Getting Started with your Students

Create your account, set up a course, and get your students started.

Get started with your students: Overview
Follow these steps to get started with your students. Create an OLI instructor account. After instructor privileges are added to your account, move to Ste...
Thu, 12 Apr, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Create an OLI instructor account
Background Faculty, administrators, corporate trainers, or any person responsible for delivering a course on the OLI platform will need an instructor accou...
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Set Up a Course (Simple Mode)
A walkthrough video (1:17) Below the video are step-by-step instructions. OLI's tool for setting up courses is called the Cours...
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Set Up a Course (Advanced Mode)
Setting Up a Course (Advanced Mode) Quick Steps Start at instructor's My Courses page. 1. Click "Create a new course ..." link. 2. Choose t...
Fri, 13 Apr, 2018 at 3:48 PM
Copy Sections for Use in Same Semester
Copy a course when teaching multiple sections of the same course in the same semester. For subsequent terms, create a new course by using "Create a new...
Thu, 12 Apr, 2018 at 4:01 PM
Helping Students Register for a Course
Students access OLI course materials from oli.cmu.edu or from a link in an integrated LMS (Learning Management System such as Blackboard or Canvas).   Note...
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Scheduling
this document from legacy website not seeming to appear anywhere here, scheduling should be addressed more in this section (or verified to be properly addre...
Wed, 25 Apr, 2018 at 1:02 PM
Managing the Student Roster
Instructors view and manage the student roster. Instructors can perform the following roster management activities:  View student roster Suspend stude...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 8:08 PM