Qwickly Course Tools provides several functions for working with multiple courses. You can send e-mails, create course content and assignments, make your courses available, or post announcements in multiple courses at once. This tool is similar to the Qwickly module formerly in the top-right corner of the previous Scholar screen.

Accessing Qwickly Course Tools

To access Qwickly Course Tools, click on the Tools link on the left side of the main Scholar page.

Then, click Qwickly Course Tools.

Qwickly Course Tools

Sending E-mail

To send e-mail to your course(s), click on the Send E-mail link under Send at the left.

Select the course(s) that you'd like to e-mail on the left.

Choose whether you want to e-mail everyone, or only particular roles (student, instructor, course builder) in the class. Unless you have multiple instructors in the course who don't need to receive the e-mail, it's usually best to leave it as Everyone.

Put in a subject, and type your e-mail. To attach files to your e-mail, click on the Choose File button at the bottom of the email’s body.

Click Submit to send your e-mail.

Creating Assignments

You can also create an assignment across multiple courses. To do so, select Create Assignment on the left.

Select the courses that you'd like to create the assignment in on the left.

Creating the Assignment is done in four steps. In the Content step, you enter the assignment’s title, point value, and instructions in the given fields. You can also attach files and set the assignment to be either hidden from students or immediately available. To finish this step, click “Next” at the bottom right.

In the Timeline step, you can set the availability of the assignment in more detail--allowing for specific timelines of availability, or setting different timelines of availability for different courses if the assignment will be set for multiple course shells. However, you can skip this stage entirely by clicking ‘Next’.

In the Organization step, you select the location inside the course you would like to place the assignment into by selecting the Content Area. Available Content Areas will be shown in the given dropdown.

If you want the assignment in different areas in all of your selected courses, you will receive separate dropdowns for each course the assignment will be placed in.

When finished, click “Next”.

The Review step simply summarizes all the settings being applied to the assignment in previous steps. If all the settings are correct, click “Submit” to create the assignment; if not, you can click “Back” to return to prior steps and edit them.

You will then be able to enter the named courses and locate the assignment.

Making Courses Available

Qwickly Course Tools availability works pretty much the same as it did in the old Qwickly tool. To use it, click Course Availability.

You will see toggles for all of your courses. Click the relevant toggle to change the availability status of your course.

If you have a lot of courses, you can search for a course, view only available courses, or view only unavailable courses with the boxes on the top.

Posting Announcements

You can also post announcements in multiple courses. To do so, choose Post Announcement.

Select the courses that you'd like the announcement to appear for on the left.

Enter the Announcement title and body in the fields provided. You can also choose to attach files to the announcement, and set the availability settings for the announcement. When finished, click Submit, and the announcement will be created.

Adding Items/Files to Multiple Courses

Qwickly Course Tools allows you to add content such as files, information, or links to your course. These are added in as items in your courses. To add in content, click on Create Content at the left.

Select the Course(s) in which you'd like to add content.

Give the content a title, and enter any explanatory text.

Creating the content is done in four steps. In the Content step, you enter the item’s title and description in the given fields. You can also set the item to be a attached file, or external link, at which point the description field will be replaced with the appropriate fields. To finish this step, click “Next” at the bottom right.

In the Timeline step, you can set the availability of the content item in more detail--allowing for specific timelines of availability, or setting different timelines of availability for different courses if the item will be set for multiple course shells. However, you can skip this stage entirely by clicking ‘Next’.