How do I create a new criteria in Course Readiness?

Course Readiness allows you to define and create your own custom criteria to measure course readiness based on your institution's specific standards. The process involves building a new criteria by selecting various requirements. These requirements check for basic course settings, the presence of essential content, and the inclusion of key student activities and assessments. These custom criteria can then be named and saved to be used for evaluating courses.

How do I create a new criteria in Course Readiness?

How do I create a new criteria in Course Readiness?

1. Open View All Criteria

In the Course Readiness dashboard, click the Criteria dropdown button. Then click the View all Criteria link.

Open View All Criteria

2. Open Add Criteria

To add a criteria, click the Add Criteria button.

Open Add Criteria

3. Add Criteria Name

On the Add Criteria page, enter the Criteria name and select if the course is published, if the course start and end dates are set, or if the published due dates fall within the course start and end dates.

Add Criteria Name

4. Add Content Criteria

Select the Content criteria options:

  • Announcements: minimum number of announcements; published

  • Files: minimum number of files

  • Modules: minimum number of modules; published

  • Pages: minimum number of pages; published

  • Syllabus: minimum number of word count; published

  • Home page: home page is set to valid option

Add Content Criteria

5. Add Activities Criteria

Select the Activities criteria options:

  • Assignments: minimum number of assignments; published

  • Classic Quizzes: minimum number of classic quizzes; published

  • Discussions: minimum number of discussions; published

  • New Quizzes: minimum number of new quizzes; published

  • Outcomes: minimum number of outcomes

  • Rubrics: minimum number of rubrics; rubric is attached to at least one assignment

  • Canvas Gradebook is in use

Note(s):

  • Assignments do not include Discussions or New Quizzes.

  • An outcome has been created or imported into the course.

  • A rubric has been created in the course.

  • At least one student has a current course score published in the Canvas Gradebook.

Add Activities Criteria

6. Save Criteria

Then click the Save button.

Save Criteria

7. View Criteria Table

The newly created criteria is listed in the Criteria table.
View Criteria Table
This guide covered how to create a new criteria in Course Readiness.