Codon Course Building Guide

Created by Ashley Rowland, Modified on Sat, 13 Jul, 2024 at 11:04 AM by Ashley Rowland

You will be working with one of our Educational Support Specialists (ESS)

Ashley Rowland 

Contact: ashley@codonlearning.com

Schedule a meeting with Ashley

Kelly Hennessey

Contact: kelly@codonlearing.com

Schedule a meeting with Kelly

Erin Vinson

Contact: erin@codonlearning.com

Schedule a meeting with Erin

Alexa Clemmons

Contact: alexa@codonlearning.com

Schedule a meeting with Alexa

Email your Educational Support Specialist for support at any step in your Codon Learning journey.


1. Get started with Codon 

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  • unchecked Contact your Learning Management System (LMS) or IT administrator about integrating Codon with your LMS (template email).

  • unchecked Contact your bookstore (template email).

  • unchecked Join the Codon Community Slack Workspace to live-chat with your ESS and to connect with other instructors using Codon.


2. Build your course

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    Add a new course tailored to your schedule. (HOW-TO)

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    Assign LOs and preview content using the Course Planner

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    Build the student onboarding assignments

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    Build each assignment type: 

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      pre-class and readiness readings

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      homework

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      Study Path

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    Set grading policy presets

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    Add Codon questions to each assignment type by LO

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    Writing custom questions, including response and survey-style questions


3. Set your students up for an smooth start

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    Incorporate slides provided by your ESS into your first day slide deck.

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    Customize a sample message to include on your LMS course page and/or syllabus

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    Publish assignments, including student onboarding assignments

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    Set up LMS integration and enable sync for all published assignments. 

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    Review how to sync student grades

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    Check out the student performance page features

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    Final check of your course prior to student access date.

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      Correct course access date (when students can first access your course).

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      Assignments are published and open dates are set correctly

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      No unaligned questions in assignments.

    • unchecked Study Path includes relevant assessments for review in Checkpoint 1

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