COL Documentation - Add, Edit Or Remove A FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can I have online students work on group projects?

A: Certainly, as long as the projects don't necessarily require students to all be in one place at the same time. The course management application COLWeb of Course OnLine offers collaboration tools such as e-mail, discussion forums, wikis, etc. that you can make available to your students. However, if you can't see how students living in different parts of the country would be able to complete the group project, then it may be a good idea to offer an alternative assignment to those students.

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To Add A FAQ

Login to COLWeb with your Campus Connection username and password.
Select the appropriate course from the >> MY CURRENT COURSES list.
Click on >> FAQs from the left-side menu.
To add a FAQ, click the ADD FAQ button. On the resulting screen:

Select Topic: You can use topics to group your FAQs in various categories of your choice. Select an according question topic from the dropdown menu or create a new topic by entering the topic name in the provided field. The newly created topic will also be added to the dropdown menu and be available next time you select a topic from the list.

Enter FAQ Details: Type your question and answer in the space provided.

Set Availability: Here you may specify the particular time you want the question to be available to your students. By default the current date and time is pre-entered. Pick a later date and time if you don't want your FAQ to be visible to your students immediately. You can change the date any time when editing the FAQ. The FAQs that are currently not available to your students will show up in the list along with the following alert icon.

Attach File or Add URL: With every FAQ you can attach either a file or add an URL. The maximum size for the file is currently restricted to 20MB.

Select Pertinent Course Section(s): Here you view a list of all the course sections you are currently teaching. By default the course section(s) of the course group you are currently in are selected. Check or uncheck the sections as you prefer. Only the sections that are checked will be able to see the FAQ you are about to create.
Once you are done on this page click the SUBMIT FAQ button and the FAQ will be added to the FAQ list on the previous page. To make sure that the submission of your announcement was successfull, please check the system STATUS BAR on top of the screen for immediate feedback.

To Edit A FAQ

Click the EDIT button to the right of the FAQ you would like to modify. On the resulting screen modify the data as preferred.
Exchange or delete an ATTACHED FILE by clicking the REMOVE button next to it and attach a new file or leave it simply blank.
Click the UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT button when done.

To Remove A FAQ

Click the REMOVE button to the right of the FAQ you would like to remove.
Your FAQ will be deleted immediately.