End of Exercise Questions

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Short answer, essay style questions that evaluate the student's understanding of the exercise.

Experimentation Tab

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• Time allocation is a mandatory field.
• Learning Objectives are optional, but empty boxes must be deleted by selecting the "x" next to each in order for the page to save.
• You can select the pencil icon in the top right to edit the lesson information.
• When you are done adding content, don't forget to select "Save."

Exploration Tab

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Clicking the “BACK” button at the top left, at any time, will take you back to the Course Management page and exit the lesson. Use the section tabs along the top (Exploration, Experimentation, Evaluation) and the pages on the left side, to go forward and backward throughout your lesson.

How do I unlock all other lessons?

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There are several reasons that lessons in a course could be locked. Below are explanations of the primary reasons.

How Do I Change My Password?

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Use this article to change your password in SI Cloud.

Please note:  we do not recommend you do this if you access SI Cloud lessons from direct links in your LMS.

How do students register/enroll in the SI course when LTI is in use?

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SI lesson links allow students a single sign-on experience from the LMS. This means that when students select the Getting Started or Laboratory Safety lesson links in the LMS they are automatically enrolled in the course in SI Cloud. 

Custom Lesson Authoring Setup

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This feature is enabled by an Institution Admin, Instructor Admin, or SI Admin. This feature allows Instructors to expand on their kit by adding new lessons for students. Instructors can:

• Build learning objectives, content, and questions (Test Your Knowledge question types and Question Time question types) in the Exploration section.
• Build learning objectives, exercise content, relevant data tables, photo panels, and essay questions in the Experimentation section.
• Build multiple choice (Competency Review) and essay questions (Extension) in the Evaluation section.
• Publish and reorder lessons within the lesson list, after the pre-requisites (Getting Started, Lab Safety, and Using the V-scope).

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Instructor Role

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The Instructor Role is able to view and edit any course linked to their email. This role cannot see or edit anything on the Institution Dashboard. When logged in, the instructor will see the screen with all of their courses. 

The Science Interactive V-Scope

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The Science Interactive V-Scope is an advanced virtual microscope program that simulates the use of a compound light microscope and includes a library of over 80 fully interactive slides ranging from bacteria to fruit flies to skeletal muscle.

Using advanced technology and images from real slides, the V-Scope replicates everything that a student would do on a physical microscope, including raising and lowering the platform, turning on the light, placing, centering, and focusing slides, and more.