Introduction
Creating courses on TribeTutors.com is seamless, especially if you already have a good background of using digital tools.
If that is you, just follow the explanation on this page along.
If you however do not have a good background of using Internet tools, you might just simply go here, and fill this form, so we can help you create your course —
…although, we can guarantee you that following the guidance on this page is very straightforward and easy, in so far as you can read and understand English language.
So, as for you who already have a good background in using Internet tools, let’s go!
Getting Started
From your instructor’s dashboard (which you can access via: tribetutors.com/dashboard), click the “Create a New Course” button on your top right hand corner.
[NOTE: to have the best experience of your instructor’s dashboard, so also as to create and edit courses, please use a desktop computer or enable the desktop view mode, if you’re using a mobile device]
Now, on the course creation page, the first section is:
1. Course Info:
Under that, we have Course Title, Course Slug, About Course, Course Settings, Choose a Category, Course Price, Course Thumbnail. Let’s take them one after the other.
1.1. Course Title:
Enter the title of your course, e.g., How to Make Zobo Drink.
1.2. Course Slug:
This is the URL or link extension for your course. This link could be used to share your course with anyone or to promote your course elsewhere online. Anyone with the link could easily reach your course on TribeTutors.com portal. It’s advisable to enter something easily remembered here.
An example can be: http://tribetutors.com/course/how-to-make-zobo-drink
The extension, “how-to-make-zobo-drink” is the only part you can add, the preceding part is added by the platform’s system.
1.3. About Course:
This is the general description of your course. You can be as detailed as you wish here. The more information about your course, the better.
1.4. Course Settings:
Under here, we have:
1.4.1. General Settings:
Under General Settings, we have:
1.4.1.1. Maximum Students:
Here, you set the maximum number of students who can take your course. Leave it at “0” to have an unlimited number of students for the course.
1.4.1.2. Difficulty Level:
Set the difficulty level for your course. Choose among the options, All Levels, Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert. This section is simply a way of assessing the level of prior knowledge a student could have attained about the subject matter of your course, before deciding to take your course.
1.4.1.3. Enrollment Expiration:
This is for you to decide if there’s a limit to the course’s enrollment. Leaving it at “0” makes it a lifetime enrollment.
1.4.1.4. Public Course:
This setting is for you to either make your course free or paid. A public course is free for anyone to take, while not making it public means students will have to pay before taking the course. Just leave the switch not-toggled, as it is, so you will be able to make money from your course.
1.4.1.5. Q & A:
This section allows you to accept feedback on your course. If the toggle switch is kept on, as it is, students would be able to leave feedback for you as they go through your course.
1.5. Choose a Category:
Choose a category for your course from the drop-down list of the categories, or you can enter a new category. This is for ease of platform references.
1.6. Course Price:
Here, you’re advised to choose the “Paid” radio button, and go on to stipulate your course’s “Regular Price”, as well as its “Discounted Price”.
1.7. Course Thumbnail:
Here, upload an image your course will carry on the courses page, etc. Your image should be 700 × 430 pixels, and should be in any of jpeg, jpg, or png formats.
2. Video:
Under here, we have:
2.1. Course Intro Video:
Your course intro video is the SHORT video that introduces students to your course on your course’s single page, after they click on your course from the general courses page.
Here, the formats we currently accept for presenting your videos is that you present a link to your video from an external URL, such as YouTube or Google Drive. We do not allow directly uploading videos to the website.
3. Course Builder:
First, to make this section easy to understand, you have to note that each Course is usually broken down to Topics, and Topics further broken down into Lessons. Each of the Lessons can have Quizzes after them. And then, each Quiz is further broken into Quiz Questions. In the format below:
| Topic 1 | Topic 2 | Topic 3 |
| Lesson 1
Quiz 1 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 1
Quiz 1 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 1
Quiz 1 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
| Lesson 2
Quiz 2 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 2
Quiz 2 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 2
Quiz 2 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
| Lesson 3
Quiz 3 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 3
Quiz 3 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
Lesson 3
Quiz 3 Quiz Question 1 Quiz Question 2 Quiz Question 3 |
And so forth, like that…
Having known that, let’s now see how to use the Course Builder.
