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Importing activities in bulk can be especially helpful when bulk importing several course (level-4 objects) and/or program (level-3 folders), and when the activities and assessments are known for each bundle, but their alignment to specific learning objectives is not clear.
You will include these activities in the course text file. If you need to know how to build the basic course text file first, refer to this article: How do I build a text file for importing a course (level-4 object)?
Adding the activities to the course text file underneath the bundle will create what we call a placeholder LO that will populate inside the bundle. The activity will also appear in the list within the Activity Panel (right-side panel).
While adding activities to your course text file, you will first need the correct activity codes:
Activity Codes List
Activity Name #AN (required)
Activity Description #AD (optional)
Activity Hours (in HH:MM format) #AH (optional)
Activity Points #AP (optional)
Connecting activities to an LO(s) #ALOS (optional)
Activity types: (required)
| Activity type | Code |
| Audio |
#ATAU |
| Assignment | #ATAG |
| Case Study | #ATCS |
| Class Meeting | #ATCM |
| Clinical Activity |
#ATCV |
| Clinical Assessment |
#ATCA |
| Clinical Hours | #ATCH |
| Content Exploration | #ATCE |
| Data Set Analysis |
#ATDA |
| Debate |
#ATDB |
| Discussion | #ATDS |
| Exam | #ATEX |
| Field Trip |
#ATFT |
| Final | #ATFN |
| Formative Assessment | #ATFA |
| Guest Speaker |
#ATGS |
| Interactive Lecture | #ATIL |
| Internship | #ATIN |
| Inquiry | #ATIQ |
| Knowledge Check | #ATKC |
| Lab | #ATLB |
| Learning Game |
#ATLG |
| Lecture | #ATLC |
| OSCE |
#ATOS |
| Paper | #ATPA |
| Peer Review | #ATPR |
| Playful Activity |
#ATPL |
| Portfolio |
#ATPO |
| Practice | #ATPC |
| Presentation | #ATPS |
| Project | #ATPJ |
| Quiz | #ATQZ |
| Reading | #ATRD |
| Reflections |
#ATRF |
| Report | #ATRP |
| Research | #ATRS |
| Simulation | #ATSM |
| Study / Prep | #ATST |
| Summative Assessment | #ATSA |
| Survey | #ATSV |
| Team/Group Meeting |
#ATTM |
| Text Analysis |
#ATTA |
| Training |
#ATTG |
| Video | #ATVD |
| Writing | #ATWR |
Formatting the activity codes
Underneath the bundle title (#BT), the activity type code comes first, followed by the activity name (#AN), which sits on the same line as the activity type.
If you have an activity description (#AD), that comes next on the same line.
If you have points (#AP), those come next on the same line.
If you have hours/mins (#AH), those would come last on the same line.
For example,
#ATIL #AN Lecture 2A #AD In this lecture, we discuss the types of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic. #AP 10 #AH 0:08
When there are no learning objectives or when there is no clear alignment
Adding the activities to the course text file underneath the bundle will create what we call a placeholder LO that will populate inside the bundle once imported. You can then reconnect the activities to real LOs in a future step. Refer to this article: How do I edit an Assessment or Learning Activity?
Sample Syllabus Data
The data might look like this in your original document,
Module 1: Introduction to Biology
Homework 1, 10 points
Quiz 1, 30 points
Lab 1, This lab is an introduction to microscopes., 50 points
Module 2: The Cell
Homework 2, 10 points, 30 min
Lecture 2A, In this lecture, we discuss the types of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic., 8 min
Lecture 2B, In this lecture we discuss the parts of an animal cell. 12 min
Quiz 2, 30 min
Sample Syllabus Data With Codes
So for the data set above, it might be added to the course import file as follows:
#BT Introduction to Biology
#ATAG #AN Homework 1 #AP 10
#ATQZ #AN Quiz 1 #AP 30
#ATLB #AN Lab 1 #AD This lab is an introduction to microscopes. #AP 50
#BT The Cell
#ATAG #AN Homework 2 #AP 30 #AH 0:30
#ATIL #AN Lecture 2A #AD In this lecture, we discuss the types of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic. #AH 0:08
#ATIL #AN Lecture 2B #AD In this lecture we discuss the parts of an animal cell. #AH 0:12
#ATQZ #AN Quiz 2 #AH 0:30
When there are learning objectives and the alignment is clear
If your bundles do contain LOs, you can add the activities below those LOs in the text file, and connect the activities to the LOs using the #ALOS code. First, you will need to number each LO in the text file. The numbering must ascend through the entire file.
For example, if bundle 1 contains 3 LOs, you will number the LOs #LO1, #LO2, and #LO3. Then, if bundle 2 contains 3 LOs, you will start the numbering with #LO4, #LO5, and #LO6.
#BT Bundle 1
#LO1 Sample Learning Objective 1
#LO2 Sample Learning Objective 2
#LO3 Sample Learning Objective 3
#BT Bundle 2
#LO4 Sample Learning Objective 4
#LO5 Sample Learning Objective 5
#LO6 Sample Learning Objective 6
This way, you can actually connect activities to LOs across bundles. So, if an exam is connected to bundle 1 LO1, LO22 and LO33, and ALSO bundle 2 LO4, LO5, and LO6, you can simply add the LO codes in the activity. Then, using the code #ALOS, you can connect an activity to any LO(s) you'd like. The #ALOS code will always sit in between the activity type code and activity name code.
EX:
#BT Bundle 1
#LO1 Sample Learning Objective 1
#LO2 Sample Learning Objective 2
#LO3 Sample Learning Objective 3
#ATQZ #ALOS LO1-LO2-LO3 #AN B2 Quiz
#ATRD #ALOS LO1-LO2-LO3 #AN B2 Reading
#ATEX #ALOS LO1-LO2-LO3 #AN B2 Exam
These quiz, reading, and exam activities in bundle 1 will import attached to LOs 1, 2, and 3.
#BT Bundle 2
#LO4 Sample Learning Objective 4
#LO5 Sample Learning Objective 5
#LO6 Sample Learning Objective 6
#ATQZ #ALOS LO4 #AN B3 Quiz
#ATRD #ALOS LO5 #AN B3 Reading
#ATEX #ALOS LO1-LO2-LO3-LO4-LO5-LO6 #AN B3 Exam
The quiz activity will be attached to LO4. The reading activity will be attached to LO5. The exam activity will be connected to LO1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Here are three example files:
- 1- A version of the course data with LOs and activities
- 2- A version of the course data with activities, but no LOs
- 3- A sample version using the #ALOS code to connect an activity to LOs
Want to know more about importing/exporting in Coursetune? Check out these articles:
- How do I build an Excel file for importing a course (level-4 object)?
- How do I export a course (level-4 object)?
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