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Name: Creating and Publishing Online Courses with Skills Network
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In this course you will explore how to create, develop, and publish online courses using IBM Skills Network. You will learn best practices for creating accessible content. You will acquire hands-on experience in building and testing course components. You will discover options for creating component types, readings, grading, and embedding assets and links. You will gain practical experience in building a course outline, creating assessments, adding discussions, and setting up grading.

About This Course

Lay the foundation for a successful learning experience by building expertise in different course development tasks! In this course, you will discover techniques and best practices for working with the IBM Skills Network Studio. You will find out the structure of the course outline and the different types of components that you can add to a course. You will learn about adding media, links, videos, and transcripts. You will gain practical experience in creating assessment questions, working with question feedback, and setting grading policy. You will build skills for creating components that will attract learners to your course such as the course landing page and your author profile. You will find out how to publish, market, and maintain your course over its life cycle.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Describe how to create a new course.
Explain how to make content accessible.
Describe how to configure course components.
Describe how to set up grading.
Test and launch a course.
Explain how to maintain a course over its life cycle.

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Skills Network and Author Workbench

Overview of Skills Network
Process of Creating Courses Using Skills Network
The Skills Network 5-5-5 Methodology
Copyright and License Considerations
Overview of Skills Network Author Workbench
Create and Setup Your Skills Network Author Workbench Account
Overview of the Course Git Repository
Create a Course in Author Workbench
Access and Navigate the Course Git Repository

Module 2: Introduction to Skills Network and Author Workbench

Overview of Skills NetworkStudio
Access and Navigate Skills Network Studio
Working with Sections
Creating Readings with HTML Components
Creating Readings
Working with Video Components
Preparing Videos
Upload a Video and with Transcripts
Considerations for Creating Accessible Content
Creating Accessible Content

Module 3: Adding Media and Links

Embedding Labs
Adding Hands-on Labs Using Tools in SN Labs (LTI)
Embedding Labs Involving External Tools
Working with Discussion Components
Working with Advanced Components and External Content
Creating Discussion Topics and Advanced Components

Module 4: Working with Assessments and Grading

Overview of Assessment Types
Creating an Assessment
Create a Multiple Choice Problem Component
Setting Up Your Grading Policy
Set Up Grading for Your Course

Module 5: Publishing and Maintaining Your Course

Create Your Author Profile and Course Landing Page
Creating Your Author Profile, Submit a Course Landing Page Details
Publishing Your Course
Promoting Your Course
Interacting with and Supporting Your Course Learners
Maintaining and Updating Your Course

Module 6: Final Exam and Wrap-Up

Requirements There are no prerequisites for this course other than general familiarity with using computers and a desire to learn.

Offered By: IBM

Creating and Publishing Online Courses with Skills Network

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