Create content in Minerva

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Structuring content

Rather than simply uploading content into your module, it is recommended you plan in advance. Do you want your content to be structured in a specific way – for example, by week or by topic? Think about what would make the most sense to your students.

Before you start creating folders, keep in mind Ultra allows for a “two deep” folder structure in keeping with the mobile first approach. If this has impact on your module design, you might need to re-think your approach.

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Containers for your content

• Folders
• Learning Modules
• Folder or Learning Modules - which should I use?
• Structuring your content - best practice, when using the module template

Adding and copying content

You can add a variety of content, such as online lectures, multimedia, tests, assignments, links to websites, reading lists and more to your module/organisation. You can also copy content from other modules.

• Copying Content
• Create a Document
• Edit a Document
• Module Lecture Capture in Minerva
• Add Video from Mediasite
• Embed Video in Minerva (from third party sites such like YouTube or Microsoft Stream)
• Use the Recording tool
• Resize embedded content
• Add Files
• Add files from the Content Collection
• Add Files from Cloud Storage
• Add Package (Zip) Files
• Reducing File Sizes
• Add Images
• Finding suitable quality images for your module content
• Copyright and Minerva
• Add a Module Link
• Add LinkedIn Learning resources

Using Student Preview to review your content

• Student Preview

Making your content accessible

• Using Ally to improve accessibility
• General help on creating accessible documents can be found on the Digital Accessibility website
• Accessibility statements for teaching and learning content on the Digital Accessibility website

Managing the release of content

• Batch Edit to change the availability of multiple pieces of content
• Conditional Availability (formerly known as adaptive release)
• Remove Conditional Availability rules

Content Collection

The Content Collection is the file storage behind Minerva. You can browse the Content Collection to add files to a module or organisation. It is especially useful if you want to add the same document to multiple modules/organisations (e.g. School Contact List).