Creating Project Templates
Project templates are an outline to help students build projects for a specific course, assignment, or other project they may be working on. These templates can include question prompts, customized instructions, and resources for students to use to effectively create the perfect project.
Creating a Project Template
First, click on the Moderate Communities icon.
Next, choose the community.
Now, choose the PROJECT
TEMPLATES tab and choose Add Project
Template.
Adding Instructions to your Template
On the right half of this page, you can add various
instructions. This includes adding Books,
Files, Images,
Text, Questions, and
Links. To add something to your instructions,
choose one of the icons listed under Add an Object to this
Instructions Page.
Using the book, file, or image icons will prompt you to select the appropriate file. In the files slider that opens on the left, you can select from files you have already uploaded or upload new files from your computer.
Using the Text icon will allow
you to add simple text instructions.
Using the Question icon will give you the
ability to add a question prompt. You can choose a question type
using the drop-down with the options seen below.
Finally, you can use the Link icon to add
various web resources or embedded videos.
Additionally, you can add more instruction pages by clicking on
the Plus icon under
Instructions.
Click go to
move on to the template editor.
Editing the Template
To edit the Project Template, click on the Pencil icon from the PROJECT TEMPLATES tab.
Click
go to move from the instructions page to the
Project template editor. Once you are in the Project Template
editor, you can provide more guidance by adding information in the
available sections. Use the Title box at the top
to hint at a title or even the title you want your members to use.
You can add additional pages using the Add Page
button.
On the pages of the
Project Template, you can add content such as instructions or
informational material.
Click the
Checkmark in the top right corner of the project
when you are ready to save the template.
Publishing the Project Template
From the PROJECT TEMPLATES tab, find the
template and click on the Checkmark icon to
publish it. You can also choose the Eyeball icon
to preview the template and the Trash icon to
delete it. 