1. The document provides instructions for customizing courses on the ResearchReady platform, including duplicating courses, hiding or reordering lessons and content, editing existing content and questions, and directly linking to specific pages or questions. 2. Key customization options include duplicating a course to modify it, hiding or reordering lessons and content, toggling the retakability of assessments, and editing lessons, pages, and questions. 3. Direct linking allows sharing specific content pages or questions by copying the unique URL generated after accessing the share button within a lesson.

1. User Guides
Modifying Content

2. Table of Contents
The core courses provided by ResearchReady are locked and cannot be customized.
You must copy/duplicate a course in order to customize the content. Once you have
copied a course, you are able to:
1. Hide courses and lessons
2. Reorder lessons
3. Toggle the “retakability” of assessment questions
4. Edit existing and create new content pages in rich text or HTML
5. Edit existing and create new questions
6. Reorder pages and questions within a lesson
7. Hide pages and questions within a lesson
8. Direct link to individual pages and questions

3. Duplicate a course
In order to duplicate a course to customize it in any way, you must access your
courses by clicking:
• “Customize
courses” from the
Administrator
Panel, or
• “Manage
Courses” from
the drop-down
Admin menu.

4. Duplicate a course
From the Manage Courses page, under Core Courses, find the course whose
settings you want to modify. Then, click the “Customize Course” button.
Note: Lessons within ResearchReady’s Core Courses are locked and their content cannot be changed.

5. Approve the prompt
When you duplicate a course, you must approve the prompt that reminds you that
copied courses are found under the Customized Courses section of the page. Click
“OK” to approve this prompt.

6. Find the copied
course
Immediately after duplication, the newly copied course will appear at the bottom of the
Customized Courses section (temporarily highlighted in yellow).

7. Display the lessons
Expand the course by clicking on the text to display all lessons.

8. Hiding Courses & Lessons

9. Hide a course
Toggle the slider button on the right from “Visible” to “Hidden” to hide a course.
(To make it visible, just click the slider button again.)

10. Hide a lesson
Expand the course by clicking on the text to display all lessons.
Find the lesson you wish to hide and toggle the slider button on the right from
“Visible” to “Hidden.”
(To make it visible, just click the slider button again.)
(To make it visible, just click the slider button again.)

11. Check they’re hidden
Hiding courses or lessons happens in real time. Check the course or lesson is no
longer visible under the “Courses” section of ResearchReady.
The “Sources, Sources, Sources”
course is now hidden
The “Popular & Scholarly Sources”
lesson is now hidden

12. Reordering Lessons

13. Reorder the lessons
Click the crosshair
the course.
on the right and drag the lesson up or down to reorder it within

14. Check the changes
Reordering happens in real time. Return to the “Courses” section of ResearchReady to
ensure the lessons were successfully reordered.

15. Toggle “Retakability” of Lessons

16. Why toggle
retakability?
By default, all assessments in ResearchReady can be retaken.
If you prefer that your students cannot retake questions, you can toggle the
“retakability” of assessments for each lesson. This feature gives students one
chance to answer a question.

17. Toggle retakability
While lessons are displayed, click the “Disable lesson retakability” button to turn OFF
the ability to retake questions for that lesson.
The action is complete when the button changes to a lock and reads, “Enable lesson
retakability.”
Note: To switch “retakability” back ON, just click “Enable lesson retakability.”

18. Editing Content Within Lessons
To edit content within lessons, you must access the lesson editor.

19. Access the lessons
Expand the course by clicking on the text to display all lessons.

20. Edit the lesson
Click “Edit lesson” next to the lesson whose content you want to modify.

21. Editing Existing or Creating New
Pages Within a Lesson
Using the rich text or HTML editor

22. Create a new page…
Click the “Add page” button to add a new, blank content page to the lesson.
The editor will open automatically (see below). Skip ahead two slides to see how to edit
in rich text and HTML.

23. …or edit an
existing page
Click “Edit page” next to the content page you want to modify.

24. Edit in rich text
The rich-text editor loads by default – this is a visual, user-friendly editor.
To modify content in the rich-text editor, click “Edit” on the bottom right of the page.

25. Make your changes
Use the rich-text editor to modify the main text and speech bubbles, add images or
videos, insert tables, change the font color/background and more.
Click the buttons along the top to perform these actions.

26. See and save your
changes
For example, you can see an image has been added to this page.
Once you have made your modifications, click “Save” on the bottom right of the page.

27. Edit in HTML
If you would like to directly modify the HTML of the page instead, click “HTML Editor”
on the top right of the page.
Then, click the “Edit” button on the bottom right of the page.

28. Make your changes
in HTML
Modify the code as needed in the HTML editor, then click “Save.”
Preview the changes in the rich-text editor by clicking the “Standard Editor” button.

29. Editing Existing or Creating New
Questions Within a Lesson
Using the rich text or HTML editor

30. Create a new
question…
Click the “Add question” button to add a new question to the lesson.
Select the question type and click “Submit.”
Question types:
• Multiple choice (radio)
• Check all that apply (checkboxes)
• Free text

31. …or edit an
existing question
Click “Edit page” next to the question you want to modify.

32. Modify the content
Make sure the “Active” box is checked. You can add links, images, or change the text
for the question, answers and explanations.

33. Select the answer
and save
At the bottom of the page, click the radio button next to the correct answer, then click
“Save.” These changes are reflected immediately in the platform.

34. Reorder Content Pages &
Questions Within a Lesson

35. Reorder the slides
Under the Edit Lesson page, click the crosshair
on the right to drag the lesson up
or down and reorder pages within the lesson. These changes happen immediately.

36. You’re done!
These changes happen immediately – as soon as the slides are moved, they will
appear as such in the student view, too!

37. Hiding Content Pages &
Questions Within a Lesson

38. Hide the pages
Click the slider button next to the pages or assessments you’d like to hide in the
lesson.

39. Hide the pages
The pages or questions are successfully hidden when the button is orange and says
“Hidden.”

40. Direct Linking to Pages &
Questions Within a Lesson

41. Find the
customizable course
Identify the course with lessons whose content/questions you wish to directly link..

42. Make the course
visible
To ensure your students can see the page when they visit the link, toggle the slider for
that course and lesson to “Visible” by clicking the button on the right.

43. Edit the lesson
Expand the course by clicking on the text to display all lessons.
Click “Edit lesson” next to the lesson whose slides/questions you want to share.

44. Get the direct link
Click the “Share” button of the page or question you’d like to directly link to.

45. Copy the direct link
Click Control+C (or Command+C on Macs), or right-click to copy the direct link.

46. Test the direct link
Open a new tab or browser window to test the direct URL.
Note: Users may have to log in to ResearchReady to view the page.