Sessions are a fundamental part of the Kannu experience, as they are where most course content is created and lives. Sessions have two primary parts: the Media Player and Session Content. The media player supports video, images, audio, presentations, documents, and even embedded content. Session Content provides a full-featured rich text editor for media-rich articles and lesson plans.
Sessions also guide your students around your course: they'll generate a forum and display its activity, and link to any Resources or Coursework you attach.
You can access the Sessions page in one of two ways:
- From the Course Dashboard: Click the View All Sessions button in the Sessions module.
- From the Navigation Bar: Under Sessions, click View All.
The main Sessions page is a list of all the sessions you’ve drafted or published. Here you can edit, reorder, and delete any sessions you’ve created.
You can create a new session in one of two ways:
- On the Sessions page: click the Add button at the top of the screen.
- From the Navigation Bar: under Sessions, click Add New.
Doing either of these steps takes you to Session Information, the first step of the Create Session page.
Session Information (Step 1)
The Session Information step is where you can give a general overview of what the session will cover.
- Fill out the session title, synopsis, and date fields. Use Visible On to control student access, and if there is a meeting associated, use the Meets fields to create an event for you and your students in the Calendar.
- (Optional) Add a session image: Drag and drop the image you would like to use onto the image drop zone, or click the + to open up a file select dialog window. NOTE: Images must be less than 10MB and you'll be able to crop it to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
- Click the Next Step button on the right-hand side of the screen.
Session Content (Step 2)
The Session Content step is where you set up your media player, as well as Session Content, both of which are optional.
- Add media: Click the Add Media button in the Session Media field, then drag and drop the file(s) you would like to use onto the drop zone, or click Browse Files to open up a file select dialog window. NOTE: Files must be less than 2GB. You can also embed media: use a plain YouTube or Vimeo URL, or you can embed any site/media using iframes. Add as many media objects as you like; they'll be collated in the Media Queue.
- Use the Session Content field to write articles, in which you can embed images, media via iframe, code, and more.
- Click the Next Step button on the right-hand side of the screen.
Session Resources (Step 3)
If you have any resource files that you want students to be able to download, view, or be aware of for a particular session, you can add them to the Session Resources field for that session. Links to attached resources will display in a panel on your Session.
To create a new session resource, click the Add Resource button and follow the prompts. Each type of resource media will require you to provide different information upon upload. For more info on resource types, see the Session Resources help page.
Click the Next Step button on the right-hand side of the screen.
Session Coursework (Step 4)
Here you can attach existing coursework to the session. NOTE: You will create coursework on the Coursework page, rather than within the session itself. To attach coursework, check the Attach box that is associated with the coursework you would like to attach. To remove it, simply uncheck the same box. Links to attached coursework will display in a panel on your Session.
Click the Save as Draft button to save a draft of your session, or click the Publish button to publish your course on the Visible On date specified. You can go back and change anything by using the progress tracker at the top of the screen. After sessions are published, you'll still have full edit control.