Building a Course Manually
You can quickly build your own course from scratch when using the CengageNOWv2 course creation wizard. Once you create the course shell, you can add assignments to the course manually and enroll students afterwards (depending on the procedure at your school).
To build a new course manually
Note: If you teach at more than one institution using CNOWv2, verify that you are logged into the appropriate institution before proceeding. See Managing Multiple Institutions for more details.
- 1. Click the Create a New Course button on the Courses page.
- 2. Select Build a Course Manually and click Continue to open the Course Information page.
- 3. Use the Textbook: dropdown menu to select your registered textbook for this course. (Required)
- 4. Select from the content titles adjacent to Digital product student will buy: field. (Required) This field appears after you have selected a textbook.
- 5. Enter the Course Name.
- 6. Enter the Course Number.
- 7. Select the appropriate dates for both the Course starts on and Course ends on date fields. (Required)
- 8. If you want to provide a Syllabus for the student's Courses page, you can link this course to an existing web page or uploading a document to the CengageNOWv2 server.
- ° Select Link to This URL to display an existing web page syllabus. Enter the entire web address, including the protocol such as http:// or https://.
- ° Select Link to This File to display an existing syllabus document. Then click Choose File to navigate to the file and click Open to enter the path to the file automatically.
- ° Select None if you do not intend to provide an on-line syllabus by either of the preceding methods.
- 9. (Optional) Select the checkbox next to Allow student to send emails to the instructor while taking assignments.
- 10. (Optional) Select the checkbox next to Require students to provide a student ID on login if you need to set up unique and anonymous student identification for your course. When enabled, this option forces students to create their IDs.
- 11. Click Create Course when the course information is complete and the Course Created page will open to display information about your new course.
The Choose Process page opens.
Note: Your textbook will not appear on the menu if you have not yet registered for it, or it has been retired by Cengage. In this case, you can Cancel and register for the book before proceeding.
Your selection determines what product students are required to purchase for the course. It is important to choose textbook and digital product carefully, since they cannot be changed later
You can use the name of the course as it appears in your department or institution catalog. (Required)
This can be the number of the course as it appears in your department or institution catalog.
You can click on the date field or calendar icon to open the calendar tool for the date field.
Note: Try to coincide your course start date with your students' registration date. This will maximize your students' trial period, as the start date you select determines when their grace period begins.
Note: The file must be a Microsoft Word .DOC or Adobe .PDF file format, and no larger than 10 megabytes.
With this feature enabled, students can send an email from their assignment take. The email contains their message, the information identifying the specific assignment, a link, and a screen capture of the specific question content.
Note: You can include additional instructor email addresses by clicking the plus button under the Enter Instructor Emails heading and entering a new address.
This feature is especially useful when you are generating reports for large classes where it is likely that students may have similar names. You also have the ability to create and/or edit individual Student IDs from the Gradebook page.
At this point, your course is ready to go, but does not contain any assignments. Under the Likely Next Step heading are suggestions for additional tasks based on the make-up of the your new course. You can add assignments with Create an Assignment, Export or Copy the course, or Create a Section. You can also Edit Course Information or simply Return to Course List. For more details, see Using the Course Information Page.
Under the Course Key heading are two links. One is a course link students use to access a CengageBrain site set up to register in your course. The Student Registration Instructions link opens a printable guide designed to assist students through self-registration. See Setting Up Student Self-Enrollment for more information.
Note: You may also be able to enroll students manually, depending on the enrollment procedure at your school. For more details on manual enrollment, see Manually Enrolling Users.
