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01:54: teachers to only be able to access unpublished courses two months before the term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