ClaraNet: Instructor Tutorial

To Create a Course Web Page:

Go to the ClaraNet home page (http://claranet.scu.edu) and click on the link "Admin Functions" found on the far right column (red arrows in screen shot below).

You will prompted to enter your Login ID and Password. If you do not have a Login ID and Password either contact Maria Quinonez at ext. 1939 or e-mail ClaraNet directly by clicking on "Contact Local Eres Manager" on the far right side of the screen (green arrow above).

Once you have inputed your Login ID and Password, you will be at the "Faculty Home" page. You will see a link for "Create a New Course" (red arrow below).

You will be prompted for four screens of information:

Screen 1 - Number of instructors teaching course;
Screen 2 - Instructor name, Department, Course number, Term and Course Name;
Screen 3 - Course information, Password (Remember that the password asked for here is the student password that you are setting for that course page. You will need to give this password out to your students in order for them to access your course page. This password is different than the Admin Functions one that you should keep secret for getting into the Admin Functions of ClaraNet.) for the course, Ordering of information, Chat room, Bulletin Board; and
Screen 4 - Confirmation of all the information you have inputed from the previous 3 screens.

Congrats! Once you have inputed all the requested information, you have created a course web page.

To Add, Delete, Modify, etc. Documents to Your Course Web Page:

Go to the ClaraNet home page (http://claranet.scu.edu) and click on the link "Admin Functions" found on the far right column. You will prompted to enter your Login ID and Password.

 

If you do not have a Login ID and Password either contact Maria Quinonez at (408) 551-1939.

 

Once you have inputed your Login ID and Password, you will be at the "Faculty Home" page. You will see a link for the course page you have created. Click on link for that course (red arrow below).

You will now be at the "Course Management Functions" page (see below image). This is the heart of all managerial functions you will be performing for your course page.

Click on the link for the function you wish to perform, such as "Add a Document," and follow the instructions as they are prompted to you by ClaraNet.

Add a Document or Link - This function allows you to add new documents or link to other web pages.

Delete a Document or Link - This function allows you to delete documents or links to other web pages.

Modify a Document or Link - This function allows you to replace or associate documents as well as modify a documents information.

Change Order of Documents - This allows you to change the order of how your documents are listed on your course page.

Archive a Document - This allows you to archive documents that you may want to use at a later date but do not want students to currently access them.

Restore a Document - This allows you to restore documents that you archived at an earlier date.

Add a Folder - This allows you to add folders in your course page in which you may store documents that contain common elements.

Delete a Folder - This allows you to delete folders that you created at an earlier date.

Modify a Folder - This allows you to change the name of a folder you created at an earlier date.

Change Folders Contents - This allows you to change the documents that are contained within a a given folder.

List Directory Contents - This lists all the documents associated with your course page, including archived documents.

View / Purge Upload Staging Directory - This allows you to view or purge all the documents that you have loaded into your FTP staging area.

Course Page Announcements - This allows you to post announcements on the top of your course page.

Discussion Board Functions - This allows you to set up your discussion board and chat rooms.

Delete / Archive Course - This allows you to completely delete or archive your course page and all its associated documents.

Modify Course Page Info - This allows you to change the information regarding your course page, i.e. name, course number, etc.

Get Access Statistics - This allows you to retreive statistics on how many individuals have visited your course page over a given time.

If you have any problems or concerns, please contact either Maria Quinonez at ext. 1939.