This page provides an introduction to the key concepts of Glow.
Getting Started Guides
Printable PDFs to help you get started with Glow.
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Sample Course Screenshots
Weekly based course. Click to enlarge.
Topic based course. Click to enlarge.
GLOW Interface
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1. The course content area.
Once you’ve logged into Glow and have selected your course, the large block in the center of your screen is where you add the course content and information for your students. You can add links, PDFs, images, Word documents, videos, etc. You can also create headings and folders to organize your content, such as “Information about the final,” “readings” or “assignments”. When a course is first created, it has an Announcement section, and two additional empty containers. In Glow, these extra containers are called Topics. Typically, you would provide a name for each of these topics, and then add your content into them. You can also increase or decrease the number of topics available.
2. Blocks
The main page of a Glow course has a large central area and several additional blocks around the periphery. As the course instructor, you can add or delete blocks, change which side of the screen they show up on, and the order in which they appear. Click here for a guide to working with blocks.
3. Making changes to a course
In order to make any changes, click on the button at the top right of the page marked Turn Editing On. In editing mode, every part of the course that you can make changes to will have a series of small icons next to it. The sheer number of icons can be overwhelming at first, but there are really only a handful that get repeated. To see what an icon can do, hover your mouse over it for a second. In addition to making changes to the course content and course blocks, as described above, you can also make administrative changes to the settings of your course.
4. The course file repository
Each course has its own file system, similar to a folder on your local computer. All files that appear in your course first have to be uploaded into the course files. Once they’re there, they can be referenced from anywhere within the course. They can be uploaded:
5. How to make your course available to your students
It can be changed through the Settings link in the Course administration block.
