Table of contents
Use the table below for quick access to CIEL supports, or scroll down for page descriptions.
Start here
These resources are designed to help new users get comfortable with VIULearn and to help experienced users with once-a-year tasks.
Log in
Learn how to sign in to VIULearn and what to do if you’re having trouble with your username or password.
Navigation
Learn how to navigate VIULearn homepages and content.
Access courses
Learn how to find your courses in VIULearn and pin them to your My courses area for easy access.
Combine courses
Learn about how we can combine multiple sections of a course into a single VIULearn course through Section Association (formerly called Course Mapping).
VIULearn course cleanup
Learn about the Course Cleanup process, which courses will be permanently deleted this year, upcoming info-sessions, and how to save course materials for courses that will be permanently removed from VIULearn.
How VIULearn manages data
Learn more about how VIULearn collects, uses, and manages personal information from students and employees.
Student orientation to VIU learning technology
Learn about the orientation options available for your students including CIEL orientation webinars and our self-paced, fully online Student Orientation to VIU Learning Technology course.
Orientation course for employees
Learn how to sign up for this self-paced, fully online course designed to help instructors learn the basics of setting up a course in VIULearn.
Content
Learn how to upload, create, and organize content in VIULearn. You will also find resources here to help you export, copy, and import materials from course to course.
Content tool overview
Introduction to the Content tool. Watch an overview video and learn the basics of this core component of any VIULearn course.
Create structure
Learn how to structure content in VIULearn so you and your students to ease navigation of your course materials.
Upload and create files
Learn how to add course materials from your computer to the Content area of your VIULearn course or create new files directly inside VIULearn.
Manage course content
Learn how to edit, reorganize, and delete content in VIULearn.
Add media
Learn how to add video, audio, and image files to your course.
Add dates and restrictions
Learn how to attach start and end dates as well as other restrictions to control what students can see and when they can see it.
Backup your course
Learn how to create an offline copy of your course.
Import course materials
Learn how to import a course backup or other compatible course package into VIULearn.
Copy your course
Learn how to copy course materials from one course to another.
Communication
Learn about the tools in VIULearn that help you communicate with your students.
Announcements
Learn how you can create announcements to communicate important updates to your students.
Classlist
Learn how to view and manage the classlist in your VIULearn course.
Create a sign up sheet
Learn how to use Groups in VIULearn to create a sign up sheet for meetings, essay topics, or any other limited choice, first come, first serve activity.
Learn how to email tool inside VIULearn works and how you can use it to connect with your students.
Assignments
The Assignments tool allows you to collect files from your students. Learn about how to set up and provide feedback through Assignments.
Assignment tool overview
Introduction to the VIULearn Assignment tool. Watch a video walkthrough of the settings and features of this tool.
Create assignment
Learn how to create an Assignment in VIULearn.
Student video assignments
Things to consider when setting up an assignment in VIULearn for student video projects.
Download student submissions
Learn how to download student submissions for offline assessment and how to re-import your feedback.
Assess assignments online
Learn how to set up an Assignment folder for assessment and how to assess a submitted assignment within VIULearn.
Annotations
Learn how to add feedback to submitted documents directly inside VIULearn with the Annotations tool.
Group assignments
Learn how to set up an manage a shared assignment folder for group work.
Self assessment rubric for students
Learn how to create a version of your rubric that students can use to self assess their work before submitting it to a VIULearn Assignment folder.
How Students access feedback
Learn how different types of feedback appear to students and where students can go to access the feedback you leave for their assignments.
Discussions
Learn how to set up Discussions in VIULearn to facilitate interaction within your online class.
Set up discussions
Learn how to set up an open Discussion forum and topic in VIULearn.
Manage discussions
Learn how to edit, rearrange, and delete forums, topics, posts, and threads.
Group and private discussions
Learn how to set up discussion areas that are restricted to a group or individual student.
