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- In the course where you would like to add a journal navigate to Course Management → Course Tools → Journals
- Select "Create Journal"
Expand title Creating the Journal [Click to Expand] - Under "Journal Information"
- Give the journal a name that both you and your students can understand.
- [ Optional ] Write instructions for the students. This can include a prompt or guidelines for the students.
- Make the journal available to students.
- Under "Journal Date and Time Restrictions"
- If you would like to limit the availability for a certain date and/or time select the "Display After" option and insert a date and time.
- If you would like to have the journal only available until a certain date select the "Display Until" option and insert a date and time.
- Note: both options can be selected at the same time.
- Under "Journal Settings"
- Select the option for which you would like journal entries to be indexed.
- The following three boxes can be seleted as desired for your course.
Note: your settings DO NOT need to be exactly like shown below and should be representative of how you would like your journals to be.
- If you would like to grade journal entries select the "Grade : Points Possible:" option under "Grade Settings" and enter your points possible. Submit.
- Else, Submit.
- Under "Journal Information"
- Navigate to your course content area.
- Select Tools → Journals
- Select "Link to a Journal"
- Select the journal that you created.
- Submit .
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