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SPARK Tutorials & Handouts

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Reuse a SPARK Course From a Previous Semester
Migrate Your WebCT Campus Edition (CE) Course to SPARK
Getting Started
File & Content Management
GradeBook and Student Management
Communications
Quizzes and Assignments
Back Up Your Course

Reuse a SPARK Course From a Previous Semester

Handouts:

Animated Tutorials:

Reuse a SPARK Course (pdf, 238K)

Migrate Your WebCT Campus Edition (CE) Course to SPARK

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Migrate Your WebCT CE Course to SPARK as a Section (pdf, 274K)

Step 1: Export from WebCT CE (swf, 3.38MB)
Step 2: Import to SPARK (swf, 4.64MB)
Step 3: Clean Up (swf, 11.5MB)

Getting Started

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Animated Tutorials:

Getting Started in SPARK (pdf, 1.3MB)
What's New in SPARK! (pdf, 316K)
Customizing Your SPARK Course (pdf, 1.5 MB)

The SPARK Build Tab (swf, 3MB)
Add Tools to a Course (swf, 1.9MB)
Add Text to a Page in SPARK (swf, 1.6MB)
Add Web Links (swf, 2.7MB)
Teaching Assistant Settings (swf, 2 MB)

File & Content Management

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Basic HTML Editing in SPARK (pdf, 284K)
Convert Microsoft Office Files to HTML or PDF (pdf, 19k)
Using the HTML Creator in SPARK (pdf, 196K)
Link to (Library) eReserves Content Within SPARK (pdf, 72k)
Manage Files and Course Content in SPARK (pdf, 508K)
Working with PDF Documents in SPARK (pdf, 60K)

Manage Files with WebDAV in Windows XP (swf, 3.5MB)

GradeBook and Student Management

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Manage the GradeBook in SPARK (pdf, 840K)
Export Student GradeBook Data from SPARK (pdf, 117K)
Merge SPARK Rosters with Other Data in MS Excel (pdf, 122K)
Import Student Data to the GradeBook in SPARK (pdf, 232K)
Group Management in SPARK (pdf, 650K)
Create and Manage Grading Forms in SPARK (pdf, 970K)

Group Management in SPARK (swf, 3.5MB)
Intro to Backing Up Course Data (including GradeBook) (swf, 4.8MB)
Import Student Data to the GradeBook in SPARK (swf, 4.5MB)
Merge SPARK Rosters with Other Data in MS Excel (swf, MB)
Export Student GradeBook Data from SPARK (swf, 1.9MB)

Using SPIRE Grade Upload? See our SPARK to SPIRE Grade Upload Handouts

Communications

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Communication and Collaboration in SPARK (pdf, 862K)
Add Multiple Calendar Events in SPARK with a Spreadsheet (pdf, 96K)

Back Up Discussions (swf, 6MB)
Back Up Mail & Chat (swf, 5.4MB)
We also have a movie for students about Using the Discussion Board.

Quizzes and Assignments

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No movies, yet, on building quizzes or assignments, but we do have movies for students that show how to take quizzes and hand in assignments.

Back Up Your Course

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Back Up Your SPARK Course Data (pdf, 85K)

Intro to Backing Up Course Data (including GradeBook) (swf, 4.7MB)
Back Up Discussions (swf, 6MB)
Back Up Mail & Chat (swf, 5.4MB)
Back Up Your Entire Course (swf, 3.6MB)

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GET HELP WITH:

SPARK Tutorials & Handouts

Reuse a SPARK Course From a Previous Semester

Migrate Your WebCT Campus Edition (CE) Course to SPARK

Getting Started

File & Content Management

GradeBook and Student Management

Communications

Quizzes and Assignments

Back Up Your Course