Teaching Software: Illinois Compass

Instructor Resources

Basics

Instructions for basic tasks to get you started using Compass.

• Maximizing Illinois Compass Performance
• Adding a File to the Home Page
• Adding a Folder to the Home Page
• Creating a Web Link
• Creating an Announcement
• Adding and Removing Course Tools
• Hiding Course Tools from Students

Assessments

Discover how to create graded quizzes and tests, surveys, and self tests with a wide variety of different question types and automatic grading criteria.

• Creating Assessments
• Editing Assessments
• Developing the Question Database
• Question Types
• Creating Quizzes with Randomly Generated Questions

Assignments

Learn how to create text or web-based assignments.

• Creating Assignments
• Editing Assignments
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Communications

Along with the ability to create traditional discussion topics, the Illinois Compass Discussion tool allows instructors to create two new types of topics: blogs and journals.

• Creating a Threaded Topic
• Creating a Blog Topic
• Creating a Journal Topic
• Creating Discussion Categories
• Creating a Chat/Whiteboard Room
• Editing Chat/Whiteboard Rooms
• Converting a PowerPoint Slide Show to a Chat/Whiteboard Slide Show

File Management

Learn how to upload, access, and organize your content files in the file manager.

• Using the File Manager
• Using WebDav
• Office 2007 File Format Information

Grade Book

Find out how to set up the grade book, enter grades, calculate grades, and export grades to a spreadsheet.

• Setting Up the Grade Book
• Different Column Types
• Creating and Editing Grade Book Entries
• Calculating Grades
• Exporting and Importing Grades
• Showing Students Their Grades

User Management

Find answers to most questions regarding adding and deleting users, viewing students by section, and creating groups.

• Adding and Deleting Users
• Finding and Sorting Users
• Creating Learning Groups

Compass Bug Watch

Log in to the wiki to read about the status of issues with Illinois Compass.