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Perusall: Preparing Master Courses to Be Cloned

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This article is designed for Instructional Designers. If you are an instructor looking for assistance on preparing your newly cloned course please see Perusall: Cloning Perusall for a New CRN.

This article outlines the entire process instructional designers need to follow to set up a Master Course to successfully use Perusall. As always, please reach out to the ALT Team with an questions you have along the way.

Step-by-step Instructions

Image showing the newly create module in D2L with the title Perusall Support for Cloned Course Master
Image showing to the select the Hidden button located next to the add dates and restrictions... textbox.

Perusall Support for Cloned Course Master [H1]

Course Master Copy Code [H2]

Perusall Course Copy Code: XXXXXXXXXX

Clone Perusall for Course Master[H2]

Essential Step-by-step Setup Instructions [H3]

Perusall Support Resource [H3]

Get Human Support [H2]

Perusall is supported by the Academic Learning Technologies (ALT) Team.

Contact the ALT Team

Email: [email protected]

Book an Appointment

Image showing the text above pasted in the module description with the appropriate headers modified as designated by the heading indicators in the brackets
Image showing to navigate to Existing Activities below Add a Description and after Upload/Create
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Image showing to navigate on the left side of the pop up menu to Perusall-list is alphabetized. Also shows search bar option in the top right corner.

Create dates based on the hypothetical semester it will first be taught. As part of the Perusall course setup for clones of this master, the dates of the course and assignments will automatically adjust based on the master course.

Image showing the “Tell Perusall about your course” section on the right side of the welcome screen and indicating to complete the sections labeled department, course start date, and course end date.
Image showing the different analytics and scoring options available to enable for your Perusall course. It is found below the Course end date in the “Tell Perusall about your course” section.
Descriptions of Scoring and analytics Options (select dropdown to view)
  • Automatic grading and engagement analytics: Perusall will provide data about student engagement for your review and assignments will be graded automatically. You can always override automatically-assigned grades and decide when they are displayed to students.
  • Manual grading and engagement analytics: Perusall will provide data about student engagement for your review. Assignments will not be graded automatically, but you can review student engagement data and manually assign scores to students' assignment submissions.
  • Disable grading, but provide engagement analytics: Perusall will provide data about student engagement for your review. All assignments will be ungraded and the gradebook will be disabled.
  • Disable all analytics: Perusall will not provide data about student engagement. All assignments will be ungraded and the gradebook will be disabled.
Image showing enrollment estimate and target group size dropdown menus below Analytics in the Get Started page in the "Tell Perusall about your course” section.
Image showing to the select the Setting button on the left side of the screen in the sidebar menu between the Course Home and Gradebook buttons
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Image showing to copy the Copy Code from the Copy Code Textbox located below the send invitations button
Image showing to paste the Copy Code in the Perusall Course Copy Code section, the module description Course Master Copy Code Heading 2, replacing the XXXXXXXXXX
Image showing to select the Library button at the top of the page between the Get Started and Assignments buttons
Image of the Perusall Library content page showing the Add content tab on the left pre-selected with the fourth option on the screen “ Documents from my device” highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.
Image of the “Documents from my device” opened on your device. A pdf document is chosen and Open is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.
7.2.1. Add a Video

1. On the Library course page, select Video.

Image of the Perusall Library content page with the Add content tab on the left pre-selected with the fourth option on the screen “Video” highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.

2. Fill in the following:

  • Video URL
  • Captions/subtitles file
  • Secondary video URL

Navigate to the bottom right and select OK when finished.

Image of the Video Perusall settings. In the settings, Video URL, captions/subtitles file, and Secondary video URL is present with Ok on the bottom right highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.
7.2.2. Add a Web page as a Reading

1. On the Library course page, select Add content > Web page.

Image of the Perusall Library content page showing the Add content tab on the left pre-selected with the second option on the screen “Web page”highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.

2. Paste in the web page URL. Navigate to the bottom right and select OK when finished.

Image of the Web page Perusall settings. OK is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.
7.2.3. Adding a Podcast

1. On the Library course page, select Add content. Next, select Podcast.

Image of the Perusall Library content page. Podcast is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select it.

2. Select the Source material option that best suits adding your podcast to Perusall.

a. Search for a podcast

b. Select episode from RSS podcast feed URL

c. Enter direct URL to MP2 audio file

 

Image of the Perusall Podcast upload options with menus in the middle and a red box highlighting the Source Material options in the middle of the page.

a. The Search for a Podcast option allows you to find a podcast using the Search for text box. Type the name of the Podcast into the Search for text box and Perusall will show you several options to choose from. Select the image for the Podcast that you want to add to your Perusall Library. This will then allow you to select an episode using the Select episode from RSS podcast feed URL option.

Image of the Perusall Podcast Search for a podcast upload option box. The first red box has Hard Fork inserted in the Search for text box. A group of 4 Podcast options are located on buttons in the middle of the page. The second red box highlights the Hard Rork podcast option button. The third red box highlights the OK button in the lower right corner.

b. The Select episode from RSS podcast feed URL option allows you to add a RSS Feed link by putting the URL of the podcast into the RSS feed URL text box or if using the Search for Podcast option, the episodes will populate on this page after selecting a podcast within the previous page.

To select the exact episode of a podcast that you want to add to your Perusall Library, select the episode button you want to add and then select OK.

Image of the Perusall Select episode from RSS podcast feed URL option. The first red box has a URL inserted in the RSS feed URL text box. A list of Podcast episodes are represented by text buttons in the middle of the page. The second red box highlights the second podcast episode text button being selected. The third red box highlights the OK button in the lower right corner.

c. The Enter direct URL to MP3 audio file option allows you to insert a podcast that you may have stored someplace on the internet like Google Drive. Add the URL to the Audio file URL text box and then select the OK button.

Image of the Perusall Enter direct URL to MP3 audio file option is shown. The first red box highlights the Audio file URL text box highlighted in the middle of the page with an example URL inserted. The second red box highlights the OK button in the lower right corner.

Congrats! Your podcast has been added to your Perusall library.

Image of a Perusall Library being shown and a red box highlighting a podcast document at the bottom of the list of library items.
7.2.4. Adding a Book

We strongly discourage the inclusion of a book from the Perusall Catalog, as this would necessitate students paying for access to the book within Perusall. Our intention is to wholeheartedly embrace the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative set forth by Pima Community College, wherein students are not required to incur any additional expenses for their courses. Instead, we advise seeking OER materials that can be uploaded to Perusall using alternative document options.

For more information on OER at Pima, please visit the OER and Open Textbooks on the Pima Online Faculty Guide.

Follow the directions in our article Perusall: Creating an Assignment.

Follow the directions in our article Perusall: Adding an Assignment to D2L.

You are done. Great job!

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