Under the Course Builder section, we have the button, “Add New Topic”. Topics are what your Course is broken down into. Click on the button, and you’ll have the “Add Topic” pop-up. Let’s look at that:
3.1. Add Topic:
We have:
3.1.1. Topic Name:
Enter the name for your topic. For example, a topic under, “How to Make Zobo Drink”, can be, “Introduction to Zobo Drink”. Another topic can be, “Preparing Zobo Drink Ingredients”. And so forth. Note that your topic name is shown on the course display page for students to see, before they enroll for the course.
3.1.2. Topic Summary:
Topic summary is the short texts that prepare students for the activities for the topic. The topic summary is as well shown on the course single page, beside the tooltip beside the topic name.
For a topic like, “Introduction to Zobo Drink”, we can have a summary like, “Discover the origins and benefits of Zobo drink. Learn about its ingredients and cultural significance.”
When you’re done adding your topic name and topic summary, click “Add Topic”.
Now, you can add Lessons and Quizzes to each topic. Let’s go.
3.1.1.1. Add Lesson:
Click the “Lesson” button, and you have your Lesson creation/editing interface.
3.1.1.1.1. Lesson Name:
Add a name or title for your lesson. Lesson titles are displayed publicly on the course single page for the students to see before they enroll for your course. A lesson under the topic, “Introduction to Zobo Drink” can be, “What is Zobo Drink? — History, Origins, and Cultural Significance”.
3.1.1.1.2. Lesson Content:
Under here, you can add the full text, images, etc., of your lesson, that is, “What is Zobo Drink? — History, Origins, and Cultural Significance”.
Conversely, you can as well use this section to write the summary of the lesson, if the details of the lesson is in a video or PDF attachment, etc.
At TribeTutors.com, we advise you to use the section to include your lesson text details, so your users can have different ways of consuming your lesson, that is, via the on-screen text, a video attachment, and then a downloadable file for either further reading or for better assimilation.
3.1.1.1.3. Feature Image:
Here, you can attach the specific image to publicly showcase this particular lesson. Note that this is not the in-lesson tutorial image, but more like a title image for the lesson on the public single course page view.
The image size to upload here is 700 × 430 pixels.
3.1.1.1.4. Video Source:
Like earlier stated, you can use the “Select Video Source” button under here to insert the video URL or code for your lesson. We do not accept direct video uploads.
3.1.1.1.5. Video Playback Time:
State the length of the video you added for the lesson.
3.1.1.1.6. Upload Exercise Files to the Lesson:
Use the “Upload Attachments” button under here to add the downloadable file for the lesson.
3.1.1.1.7. Enable Course Preview:
If you check this box, any website user or potential student will be able to view this lesson without enrolling for the course. So, you can leave it unchecked, as it is.
Once you’re done, click the “Update Lesson” button.
3.1.1.2. Add Quiz:
Let’s add your Quiz. Click on the “Quiz” button.
3.1.1.2.1. Quiz Info:
Under here are the detailed settings for creating your Quiz.
3.1.1.2.1.1. Quiz Title:
Give your Quiz a title.
3.1.1.2.1.2. Summary:
Summary is where you state the instructions for students attempting your Quiz, just like the information or instructions we read before attempting examination questions.
When you’re done, click, “Save & Next”.
3.1.1.2.2. Question:
Under Question, click “Add Question”.
3.1.1.2.2.1. Write Your Question Here:
Input your question here. A sample question here can be, “Zobo originated from Senegal.”
3.1.1.2.2.2. Select Your Question Type:
Use the drop-down tab to select your question type, and how you want to collect responses for it. There are various options, which are, True/False, Single Choice, Multiple Choice, Open Ended, Fill In The Blanks, Short Answer, Matching, Image Matching, Image Answering, Ordering.
For our Question, “Zobo originated from Senegal”, an appropriate Question Type is, “True/False”.
After choosing the question type, you will be jumped to the section to input answer options for the question and to select the correct answer — (see 3.1.1.2.2.5 below)
3.1.1.2.2.2.1. Answer Required:
Use the “Answer Required” toggle switch to stipulate if students must provide answer to this particular question.
3.1.1.2.2.2.2. Randomize:
Use the toggle switch under here to stipulate if you want the system to present this particular question randomly to the students.
3.1.1.2.2.3. Point(s) for this Answer:
Specify the number of points you wish to award for answering this question correctly.
3.1.1.2.2.3.1. Display Points:
Use this toggle switch to specify if you want to display points earned as students attempt this Quiz question.
3.1.1.2.2.4. Description (Optional):
If you wish, you can use this section to describe your Quiz Question.
