Caravel for Instructors
How to use Caravel as an Instructor
0. If you are coming from Moodle
If you are coming from Moodle, please do not impose a Moodle-centric view of how an LMS should fu...
1. Introduction to Caravel
Background
Caravel is a new, next-generation Learning Management System developed by Gabriel Sieben for Home...
Setting up 2 Factor Authentication
When you log in the first time as a teacher, you will be asked to turn on Two-Factor Authenticati...
Dashboard
When you log in, you will see a screen which looks like this: The Dashboard is comprised of se...
Catalog
The Catalog is where students, parents, teachers, and even admins can find courses. It looks simi...
Catalog Pages
When you click on a course in the catalog, you will see it's Catalog Page. It looks like this: ...
Staff
The Staff tab shows a list of instructors, monitors, and administrators at Homeschool Connections...
Dark Mode
The Moon / Sun icon in the navigation bar can be used to enable, or disable, Dark Mode. Dark...
Cart
The Cart page shows courses that are available for purchase, in addition to discounts and penalti...
Conversations
The Conversations button shows messages you may have started with other staff members, or student...
Account Settings
Under the user menu in the upper right (represented by a photo icon), there is the option for acc...
2. Your Course
3. Course Elements
Common Fields
The following information is on almost every element block, and will be defined here: Name: Th...
3D object
The 3D Object block lets you put high-resolution, beautiful 3D Objects into your course, which ca...
Assignment
The Assignment block lets students upload files for review and grading. When creating this bloc...
Audio
The Audio block lets you upload either an audio file to be played back in the LMS. It only accept...
Book
A Book lets you place large amounts of text and images into a course, in a way that does not disr...
Checklist
Checklists provide an easy way for students to keep track of their progress. Checklists can also ...
Code
Code is a powerful block - but with great power comes great responsibility. With Code, you as a ...
Duplicate Here
Duplicate Here is the only block that isn't actually a block. This is just a quick way to copy an...
File Download
File download is a very powerful block, with much more to it than meets the eye. You initially h...