The Course Setup Page

Here you can change basic course settings, change access privileges, and manage staff members.

Navigation: Click the Setup link on the Navigation Bar on the left side of the page.  Only staff members with full Admin privilege can access this page.

Submitting Changes:  All changes made to this page are finalized by hitting the Set Button at the bottom of the page.


About Access Levels

You can allow people besides enrolled students and staff members to access your course in limited ways.  There are two levels of such users, Cornell Community members and Guests.  The Cornell Community entails anyone who has a NetID and can login using SideCar or CUWebLogin.  Guest access to CMSX is available to anyone, including users who are students or staff who don't want to go through the logging in process.  These two categories can be granted the following access rights:

1. View the course page:  Enable this option to allow users in this level to view your course page.  The content available on that page can be further configured in later settings.  This option overrides the others, and when it is disabled none of the other options are available.
    
2. View course announcements:  Displays announcements on the course page as seen by students to this access level when enabled.
    
3. View course assignments:  Enabling this options allows users in this access level to view the assignments listing for this course, and to visit the individual pages for each assignment.  This include making available all assignment files and statistics which are normally available to students.
    
4. View assignment solutions:  Solution files for each assignment will only be downloadable by users in this access level if this option is enabled.  This option only applies if the previous option is also enabled.
    

Note: These options apply only to users who are not enrolled students or staff members, who always have access to the above features when appropriate. 


About Course Description

This is a block of HTML-enabled text which is displayed at the top of the main course page.  You can configure it on the Setup page by clicking the (show) link next to the Course Description heading.


Managing Course Staff and Privileges

This section allows you to view and modify the listing of current staff members for the course, including their privilege levels.

Privilege	Abilities
Admin	Has all abilities of the other privileges, and in addition, the following abilities are available only to Admin staff members: Viewing/Modifiying Setup page (including these options) Viewing/Modifying the Student enrollment page, including setting final grades Assigning graders to grade groups within assignments Sending out emails to students and staff and viewing the email history Viewing the course logs Viewing the course page as a Student, Cornell Community member, or Guest
Groups	Viewing the Groups page for any assignment including a listing of students in the course, but without the listing of grades for that assignment unless that user also has another privilege that would allow it. Creating or disbanding groups of students in any assignment.
Grades	If the 'TA Group Assignment' (on the Assignment Edit page) is set to allow graders to grade anyone, then Grades-privileged staff members will be able to view and set grades for anyone in the assignment. Otherwise, they are able to view and set grades only for groups they have been assigned to grade.
Assignments	Adding, editing, and removing assignments in this course
Content	Adding and editing announcements on the main course page Adding and editing custom Content Tables for the main course page

To add a staff member:

1. Click the (New Row) link at the bottom of the table.  (You can get rid of this new entry without finalizing it by clicking the (Remove row) link.)
    
2. Enter the NetID of the user you want to add and choose from the set of privileges.
    
3. Click the Set button at the bottom of the page to finalize changes.
    

To remove a staff member or change a member's privileges:

1. Check the appropriate checkboxes in the row of the table containing their name and NetID.
    
2. Click the Set button at the bottom of the page to finalize changes.