Anonymous discussions
Learn about how anonymous discussions work in VIULearn and how to enable this option in your course.
Graded discussions
Learn how to connect a discussion topic to a grade item in VIULearn to facilitate grading discussions online.
Facilitating peer feedback
Learn how you can use the Discussion tool to create a peer feedback activity in VIULearn.
Quizzes
The Quiz tool is one of the most complex parts of VIULearn. These resources will help you get started creating questions, putting together quizzes, and providing feedback for students. If you are new to the VIULearn Quiz tool, we suggest booking a consultation to go over your first quiz. You can book this by emailing learnsupport@viu.ca.
Quiz tool overview
Introduction to the VIULearn Quiz tool. Watch an overview video which takes you through all of the Quiz tool settings.
Question library
Learn how to create and organize questions in the Question Library.
Create quiz
Learn how to set up a Quiz in VIULearn using existing questions from your Question Library.
Randomizing quiz questions
Learn about the ways you can shuffle and randomize your quiz questions in the VIULearn Quiz tool.
Accommodations and special access
Learn how to use Accommodations and Special Access to give individual students additional time or attempts on a VIULearn Quiz.
Grade a quiz
Some questions require manual grading in VIULearn quizzes. Learn how to view attempts and grade questions in VIULearn.
Fix common quiz issues
Learn how to fix and bulk-regrade automatically graded question types if the answer was not keyed correctly and how to reopen a quiz attempt for a student.
Allow students to retake incorrect questions
Learn how to set up a quiz that allows students to retake only incorrect questions from their previous attempt.
Sharing quiz feedback with students
Learn the ways you can add feedback to a question or quiz and how to make this feedback visible to students.
How students access feedback
Learn how students can access your feedback on a quiz.
Print a quiz
Easily create a paper version of your VIULearn quiz and answer key.
Groups
Learn how to set up groups in VIULearn and use these groups to set up group activities or control access to content in your course.
Introduction to groups
Learn the basics of the Groups tool and watch an introductory video that reviews the basic settings.
Create groups
Learn how to set up groups in VIULearn.
Manage groups
Learn how to edit and manage groups and group enrolment.
Add group-based restrictions
Learn how to use Groups to restrict access to course content and activities based on group membership.
Grades
Learn how to configure a gradebook in VIULearn to track and calculate students' grades through the course.
Grade tool overview
Introduction to the Grades tool. Learn the ins and outs of the Grades tool with this overview video.
Grade tool setup
Learn how to set up the gradebook in VIULearn to calculate and display students grades throughout your course.
Grade categories
Learn how Categories can be used to group grade items and set up automatic calculations in VIULearn Grades.
Grade items
Learn how to create grade items.
Grade schemes
Learn about Grade Schemes and how to use them to customize what students see in your VIULearn gradebook.
Rubrics
Learn how to set up a VIULearn Rubric, attach it to an activity and use it to help assess your students.
Enter grades
Learn how to manually enter grades into the VIULearn Grades tool.
Export grades
Learn how to export a copy of your grades from the VIULearn Grades tool.
Release final grades
Learn how to release the Final Calculated Grade.
Other tools
Learn more about these additional tools available to you in VIULearn.
Calendar
Learn what dates appear automatically in the VIULearn course calendar and how to add addtiional events.
Request a VIULearn course
Course spaces for officially scheduled courses are automatically created in VIULearn. Learn about the process for requesting an unofficial course.
Awards
Add a gamification element to your course using the Awards tool.
Create a survey
Learn about the VIULearn Survey tool and how to set up a survey in your course.
Access survey results
Learn how to access and export VIULearn Survey results.
Self assessments
Learn about how VIULearn Self Assessments work and how to set up Self Assessments in your course.
Quick eval tool
Quick Eval offers a single portal through which you can access and assess student submissions to assignments, graded discussions, and quizzes.
View your course as a student
Learn how to change your view in VIULearn to see what your students will in your course.