Manage Course TemplatesManage Course TemplatesCourse Templates are created at the time a new program is copied from the Catalog. When you first access a program, you may see that no Course Templates are available, as they are copied in to your program. Within several minutes, one or more Course Templates will appear in the Course Templates window.
In myitlab, each Course Template includes all of the available content for the GO!, Exploring, In Business, Technology in Action, and Skills for Success book series. This content is organized into folders in the Content Library, by series, book, and chapter. You can modify each of the Course Templates to match your course, if desired. You then use the Course Template as the basis for one or more Sections, to which instructors are assigned.
The Course Templates tab includes a Course Templates Area and a Course Templates taskbar, both of which provide many tools for managing Course Templates. Functions available in each are outlined below.
All available Course Templates are listed in the Course Templates area. By default, for each course template, the following information displays:
Template: Lists the template name.
Options: Provides 
options for managing templates, as detailed below.
Template ID: Lists the unique ID for each Template.
Instructor(s): Lists the names of all instructors enrolled in a template. By default, no instructors will be enrolled.
Status: Lists the status of the template as Active or Inactive. You can set this flag to help you manage the templates in your list (for example, setting a template to inactive, to indicate this is an older template, that should no longer be used).
By default, each myitlab course has at least one course template, named myitlab for Office 2010 followed by the date the Course Template was released, in brackets. For example, a Course Template released on July 15, 2010 would be named myitlab for Office 2010 [v07.15.10] Template.
As noted above, an options menu displays next to each Course Template name, providing a list of tasks you can perform with each Course Template. These options are as follows:
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Enter Template As Instructor (or simply click on the Course Template name).
The instructor view of a course is displayed. In this view, you can customize the course template to mirror your course content, moving items from Content Library to My Course, setting Preferences, and more. Any changes you make to the Course Template will later be reflected in the Sections copied from this Course Template.
To return back to the Program Admin View, click the Return to Program link in the top right corner of the window.
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Edit.
The Edit Template window opens.
Make necessary changes in the information (for example, you may want to change the name of a Course Template to be more descriptive). Click Update to save the changes.
You can set this flag to help you manage the templates in your list (for example, setting a template to inactive, to indicate this is an older template, that should no longer be used). When a Course Template is inactive, you cannot enter the Course Template as an instructor, either via the options menu or clicking the Course Template name.
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Set to Active or Set to Inactive. [Note: If the Course Template is currently active, the menu reads Set to Inactive. If the Course Template is currently inactive, the menu reads Set to Active.]
The Course Template status is changed. If a Course Template is inactive, the Status column shows the word Inactive, in red. If a Course Template is active, the Status column shows the word Active, in black.
Be careful when working with the Delete item on the options menu. If you delete a course template, it cannot be undeleted. You will need to obtain a new copy of the template by adding a new template to your course (see below).
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Delete.
When the message box displays, click OK to confirm the deletion (or Cancel to cancel the deletion).
Before you start customizing a Course Template, you may want to make a copy of the original Course Template, so that you always have a 'clean' Course Template copy. To copy a Course Template, complete the following steps:
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Copy as Template.
Type the name of the template and then specify the start date and end date using the calendar icon. Type in the description for the template.
Click Copy to make a new copy the Course Template (or click Cancel to cancel the copy).
Note: You can sort all the columns except Options. Sorting is available only when you click the column header of Templates.
A Program Shared Library lets you distribute and share content to each of your course templates and sections. Any content item created or added to the Program Shared Library is available to instructors to add to their course sections. For example, you might want to create a Program Shared Library to distribute a departmental midterm or final, so that all instructors have access to the same assignments.
Note that a Program Shared Library is linked to a specific program, so only instructors enrolled in courses that are created as children of a program will have access to that specific Program Shared Library. As the Program Administrator, you create and maintain the Program Shared Library for one or more programs; Instructors then can copy items from the Program Shared Library to their course sections.
When instructors or other users copy an activity from a Program Shared Library, the activity scheduling options are copied with the following exceptions:
If the original activity due date has passed, the due date is not copied. If the original activity due date is later than the date on which you copy the item, the due date is maintained.
If you scheduled the activity for a particular student or group of students, these scheduling options are not maintained and the activity is available to all students. Instructors can update these scheduling options after copying the activity to their course(s).
If you restricted access to the activity to certain locations, these scheduling options are not maintained and the activity is available to all locations. Instructors can update these scheduling options after copying the activity to their course(s).
The activity preferences are set to mirror the default activity scheduling options. Instructors can update these scheduling options after copying the activity to their course(s).
To copy a Course Template as a Program Shared Library:
Click the options menu for the desired Course Template.
Click Copy as Shared Library.
Type the name of the Program Shared Library course and then specify the start date and end date using the calendar icon. Type in the description for the template.
Click Save to create the program shared library (or click Cancel to cancel the copy).
The Shared Library course will be listed on the Program Administration > Sections tab, with the prefix Shared Library [for example, Shared Library : CIS Section 101].
For information on linking a program shared library with an existing section or template, click here.
At the top of the Course Templates Area, a taskbar displays. Options available on the taskbar are outlined below.
At any point, you can add a new Course Template. Adding a Course Template. allows you to obtain new content releases as they are available or to obtain a 'clean' copy of the most recent myitlab Course Template, at any time. To add a template to your program, complete the following steps:
Click Add Templates on the Course Templates taskbar.
The Add Templates window opens, displaying all available Course Templates, with information on the template name, description and published date. [Note: for myitlab, you typically will only see one template in the list.]
Select a Course Template to add to your program.
Click Save and Continue to save and add the new template to the list of Course Templates.
Show Sections/Hide Sectionsmyitlab allows you to view a list of Sections created from the available Course Templates. By default, Sections are not shown in the Course Templates area. You can change the view of the Course Templates area, as follows:
To view a list of Sections created from the available Course Templates, click Show Sections on the Course Templates taskbar. The Course Templates appear in a gray bar, with the Sections created from the Course Template listed below. When the Section details are displayed, two new columns appear in the Course Templates area: Number of Students and Unregistered Students. For each section, the Number of Students (active students) and Unregistered Students (invited or unregistered students) displays.
To hide the Sections created from the available Course Templates, click Hide Sections on the Course Templates taskbar. The Section details no longer display.
Delete a Course TemplateBe careful when working with the Delete button on the Course Template taskbar. If you delete a course template, it cannot be undeleted. You will need to obtain a new copy of the template by adding a new template to your course (see above).
Click the check box next to the desired Course Template(s).
Click Delete.
When the message box displays, click OK to confirm the deletion (or Cancel to cancel the deletion).
Search Course TemplatesThe Search feature allows you to search for Course Templates by specifying the search criteria. To search for a Course Template:
Click Search on the Course Templates taskbar. The Find Template window opens.
Click an option: Template Name or Template ID.
Select a Status of the Template as Active or Inactive or All.
Choose a search option from the list, which contains the following:
Equals: The Course Template name is an exact match to the keyword.
Contains: The Course Template name contains the keyword.
Begins with: The Course Template name begins with the keyword.
Ends with: The Course Template name ends with the keyword.
Type the keyword to be searched in the box.
Click 
. The search result is displayed based on the entered search criteria.
The Course Templates view is filtered to show only the Course Templates that match the Search criteria.
To show all of the Course Templates, complete a new Search, leaving all of the selections in the Find Template window empty. Click the button and the Course Template view shows all of the templates.