3.1.1.2.2.5. Input Options for the Question and Select the Correct Answer:
This section is where you input question/answer options (as the case may be) for your question and then go ahead to specify the correct answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.1. True/False:
Following our question, “Zobo originated from Senegal”, and the subsequent “True/False” question type that we chose, we could therefore specify under here that “False” is our correct answer, stipulating that Zobo did not originate from Senegal.
To do that, we will click on the radio button in front of the “False” option.
That’s it.
ATTENTION:
Now, assuming we had chosen another option under “3.1.1.2.2.2. — Select Your Question Type”, can we examine what would have otherwise happened? Let’s see!
3.1.1.2.2.5.2. Single Choice:
This is a question type where there exists only one correct answer from all the options.
If you choose this question type under, “3.1.1.2.2.2. — Select Your Question Type”, the system will then present you an avenue to add your answers options by using the “+ Add An Option” button.
Clicking on that opens up other tabs, “Answer Title”, “Upload Image”, and “Display Format for Options”. Let’s see.
3.1.1.2.2.5.2.1. Answer Title:
State your answer title in the tab under here.
3.1.1.2.2.5.2.2. Upload Image:
Upload a 700 × 430 pixels image for your answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.2.3. Display Format for Options:
Stipulate under here, using the different radio buttons whether you want the answers options to be displayed in any of “Only Text”, “Only Image”, or “Text & Image Both” formats.
When you’re done, click “Update Answer”.
Use the same way to add all the other answers options. Then, after adding all the answers options, click on the radio button in front of the correct answer option from all the answers options that you’ve added.
That’s all about the “Single Choice” option.
3.1.1.2.2.5.3. Multiple Choice:
Adding answers under here is just like what we have in the “Single Choice” question type, so use the same way to add your answers.
The difference under here however is that, because it’s a multiple choice question type, the correct answer and options here are non-exclusive, so you can check as many boxes in front of all the correct choices as possible, and leave whichever is the odd one out (if that exists) unchecked. That’s it.
3.1.1.2.2.5.4. Open Ended:
For the “Open-Ended/Essay” question type, no option is needed, so just select that and move on, as you will be able to specify the number of characters students can write to answer this type of question in a later setting under, “3.1.1.2.3. Settings” > “3.1.1.2.3.6. Advance Settings” > “3.1.1.2.3.6.6. Open-Ended/Essay Questions Answer Character Limit”.
3.1.1.2.2.5.5. Fill In The Blanks:
If you had chosen the “Fill In The Blanks” option, so using the “+ Add An Option” button, under this, we have Question Title and Correct Answer(s).
3.1.1.2.2.5.5.1. Question Title:
Enter your question title inside the tab under here, using {dash} (as it’s written) to represent anywhere you want to insert a blank “_____” in your question.
So, if you want to type, “_____, _____, and _____ are common edible fruits”, you’d rather type, “{dash}, {dash}, and {dash} are common edible fruits”. That’s it.
You can have as many blanks as you wish in your question.
3.1.1.2.2.5.5.2. Correct Answer(s):
When stating the answers to your question under here, if you have multiple blanks, separate each answer for each blank with the vertical bar “|”, for instance, “Apple | Banana | Orange”.
When you’re done, click the “Update Answer” button.
Any answers provided by the students that is different from what you’ve specified here will be deemed incorrect.
3.1.1.2.2.5.6. Short Answer:
All what applied to “3.1.1.2.2.5.4. Open Ended” applies to this question type as well, so just choose the question type and move on. That’s it.
3.1.1.2.2.5.7. Matching:
Matching question type is where you have two columns or sections, where one column/section is for the questions and the other column/section is for the answers that would be matched with them.
For example:
Fruit and Colour — Matching fruits with their typical colours:
| Fruits | Colour |
| Apple | Yellow |
| Banana | Red |
| Orange | Orange |
Correct matching:
| Fruits | Colour |
| Apple | Red |
| Banana | Yellow |
| Orange | Orange |
So, having known that, after clicking “+ Add An Option” here, we have, Answer Title, Matched Answer Title, Upload Image, Display Format for Options. Let’s see.
3.1.1.2.2.5.7.1. Answer Title:
State your answer title under here.
3.1.1.2.2.5.7.2. Matched Answer Title:
Enter your matched answer title under here.
