Creating a LessonLink is very easy! The whole process takes about five minutes.
- Make sure you are logged into CALI with a Faculty account.
- Go to the LessonLink page on the CALI website.
- Click the button to "Create New LessonLinks".
- Enter your course name. This can be anything you would like.
- Pick the semester in which students will be using the LessonLinks, not when you are making it.
- Select the CALI topic area which best describes your course. If you are teaching a class that covers more than one legal subject area, don't worry! You can back later and select another topic.
- A list of all the CALI Lessons tagged with that subject will appear. You can then check the box next to the lessons that you would like to create LessonLinks for.
- Click "Create LessonLinks" at the bottom of the page.
- At this point you will be taken to a page that is titled with the name of the course you entered in Step 4 above. This page will have all the LessonLinks you have created.
Once you've created a set of LessonLinks here are some ponts to consider
- There is an option to edit or add LessonLinks this course's list of LessonLinks. Just look for the add/edit link.
- You should also receive an email with the URLs of your course page and LessonLinks. If the email doesn't show up in a few minutes please check your spam/junk folder.
- The URL of the course page or the URLs of each individual LessonLink can be shared with your students via email, your school's LMS (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, TWEN,etc) or any other means of communication.
- Using the course page or the individual LessonLinks depends on whether you wish to allow the students to view all of the LessonLinks at once or if you prefer to make them available on a more structured basis.
- To view student scores and performance, go to your "Current LessonLinks" dashboard. From there you can click the "details" button to view more information.
- While you can put a LessonLink URL into a Microsoft Word document, but students won't be able to Ctrl-Click to follow the link. This is a limitation of Word and not LessonLink. Converting to PDF is your best option. This article explains all the gory details.