Plan your Units
Units provides an organization method for structuring activities into sections inside the course.
Units are a grouping of assignments and quizzes.
Units are designed to guide students through course content in a structured way. Similar to a course syllabus, Course Units provides students with a structural framework for the course content. There are several ways to organize your course units.
How will you name your Units?
Is there a main textbook or spine book used in the course? How is the book divided? By chapter, by module, by theme?
Think about what will help your students correlate the work they need to complete with the Unit name. For example, you might want to combine the week number with the chapter or theme for that week.
Chapters: Is the chapter assigned for a week’s time frame and will you have multiple assignments/quizzes to complete within that week, then create a chapter as a unit.
Units by Week
Using chapters/module theme | Modules over several weeks | Themed subject matter |
WK 1: Measurement WK 2: Measurement WK 3: Matter WK 4: Matter WK 5: Elements | WK 1: Module 1 WK 2: Module 1 WK 3: Module 2 WK 4: Module 2 WK 5: Module 3 | WK 1: Colonizing America WK 2: American Revolution WK 3: The New Nation WK 4: The US Constitution WK 5: Young America |
Pro-Tips
Add a Unit before Week 1 to assign any work students need to complete before the first day of class. Typically this is overview information, books to read before the first day of class
Add Breaks for Units - this helps you organize your course visually (e.g., Fall Break)
Name your first Unit WK 0 or Before first week
You can do it!
Once you determine how you will set-up your units you can add them in bulk or one by one.
Go to Course Builder > Click the + Add Unit Button