Faculty Resources
Tutorial: How to set up your grade book on Courses
By using the "Gradebook" tool in Courses, your grades will automatically be tabulated, and students can always know what their current grade is!
Other Resources
Pepperdine also provides many how-to resources for faculty on the Courses platform. Click on the link above to access tutorials and troubleshooting information via Pepperdine's community pages, or click on the below links to access specific pages.
Getting Started:
Publish your class site so that students can see and access it.
Post and publish your syllabus to inform students of learning objectives and requirements.
Reorder your site tabs to access your classes quickly and easily.
Add or remove tools to engage students in learning activities. Please add Zoom Pro to your site.
Reorder your tools to focus student attention.
Add documents and web links to Resources to share learning materials.
Set up your gradebook to securely share academic progress with your students.
Copy course materials from a previous semester to repurpose your hard work.
Combine class rosters if you are teaching cross-listed classes or multiple sections of the same class but want to manage only one site.
Course Management:
Add class rosters to combine multiple course sections into one site.
Add or remove tools to engage students in learning activities.
Add participants such as a teaching assistant or librarian.
Create groups to grant or restrict access to tools or materials.
Import course materials from another course.
Picture Roster to view student photos.
Reorder, rename, or hide your tools to focus student attention.
Hide old class sites to speed up your browsing experience.