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Bridges has transitioned to manually created courses as of the school year of 2024. Course term will run from the first day of school until the first day of school the following school year. Teachers are responsible to fill out this Google Form to request the courses needed for that current year, 1 week before the start of school. There will be no requests accepted after the first day of school. Below, you will find quick help guides on how to manage your courses. Please note that the technology department is not responsible for enrolling or un-enrolling staff or students in these courses. If you have any inquiries, kindly contact us through the Help Desk, and we will be more than happy to assist you.
Some things to remember:
- Please ensure that any SIS-created courses have been unpublished to avoid confusion
- You will need to manually insert grades in Skyward since courses are not connect via SIS
- Sandboxes are for personal use only. Please do not use your Sandbox courses as a course for instruction.
Below are instructions to:
- Setting course to self-enrollment
- Adding users manually
- How to resend invitation to a course
- Remove an enrollment
- Place a Nickname on your courses
Setting course to self-enrollment
This allows the students to enroll themselves with a link that is provided by you.
1. In course Navigation, click the Settings link.
2. Click the Course Details tab
3. At the bottom of the page, click the More options link.
4. Click the Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL or Code checkbox.
5. Click the Add a "Join this Course" link to the course homepage checkbox.
6. Click the Update Course Details button.
7. Copy and share the provided secret URL [1]
Note: They will not need the second URL since they have an account with Canvas set. Please only share the first URL.
Adding users manually
You can use this if you would like to add your students or co-teachers to the course yourself using their login.
1. Open course, then in Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. Click the Add People button.
3. Select User search by email or login ID
You will be able to do multiple enrollments at once by dividing them with commas.
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Search by Email
- By default, the search field is set to search by email address [1]. In the text field [2], enter the email address for the user.
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Search by Login ID
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To add a user by login ID, select the login ID button [1]. In the text field [2], enter the login ID for the user
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4. Select User Details
- In the Role drop-down menu [1], assign the user(s) a role for the course based on available course roles.
- Leave Blank in the Section drop-down menu [2], assign the user(s) a section in the course.
- Leave Checkbox Blank for Can interact... [3].
- Click the Next button [4].
Note: If you are adding multiple users at the same time, all users inherit the same role and section.
5. Add Users
- Some users may have two profiles. Make sure you are selecting Grapevine-Colleyville ISD account under Institution column [1]. Click Next button [2].
- Confirm the users you are adding to the course via your selected search method. Click the Add Users button.
6. View Pending Enrollment
- Until the user accepts the course invitation, the user's status will display as pending.
How to resend invitation to a course
After manually adding a student using the Adding Users manually and the user is unable to see the invitation you are able to send another. (Have them open All courses in their dashboard to make sure they did not already accept it)
1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. To resend an invitation, locate the user's name and click the Options icon [1], then select the Resend Invitation link [2].
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Resend Individual
- To resend an invitation, locate the user's name and click the Options icon [1], then select the Resend Invitation link [2].
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Resend All
- To resend all pending invitations, click the Resend link.
Remove an enrollment
1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. In the search field [1], search for the name of the user. You can also filter users by role in the Roles drop-down menu [2].
3. Click the user's Options icon [1], then select the Remove From Course link [2].
4. Confirm Deletion, Click the OK button.
Placing a Nickname on your course
Teachers are unable to rename their courses as a district wide standard. You do have the ability to Nickname your courses.
1. Click the More Options icon on the course card of the course that you would like to change the nickname of.
2. Enter the nickname in the Nickname field[1]. and click Apply[2].
3. The nickname will now appear on your course card
All courses will be available for that school year term and will conclude at the end of the term. To request courses fill out this Google Form to request the courses needed for that current year, 1 week before the start of school.