3.1.1.2.2.5.7.3. Upload Image:
Upload a 700 × 430 pixels image under here for your answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.7.4. Display Format for Options:
Use the different radio buttons under here to stipulate whether you want the answers options to be displayed in any of “Only Text”, “Only Image”, or “Text & Image Both” formats.
When you’re done, click “Update Answer”.
In the same way, click the “+ Add An Option” button again and again to add other matching options and answers under this question type. That’s it.
3.1.1.2.2.5.8. Image Matching:
This is just like “3.1.1.2.2.5.7. Matching” above, just that, in this case, your students would be matching images with texts.
So, under here, we have, Upload Image, and Image Matched Text. Let’s see.
3.1.1.2.2.5.8.1. Upload Image:
Using the “Upload Image” button, upload a 700 × 430 pixels image under here for your answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.8.2. Image Matched Text:
Write inside the tab under here the appropriate matching text for the image you uploaded.
When you’re done, click “Update Answer”.
Follow the same way, using the “+ Add An Option” button to add more images and their corresponding text matches to fill up questions/answers options for your “Image Matching” question type.
3.1.1.2.2.5.9. Image Answering:
This is almost like “3.1.1.2.2.5.8. Image Matching”, but the difference here is that, students only see images on the front end, and they input text in their own words to describe the images, and the text they state must match with what you state here on the backend, otherwise, the system keeps marking them wrong.
So, after clicking “+ Add An Option”, under here, we have, Upload Image, and Answer Input Value. Let’s see.
3.1.1.2.2.5.9.1. Upload Image:
Press the “Upload Image” button to upload a 700 × 430 pixels image under here for your answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.9.2. Answer Input Value:
In small letters, write the answer(s) to the image you presented inside the tab under here. As explained earlier, the answer(s) students would enter must match the texts you provided in this tab.
When you’re done, press the “Update Answer” button, and you can press the “+ Add An Option” button again and again to add more options under this question type. That’s it.
3.1.1.2.2.5.10. Ordering:
This question type requires students to arrange a set of items in a specific order, sequence events, steps, or processes in the correct chronological or logical sequence.
Examples of Ordering questions are:
– Arrange the planets in our solar system in order from the Sun.
– Order the stages of a life cycle (e.g., plant growth, human development).
Having known that, let’s see what we have here.
After clicking on the “+ Add An Option” button, we have Answer Title, Upload Image, Display Format for Options. Let’s take a look at them.
3.1.1.2.2.5.10.1. Answer Title:
Enter your answer title inside the tab under here.
3.1.1.2.2.5.10.2. Upload Image:
Use the “Upload Image” button under here to upload a 700 × 430 pixels image for your answer.
3.1.1.2.2.5.10.3. Display Format for Options:
Use the different radio buttons under here to stipulate whether you want the answers options to be displayed in any of “Only Text”, “Only Image”, or “Text & Image Both” formats.
When you’re done, click “Update Answer”.
Follow the same way by clicking on the “+ Add An Option” again and again to add as many answer titles and other details to this question, as you wish. That’s it.
3.1.1.2.2.6. Answer Explanation:
This section allows you explain your answer to the students.
Now, when you’re done inputting all the options under the “Question” part, click “Add to Questions”.
Follow the same way to add more Quiz questions if you want to, by clicking on “Add Question”…, and when you’re done inputting all your Quiz questions, click “Save & Next”.
3.1.1.2.3. Settings:
Let’s see the settings for all your Quiz Questions.
3.1.1.2.3.1. Time Limit:
Specify the time limit for the quiz, by stating the duration in figure in the tab on the left, and using the drop-down on the right to choose among Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks.
If you leave the figure in the left tab at “0”, that would indicate that there’s no time limit for the Quiz, a situation we do not advise here at TribeTutors.com.
3.1.1.2.3.1.1. Hide Quiz Time – Display:
Use the toggle switch here to show or hide the quiz time to the students.
3.1.1.2.3.2. Quiz Feedback Mode:
Under here is where you set the Quiz system behaviour on questions that are choice based, and for which answers can easily be determined, other than those that involve open ended or close ended answers that instructors would have to review before grading. The options here are:
Default — where answers are shown after Quiz is finished
Reveal mode — to show result after the attempt
Retry mode — reattempt Quiz any number of times… [ — then you can use the settings below that to define the number of times a student can reattempt the quiz].
