How do I set up a continuous enrollment course?

When would I use a Continuous Enrollment Course?

When you would like students to master objectives at their own pace.

Some examples:

• Completing a Digital Citizenship course before they can have their school issued laptop
• Prerequisite course before joining the robotics club
• A menu of choices for staff professionals that staff could take based on their need or interest level

Continuous enrollment courses are self-paced courses for which completion is usually indicated by completion of certain activities rather than by the ending of a semester or other timeframe.

When you set up a continuous enrollment course, Echo automatically schedules suggested due dates for all gradable activities to provide students with a guideline. The suggested due dates are based on:

• The sequence of activities in the Course Editor
• The number of non-gradable activities between gradable activities
• The weight of each activity
• Any blackout dates that have been specified
• The number of days and date range assigned to the course.

When creating a course, you have the option to make it continuous enrollment. See how to in the following articles:

• With the Admin app: How do I create and manage my domain courses?
• With the Teacher app: How do I create a course in Echo?

From the homepage click the Editor icon located on the course card.

In the course editor, click on the Tools button (wrench icon) to bring up the dropdown menu. Click on "course settings."

1. In the top section, click on the checkbox for This is a continuous course.
2. Indicate the number of days the course should last. Echo uses this information to generate a suggested timeline.

Tips

• Blackout dates are managed by your local Echo Admin: How do I use the Domain tool?

Echo is constantly being improved based on the feedback from users and we strive to keep our documentation up to date.  If this document doesn’t match what you are seeing in Echo, please let us know.