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Course editor

Build and edit lessons, tasks and attachments in the course editor.

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The course editor is where a course's lessons live. It has two modes: Entry Mode for hand edits, and AI Mode for building lessons with the help of an agent.

Opening the editor#

  • For an enrolled course: open the student's Enrollments tab and click the list icon on the course row, or choose Edit lessons from its menu.
  • For a template: open Courses in the sidebar, go to My Templates and click the template.

When you edit a template, a banner reminds you that changes do not reach students already enrolled.

Entry Mode#

  1. Click Add and pick Folder, Lesson, Quiz, Test, Lab or Activity. Folders group lessons into units or chapters and can nest. FYI you cannot do these in AI mode.
  2. Select a row to edit it on the right: title, type, Directions (click Edit), Tasks, and Resources (click Add Resource).
  3. Click Save.

Drag a row by its handle to move it, including into or out of a folder. The row menu also offers Move up, Move down, Duplicate, Wrap in folder, Promote out of folder and Delete.

Tasks must be checked off before a lesson can be marked complete. Files and links come from the Resource Library; see Resources.

The course editor in Entry Mode

AI Mode#

  1. Switch to AI Mode at the top of the editor.
  2. Under Add Course Table of Contents, drag in photos or PDFs (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or PDF, up to 10MB each), or paste text and click Add text.
  3. Click Process with AI. The settings icon beside it chooses what to extract: Extract Lesson Titles and Order, Extract Page Numbers, Extract Directions as Text and Extract Directions as Tasks.
  4. Ask the OpenSky Agent for changes in the chat, such as renumbering lessons or adding tasks to every lesson.
  5. Click Save to keep the result, or Discard to throw it away.

AI Mode works in a sandbox. New lessons appear in the tree marked + NEW and nothing is written to the course until you save. Switching modes with unsaved work asks you to Save & switch or Discard. If a save would remove lessons that already have grades or completion history, OpenSky lists them and asks you to confirm.

Course details and settings#

The pencil beside the title opens Edit course details for the title, publisher, subject, grade range and description. Settings opens Course Settings; see Managing courses.

Need more help?#

Reach out any time at support@openskyplanner.com and we will be happy to help.

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