Give your students access to Academic Skills Hub modules in a few simple clicks!
Check the boxes below to learn how to add a module to your SLATE course:
- Log in to SLATE.
- Click on the course where you'll add the widget.
- Click on the Course Admin tab at the top of your homepage.
- Under Site Setup > click Widgets.
- Click the Create Widget button.
- Under Properties > write the Name of your widget (e.g., “Additional Resources”).
- Click on the Content tab.
- In the Widget Content box, write out any notes you’d like students to read. You should also add the HTML links to any Academic Skills Hub modules here.
- Use the faculty-specific version of the link from the Faculty Link box below.
- If you’re unsure which faculty link you should pick, e-mail Christine at christine.moffatt@sheridancollege.ca
- Click on the Save and Close button at the bottom of the Widget Content screen—you’ll automatically return to the Custom Widget List page.
- From the Custom Widget List page > click on the Homepages tab near the top of the page.
- Click on the title of your course.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the new page—you’ll find a blueprint of your course’s homepage.
- There are 2 Add Widget buttons here—you can choose to have your widget appear on the right side of your homepage, or in the centre of your homepage.
- Click Add Widget > Click Custom Widget > Click on the widget you made that includes links to the Academic Skills Hub module(s) > Click the Add button > Click the Save and Close button at the bottom of the screen.
- Go back to your course’s homepage, and the new widget will appear there!
- Log in to SLATE.
- Click on the course where you'll embed the module.
- Click on Content.
- Either pick a module or create a new module in your SLATE course—you’ll embed the Academic Skills Hub module here.
- Click on Existing Activities > External Learning Tools.
- Scroll down through the list and click on Research Guides.
- Don’t change the LibGuides site drop-down bar.
- Under Content Type, select Full LibGuide from the drop-down bar.
- Under Guide, type in the name of the Academic Skills Hub module.
- Use the faculty-specific version of the link from the Faculty Link box below.
- If you’re unsure which faculty link you should pick, e-mail Christine at christine.moffatt@sheridancollege.ca
- Don’t change the Guide Page drop-down bar—it will default to the home page of the module.
- Click the Embed Content button.
- You’ll get confirmation that you successfully embedded the module.
- Click on the Research Guides title in the upper left-hand corner of the page > Change the name to the name of the Academic Skills Hub module you embedded (e.g., “Time Management Module”).
- Now, students can access the content from their SLATE course!