Connecting Students to Quest

Choose from 1 or 2 to connect students prior to the beginning of the term

1. From Student Information System

A readiness to online learning program such as Quest for Online Success works best when it is made available at a time when students still have time to decide to enroll in an onground course if they feel they are not ready to succeed in an online course, but that is not always possible. 

Schools may enroll students in their Quest in Canvas Workshop from the Student Information System.  Using this option, schools can use the Canvas email tool to communicate with students about this program. This approach has resulted in the highest rates of participation.

2. Using the self-enrollment option 

Directions for how to set up the self-enrollment option

  1. From inside you Quest in Canvas Workshop, go to Settings
  2. Select the Course Details tab
  3. Scroll to the bottom
  4. Select more options
  5. Make sure first option is selected “Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL or code
  6. This will generate a code and URL
  7. Provide self-enrollment instructions including code and url to your students so they can complete the Quest workshop before the beginning of the semester

*If you have trouble finding the self-enroll option, check admin settings to allow self-enrollment "For manually created courses"

Here is an example of an email you might send to let students know how to access the Quest Workshop.  Please edit to meet your local needs

You have registered for an online course that is accompanied by a free online Quest for Success Program.  This program is designed to help you succeed in your online course.  Please follow the directions below to register and complete the Quest Program before the beginning of the term.  Experienced online students will also find many helpful resources.  (Then add a sentence describing how your students access Quest in Canvas).

Directions for students about how to self-enroll into the Quest Workshop.

  1. Login to Canvas first
  2. Go to the link you provide from the above settings   
  3. Click the button "Enroll in Course"
  4. Click the button "Go To Course"
  5. Complete the modules

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Highly Recommended for All to make Quest available during the term

Creating a link to Quest from inside an academic course. The Quest resources can be useful to students throughout the term.  The best way to make them easily available is by creating a link from within your fully online and blended courses to the full Quest program. This enables faculty to include the Quest program as part of an orientation to their course. 

  1. Login to Canvas and navigate to your online course  
  2. On the left Navigation pane, click on Settings
  3. Now click on the Apps tab, a list of external apps that can be added to Canvas will be displayed. You can search (filter by name) for the Redirect Tool. It is a blue arrow.  Click on it for an explanation of how it works
  4. Now click on the “Add App” button.
  5. The Name should be something like “Quest for Online Success”
  6. The URL Redirect is the URL of your school's Quest course.  
  7. Recommend selecting the two top options: “Force open in a new tab (For External Links only) and “Show in Course Navigation”