Renaming Custom Lessons in the SI Lab Portal

Purpose
Renaming custom lessons enhances clarity, supports accurate grading, ensures consistency across courses, and facilitates seamless integration with your Learning Management System (LMS). Proper naming conventions help both instructors and students navigate the course content efficiently.

Reasons to Rename Custom Lessons

1. Clarity for Students: Descriptive names reduce confusion and help students know what to expect.
2. Accurate Gradebook Tracking: Clear lesson names make filtering, grading, and reporting easier.
3. Consistency Across Courses: Standardized names prevent errors when copying lessons or applying Policy Sets.
4. Ease of LMS Integration: Clear names reduce mismatches when activity linking, syncing grades, due dates, and completion statuses with the LMS.

Steps to Rename a Lesson:

1. Access the Content Repository:
   • From the Class Homepage, click on Content Repository (third option in the instructor main navigation menu).

1. Navigate to Lessons & Assignments:
   • In the Current Class pane, click on Lessons & Assignments.

1. Select the Appropriate Unit:
   • Click the unit that contains the lesson you wish to edit.
2. Edit the Lesson:
   • Click the name of the lesson to be edited.
   • Click Edit to rename the unit.

1. Rename the Lesson:
   • In the Lesson Editor, click Edit next to the lesson title.
   • At the top of the page, rename the lesson or evaluation as needed.

Summary
Renaming custom lessons improves student understanding, supports accurate grading, ensures consistency across courses, and prevents LMS integration issues. Reminder: When renaming lessons, also rename your unit and evaluation pages for full clarity.

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