3.1.1.2.3.3. Attempts Allowed:
Under here, use the number stretcher system to determine the amount of times a student can reattempt the Quiz, from “0” to “20”. If you set it at “0”, that means there’s no limitations to the number of times students can reattempt the quiz.
At TribeTutors.com, we feel “3” attempts is a good maximum number to set, to encourage seriousness in the students.
3.1.1.2.3.4. Passing Grade (%):
Use the tab in this section to set the passing percentage for the quiz.
3.1.1.2.3.5. Max Question Allowed to Answer:
Under here, you can stipulate the maximum number of questions in the quiz you want the students to answer.
This system helps to reduce the incidence of students already knowing the answer in instances where they’re reattempting the quiz or students helping each other with answers to questions they already answered and got right.
Now, the system will make the amount of questions you stipulate available for students to answer, and the questions will come randomly from all available questions in the quiz. Now, if the number of questions you stipulate here for students to answer is greater than the total number of available questions in the quiz, then the system will make all questions available for the students to answer.
3.1.1.2.3.6. Advance Settings:
Let’s see what we have here:
3.1.1.2.3.6.1. Quiz Auto Start:
You can use the toggle switch here to specify if you want the quiz to start automatically after the page is loaded, or not.
3.1.1.2.3.6.2. Question Layout:
Use the drop-down under here to set the question layout view, from Single Question to Question Pagination, to Question Below Each Other.
3.1.1.2.3.6.3. Questions Order:
Use the drop-down under here to specify the orders of the questions, from Random to Sorting to Ascending to Descending.
3.1.1.2.3.6.4. Hide Question Number:
Use the toggle switch here to show or hide Question Number during attempt by the students.
3.1.1.2.3.6.5. Short Answer Characters Limit:
Use the tab under here to set the maximum number of characters students can enter for questions requiring short answers.
3.1.1.2.3.6.6. Open-Ended/Essay Questions Answer Character Limit:
Use the tab under here to specify the maximum character limit students can enter when they answer open-ended or essay question types.
When you’re done with all the options to set under the “Settings”, click, “Save & Next”.
With that, we’re done with creating your Quiz. You can follow the same way to add more Quizzes. You can have one Quiz after each of the Lessons in your Course, or you can simply have just one overall Quiz at the end of all the Lessons in the Course.
4. Instructors:
TribeTutors.com allows for collaborations in creating your courses, so there’s an avenue for more than one instructor on a single course. Simply click on the “Add Instructor” button, and then use the pop-up search box to add instructors who are collaborators to your course.
5. Course Attachments:
Under here, you can upload a general file, say a PDF attachment for the entire course, not specific to any course in particular.
6. Additional Data:
Under here, we have:
6.1. What Will I Learn?:
Use this to state what students will benefit from taking the course. Write one benefit per line, so the system can arrange them in bullet points on the presentation page.
6.2. Targeted Audience:
Here, you will state the targeted audience your course is meant to benefit the most. State one target audience per line, so it can be stated in bullet points on the front end.
6.3. Total Course Duration:
Here, stipulate the total time your course (all lessons in that course altogether) will run for.
6.4. Materials Included:
Here, you will list out all the assets you will be providing for students in the course. These are assets such as, number of videos, number of audios, number of PDF files, etc. Enter each asset’s details, one per line, so they can appear as bullet points on the front end.
6.5. Requirements/Instructions:
This is the section where you state additional requirements or special instructions for students who take your course. Such information could be, for example, prerequisites they have to take before taking the particular course, etc. Enter each instruction, one per line, for them to appear as bullet points on the front end side for viewers.
6.6. Course Tag:
Tags work like sub-categories, and they’re useful for tagging related items, and as well for identification purposes. So, search and choose from the available tags or type out your choice tags to appropriately depict your course.
7. Course Prerequisites:
These are courses (that already exist on TribeTutors.com) that students must take before they can enroll for the new course you’re just creating. Under here, we have:
7.1. Select Course:
Use the tab to select the prerequisite course from the courses already published on the platform.
8. Certificate Template:
If you want to award a certificate of achievement to your students after taking the course, choose from the designs or templates available, whether in “Landscape” or “Portrait” format. Choose “None” if you don’t want your students to earn a certificate for the course.
9. Submit:
When you’re finally done inputting all the entire details for your course, hit the blue “Submit” button to send it to the TribeTutors.com Admin for review, approval, and publishing.
That’s all about creating your courses on TribeTutors.com. Happy creating!
