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Video: How do I add a new term in an account?

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00:07: How do I add a new term in an account?

00:12: In global navigation, click the admin link, then click the name of

00:16: the account.

00:18: In account, navigation, click the terms linked.

00:22: Click the add new term link

00:25: In the term name field, enter a name for the term.

00:28: This name will be displayed as part of any course added to the term.

00:32: If your institution is using sis IDs, you can enter an SIS

00:36: ID for the term, in the, sis ID field.

00:39: In sis CSV files, the sis ID is called the

00:44: course ID.

00:46: In the term runs from line, use the calendar icons to set a term start

00:50: date and term end date. By default the student dates

00:54: to view courses. Inherit the term runs from start date, 2, end

00:58: date, and teachers TAs, and designers dates inherit

01:02: a, whenever start date to term end date.

01:06: Each term allows you to set specific participation dates for each user role.

01:11: If you want each user role to inherit the default term dates, you do not need

01:15: to enter any dates. Once you save the term and add it to your account,

01:20: the user roles will display the following defaults.

01:24: Students inherit the term, start and term and date identified in the terms

01:28: page as terms start and term end.

01:31: Teachers TAs, and designers dates inherit a whenever start date

01:35: to the term end date identified in the terms Pages, term end.

01:39: Whenever means that there is no start date and these user roles can always access

01:43: a course, before the term begins.

01:46: If you want to set start and end dates for a specific user role, locate

01:50: the role and set dates for that role. For example, if you want

01:54: teachers to only be able to access unpublished courses two months before the term

01:58: start date, and TAs only one week before the term start date, you

02:03: can set a new start date for each of their respective roles.

02:06: Date changes to a base role affect all users with the role, including custom

02:11: roles.

02:13: Click the add term button.

02:15: To edit the term details, click the Edit icon. To delete the

02:19: term, click the Delete icon. Terms cannot be deleted

02:23: if they contain courses.

02:25: This guide covered how to add a new term in an account.

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