2. Creating a Course
If you already have an instructor account,
you can click on your name and choose
Course Setup from the dropdown menu.
If you don’t have an instructor account you
can go to
http://class.conque.so/register/instructor
3. Adding an Additional Course
Enter the name of the course, or if you’ve exported a course
you can choose the file and click on Create Course.
4. Adding Skills
After creating a course, you’ll be prompted to create skills.
Enter the name of a skill you’ll be grading and click Create
Skill.
6. Navigating the Setup Process
The sidebar menu will
stay in a setup condition
until you have
successfully created a
skill, level, quest and
post.
Once you’ve created a
skill, click on Levels to
continue the setup
process.
7. Adding Levels
Enter a starting level name and point value for your students and
click Add This Level. I like calling everyone Newbies.
9. Creating Your First Quest
Now that you have skills
and levels, you can
create a quest.
Click on Quests from the
sidebar menu.
10. In Class vs. Submission
Quests can be either an online submission or an in class
assignment. If it’s in class, only the instructor can complete the
quest for students.
11. Submission Quests
With submission based quests, you can select how students
submit the assignment (into a textbox or by uploading a file).
12. Quest Details
Give the quest a title along with instructions that your students
will see.
13. Quest Skills
Select the skills that this particular quest rewards. You can
choose multiple skills.
14. Skill Rewards
Now that you’ve selected which skills you want to reward, you
can set minimum and maximum values to give to students upon
completing this particular quest.
15. Quest Thresholds
If you wish to hide a quest from the student until they’ve
reached a specific level in a given skill, you can set it as a
threshold. If you don’t care, just click Next.
16. Attaching Files to a Quest
If you need to attach supplemental files, you can drag and drop
them onto the drop files here box or click the Add Files button
and click Create Quest.
17. Finished Quest Creation
When your quest has been created, you’ll see the title and
instructions along with a button to create another quest. If you
wish to create more quests, click the button. Otherwise, it’s time
to create a post.
18. Creating Your First Post
Now that you’ve created
the course, you might
want to communicate a
bit with your students.
Click on Posts from the
sidebar menu.
19. Creating a Post
Posts can be shown on the front page or part of a menu. They
can occupy both as well. You can always change this later if you
choose to. Enter the title and body and click Post.
21. Your Completed Course
Clicking on the course name in the top menu bar will bring you
to the course home page. Posts that are marked for the front
page will show up in the middle column. The instructor’s sidebar
menu will now be split between grading and management.
22. Navigating the Course
The instructor’s sidebar is split between
grading and management.
The grade section allows you to see
submissions and assign points for in class
work.
The manage section allows you to add
and modify quests and posts, as well as
manage students.
Click on the Quests link to see a list of
quests.
23. Quest Management
From the management view, you can create a New Quest or
modify existing quests. Start by clicking on Journal Entry #1 or
any other existing quest you have created.
24. Updating a Quest
From this view, you can go through everything related to the
selected quest. Click through with Next until you get to the end
to save the changes to the quest.
25. Quest Management
From the quest management view, there are a few more things
you can do.
Search filter
See a list of who
has and hasn’t
completed a quest
Clone a Quest
Show/Hide
Quest from
students
Remove the Quest
27. Posts Management
From the management view, you can create a New Post or
modify existing posts. Start by clicking on Welcome to Class or
any other existing post you have created.
28. Updating the Post
From this view, you can update the post information. Clicking
Post will update the information.
29. Post Management
From the post management view, there are a few more things
you can do.
Search filter
Make the post
sticky, moving
it to the top of
the menu or
front page.
Remove
the Quest
Promote or
Demote from
the front page
Add or
Remove from
the top menu
30. Students
To look at a list of students, click on the
Students option underneath Manage.
32. Student Detail
From this view, you can see the student’s progress on each
quest. If the quest is a submission it can be viewed by clicking on
the link.
33. Submissions
To look at a list of submissions, click on
the Submissions option underneath
Grade.
The number next to the link tells you how
many quests need to be graded.
36. In Class Work
To look grade in class work, click on the In
Class Work option underneath Grade.
37. Grading in Class Work
From this view, you can see all in class quests. Clicking on the
Grade button allows you to assign skill points for multiple
students.
38. Assigning Points
Using the slider bar, you can select the amount of points in each
skill to assign for the completed quest. The note will show up in
the student’s list of completed quests.
39. Select Students
You can select as many students you like and assign them the
same amount of points.
40. Navigating the User Menu
The user menu contains your list of
courses, course management options,
and general Queso options.
Let’s start with updating some of the
things we started with by clicking on
Course Setup.
41. General Course Setup
In the general tab you can modify the name of the course,
customize the dropdown menu for posts added to the menu, as
well as change the course registration code.
45. Navigating the User Menu
The export link will download a JSON
file that contains the structure and
content of your course. This file can be
imported to create a new course. It will
not contain any student data.
46. Navigating the User Menu
The Account Settings link allows you to
change your password, email address,
and change your notification settings.