How Do I Add a Task to the LMS for Students to Complete?

In this article we will show you how to add a piece of content of the type Task to your LMS.

Where Do I Add a Piece of Content?

• On the Admin Navigation menu, select Content.
• Select Add New Content.
  • This will open the Add New Content Wizard window.
• Click Next at the bottom to go to the Add Content window. This will allow you to choose the Content Type and Category(ies).

Content Type and Category

• Select Task from the Content Type drop-down.
• Under All Categories -> Category, select the Category you would like this piece of content to be stored in.
  • Double-click or click the checkbox to the left of the Category to add it to the list of Categories for your content.
• Click Next at the bottom.

General Information Page

• Title - If a Title was input into your course when it was packaged, it will automatically be put into this spot. Feel free to re-title it if you want it to be displayed differently in the LMS.
• Description - Add a description of what the learner will experience in this course.
• Content Code - This is a unique value for the piece of content, chosen by you.
• Target Audience - You can list target audiences so that learners viewing this in a catalog, they can see if they fall within that target audience.
• Tags - This will add tags to the piece of content, allowing learners to search by these tags in the learner interface and locate the content associated with the tags.
• Est. Duration (min) - This displays an estimated duration to the learner in the learner interface so they know how long they will need to dedicate when starting the course.
• List in Content Catalog - Check this setting to allow content to be viewed in a catalog, rather than having to be directly assigned to the learner. If checking this setting, we highly suggest checking Allow Students to Self-Assign also.
• Allow Students to Self-Assign - This allows students to assign a piece of content to themselves. If checking this setting, we highly suggest checking List in Content Catalog also, to get the most out of allowing students to self-assign content.
• Show on Student Transcript - If selected, will show this content on the student's transcript
• Allow UG Admins to Assign Content - This will make this content available to User Group Administrators who have the permissions to assign content to their user groups.
• Require a Password to Access this Content - When selected, this will provide a text box for you to enter a password chosen by you or to have a password randomly generated. The learner will have to enter this password prior to being able to launch the course.
• Content is hidden and randomly displayed - This makes the content show up randomly at a certain interval. This requires a General Setting option under the Content tab to be turned on.

Prerequisite Page

• Select any pieces of content you would like to be a prerequisite to this course.
  • Learners will not be able to take the course until the prerequisites are completed.

Content Information Page

• Credits - Will display the amount of credits that will be received. Requires the credit system to be enabled in General Settings.
• Cost - This will display a cost of the course to the learner.
• Mark Completed on Launch - Once Launch is clicked, the learner will get an automatic completion. We recommend using this setting.
• Exclude UG Admins from Record Entry - This will exclude this single piece of content from Record Entry for UG Admins that have permission to use the Record Entry tool.
• Auto-archive on Completion - This will automatically move the content to the learner's archive, once they have received a completion in the system.
• Award Badge on Completion - Select a badge from the drop-down to award to the learner upon completion. Badges need to be configured in General Settings.
• Ignore Auto-Collapse setting - NOTE: This does not work in the Novus III interface. All content is collapsed there. If this is checked, then the content card in Novus II will default to an expanded view to show all details for this content.
• Student can submit task for approval - This will allow the learner to mark Submit for Approval on this task. From there, the admin can either go to the Pending Tasks tab to approve or deny the task and approve the task through Record Entry. Emails can also be configured to be sent to an admin once the status of a task changes for a learner.
• Mark Complete on Submit - When a learner clicks Submit for Approval on the task, the LMS will automatically mark it as complete.
• Content Date Range - Use the date pickers to select start and end dates, which will limit learners' access to this information to this date range.
• User group auto-assignment rules use completions for this content - Checking this checkbox will allow for Completion-Based Auto-Assignment rules to run when this task is completed by a learner. This will allow a User to be put into a new group once they complete this task.
• Generate Completion Verification Link - When clicked will supply a link to provide to students that will give them a completion for this piece of content when clicked (user must be logged in). There are the following options for this link when it is generated:
  • Start Date - This is the date you want this link to become active.
  • End Date - This is the date you want this link to no longer be active.
  • Max Number of Uses - The number of times this link can be used to provide a completion for this piece of content.

Mark Complete Page

• Select any content you would like to mark complete when this piece of content completed. Another way to describe this is an equivalency.

Email Options Page

• Email Students - Select whether learners receive an email template depending on whether the task was set to Approved or Not Approved by the admin.
• Email Admins - Select an admin(s) that should be emailed when a student completes this task. You can select a template for them to receive.

Recommended Content Page

• Select any content that you feel you would like to recommend to the student after they take this course.
  • The content will display under a Recommended Content button on this piece of content.

Choose Associated Resources Page

• Select any resources that should be associated with this content.
  • The content will display under an Associated Resources button on this piece of content.

Associated Dictionary Terms

• Please select dictionary terms associated with this content item. Some dictionary terms only show to students when the term is associated with a content item available to the student.

Thumbnail and Certificate Page

• Thumbnail - By default, we provide thumbnails for the various types of content in the LMS. However, if you want to upload a specific thumbnail for a piece of content, this is where you do that.
  • Click Choose File to locate the thumbnail you wish to upload.
• Upload New Certificate File - If you want to upload a new certificate to the system without going to the Certificates tab in the Admin Navigation, you can do that here. The certificate will display in the Certificates tab after it is uploaded here.
  • Click Choose File to locate the certificate you wish to upload.
• Choose Existing Certificate - Choose from a drop-down of already uploaded certificates in the system.
  • Select Existing Certificate from drop-down menu.

Ratings and Review Page

• NOTE: Content Rating must be enabled within General Settings -> Content to be able to see this page.
• Allow students to rate and review content once it has been completed - If checked, this will allow the students to rate the content, once they receive a completion. If it is not checked, then rating will be disabled for this content.
• Prompt after completion - If checked, a window will pop up for the learner after completion of the content asking them to rate and review.
• Don't Prompt After - This is to set a date for Prompt after completion above, so users will not be prompted every time.

Notes and Action Rules Page

• Notes - This is for administrative purposes only. Notes can be used to leave certain information about the course that other admins might find useful.
• Action Rules - This allows rules to be written to fill in a Registration Field based on completion data sent to the LMS.

Review Page

• Review all options and click Finish to complete the Add New Content wizard.