ATutor 1.5 Instructor Documentation

0. Table of Contents

1. General Information

1.1 About ATutor

ATutor is a free learning content management system. You can find more information about ATutor on the official website at atutor.ca.

1.2 More Help

Additional help and information is available in the How-To course distributed on the atutor.ca website.

1.3 Navigating ATutor

Although navigating ATutor is determined by the current theme being used, there are some constant elements which all themes must implement.

ATutor has a main menu, which in the case of the default theme appears as a series of tabs along the top, and a sub-menu, which is a series of links directly below the main menu.

Mac OS X uses Option instead of Alt.

The following accesskeys are implemented by most themes:

Command Key Combination
Jump Menu Alt+j
Save Button Alt+s
Next Topic Alt+.
Previous Topic Alt+,
Main Navigation Alt+1 ... 9

2. Content

2.1 Adding Content

2.2 Editing Content

2.3 Content Packages

3. Forums

3.1 Creating Forums

3.2 Editing Forums

3.3 Shared Forums

4. Backups

This feature is only available to course instructors.

Backups store all available course material (content, tests, links, etc..) into a single file. Once the backup file is created, it will be available through the Backup Manager for download and safe-keeping, or available to be restored back into any course.

The backup format is specific to ATutor and cannot be used by any other system.

The number of backups that can be stored is specified in the administration System Preferences section.

4.1 Creating Backups

4.2 Restoring Backups

5. Enrollment

5.1 Roles & Privileges

Roles & Privileges allows an instructor to deligate tasks and their privileges to students in order to create teaching assistants.

To edit or assign a student's role & privileges:

  1. Use the Enrolled tab to view all the enrolled students in your course.
  2. Select the student(s) you want to edit or assign roles & privileges to.
  3. Use the Role & Privileges button to proceed to the Role & Privileges page.
  4. Once on the Role & Privileges page, enable each privileges you want to grant the given student by checking the appropriate boxes.

5.2 Alumni

Alumni are former enrolled students who are still allowed to view and interact in a course, but who cannot take tests.

To convert an enrolled student into an alumni:

  1. Use the Enrollment tab to view all the enrolled students in your course.
  2. Select the student(s) you want to convert to alumni.
  3. Use the Mark Alumni button to proceed to the confirmation page.
  4. Use the Yes button to confirm that the specified students will be converted to alumni.

5.3 Groups

Currently groups are only used for assigning tests to preselected students. Once groups are created and students are assigned then it will be possible to assign tests to be taken only by those specified students in that group.

5.4 Course Lists

The course lists functionality allows an instructor to import, export, and create student accounts to be enrolled in their course.

6. File Manager

6.1 Creating Folders

6.2 Uploading Files

6.3 Creating New Files

6.4 Editing Files

6.5 Previewing Files

6.6 Deleting Files & Folders

6.7 Extracting Zip Archives

7. Tests & Surveys

7.1 Creating Tests & Surveys

7.2 Question Database

7.2.1 Creating Questions

7.3 Question Categories

7.4 Managing Test Questions

7.5 Student Submissions