Add week summary to a course

To add a summary, first click “Turn editing on” in the upper right corner of your course page, and then click on the icon “Edit summary” for a week that you want to edit.

After clicking the “Edit summary” icon, you will see a WYSIWYG text editor as shown below.

WYSIWYG stands for “What you see is what you get.” The WYSIWYG toolbar looks like a toolbar in most text editing programs. Here is an important note of caution: This text editing toolbar sometimes does not appear in certain browsers, such as Safari and Opera. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you use Firefox or Internet Explorer with ISUComm Courses. The WYSIWYG editor allows you to select font style and font size, add color to the text, insert images, tables, hyperlinks, etc. When you hover your mouse over the icons, you will see short descriptions of their purposes. As you use the WYSIWYG editor, ISUComm Courses automatically converts your text and styles into HTML code. If you prefer to work directly with HTML code, you can edit the code by clicking on the “Toggle HTML source” button.

Now let’s add a summary for Week 15. For example, you can add the number of the week (such as Week 15). You can also add the days when you have the class (e.g., Tuesday and Thursday). Then, you can add a brief overview of a class period (e.g., a topic or a list of class activities). Finally, you can add homework assignment for each class. When you are done adding the summary, click “Save changes.” To edit a summary for the next week, follow the same procedures. Please keep in mind that the summary should be relatively short; otherwise, your course page will be too long. If you want to say more than several sentences, you’d rather add a resource, such a text page or a web page.

You can also add a Welcome note on the top of the middle section of your course. To do that, click the “Edit summary” button above the “News Forum,” add the content, and click “Save changes.”