifying “Use Highest” 10 for the Quizzes category, each student category average will be calculated based on their 10 highest quiz scores.

• Display Format: Specifies the format to use when displaying the assignment grades in the gradebook.
• Hide gradebook assignments from students: Specifies whether the gradebook assignment should be viewable by students.

N