This article is for students new to Visible Body Courseware. It gives an overview of how to access the platform and reviews the main features. These include how to:
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Enroll in the correct Courseware course
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Complete lessons and quizzes
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View course resources, assignments, and grades
- Access self-study reference content on the web or your mobile device
If your course uses a learning management system (LMS) with Courseware (Canvas, D2L, Schoology or Blackboard), you are already enrolled and can skip Enroll in a Courseware Course.
Enroll in a Courseware course
This step includes clicking the invite link from your instructor to get into the correct course. There are two ways to do this. (This step only applies to students accessing Courseware directly. If you are accessing through an LMS the link to the correct course has been done by the instructor)
1: For students at a school with a site license
If your school has a Courseware site license, you will not be asked for payment. However, you must access Courseware from within your school's network for the platform to recognize you are at a school with a site license. To do this, follow these steps:
- Log into your school's network
- Use the invite link to get to the sign-up page
- Follow the instructions to create your account
After you sign up, you can log into Courseware by going to https://courseware.visiblebody.com—no need to keep using the link from your instructor or be on the school's network.
2: For students at a school that requires a student purchase or uses codes
If you are purchasing Courseware or using an access code provided by your school:
- Use the invite link to get to the sign-up page
- Follow the instructions to create your account
- Then, you can either make a purchase or enter your code
After you sign up, you can log into Courseware by going to https://courseware.visiblebody.com—no need to keep using the link from your instructor.
Tips:
- Bookmark https://courseware.visiblebody.com
- Chrome, Edge, and Safari all work with Visible Body Courseware. Here are all the system requirements for Courseware.
Complete assignments
The core of Courseware are all the assignments that are used to present students with information in a visual and paced series of lessons, and the quizzes that assess how well each student is learning.
There are three different types of assignments, which all use different icons, as you can see below.
- New Assignments update with your progress and can be graded.
- Classic Quiz Assignments update with your progress and can be graded.
- Classic Assignments are ungraded and do not update with your progress.
Below, you can see available assignments that have not been opened yet are marked with a red dot. The open blue circle on the New Assignments and the quiz indicate that they are available, but not yet started.
Here, you can see that available assignments that are partially completed are marked with a half-filled blue circle; assignments that are submitted are marked with a solid green circle with a check mark.
To access and start Classic Assignments:
- Choose an assignment lesson to complete. Read the instructions. When you launch a Visible Body lesson assignment in this format, it will open the content in a new browser window.
- Complete the lesson assignment by examining 3D anatomy and microanatomy views, illustrations, animations, muscle actions, cross sections, or other materials or by testing your knowledge with practice quizzes.
- Once you’ve completed the lesson instructions, return to the Courseware browser window and select your next assignment.
This video walks through the process:
To access and start New Assignments:
- Choose the assignment you’d like to complete. Instructions on that page give an overview of the number of lesson activities and the goals of the assignment. Select the green Start Assignment button to begin completing the activities of the assignment
- The text box on the left will have instructions for you to follow for each activity. When each activity is complete use the Next button to continue
- At any point you can pause, select "Save Progress, and return to the lesson later
- Once you’ve completed the lesson activities and assessments select the "Submit Assignment" button. You can then select your next assignment.
This video walks through the process:
Tips:
- Many of the activities and some of the quizzes use 3D models. This chart shows keyboard and mouse controls for moving and dissecting the models.
Take graded quizzes
Graded quizzes can appear in one of two formats.
Format 1:
Classic Quiz Assignments, with the quiz icon
Graded quizzes that report to the Gradebook will appear with the quiz icon—a head with a question mark in it. (Practice quizzes can also be part of the Classic Assignments with the C icon, but do not report to the Gradebook.)
Instructors have the option to set these graded quizzes as timed. If your course includes a timed quiz, you’ll see a page that looks something like this when you select the quiz:
- The timer starts when you select the “Take Quiz” button. If you do not want to take the quiz, close the tab without selecting "Take Quiz."
- When you start the timed quiz, a timer appears in the left corner of the screen. Use it to track your remaining time.
- If you start the quiz, but leave it, close it, or simply do not answer any questions, your score will be submitted as a zero. The Gradebook will record "This quiz was started, but not submitted."
- If you start answering questions but run out of time without finishing the quiz, the grade that is saved and submitted is the score of the answered questions.
Format 2:
Quizzes that appear within a series of activities in a lesson in a New Assignment.
In this immersive experience, the quizzes are part of the assignment. If the quiz has points, the grade will be recorded to the gradebook, but they can also be set to 0 points for practice.
Depending on the settings your instructor chooses for the quiz, you may have the option to retake the quiz, see your own answers, and/or see the correct answers.
View course resources, assignments, and grades
If your course uses a learning management system (LMS) with Courseware (Canvas, D2L, Schoology or Blackboard), you will access course resources, assignments, and grades through that LMS.
If you are accessing Courseware directly (no LMS integration), the left-hand column will link to announcements from instructors, a calendar with assignment due dates, your scores on assessments, and any course resources that your instructors uploads.
Once you’ve completed a graded quiz assignment, you can check your grade and detailed quiz results in the Gradebook.
- Log into your Courseware dashboard and select your course.
- Open the Gradebook to see your grades on all completed graded quizzes.
- If your instructor has made this option available, select any grade to access detailed quiz results.
- Select the arrow next to any grade to view results from your other quiz attempts.
This video reviews how to check student grades in the Courseware Gradebook.
Self-Study Reference (My Apps)
For the length of your Courseware access, you also get access to the web and mobile versions of VB Suite, our bestselling visual database filled with 3D models, animations, Flashcards, 3D presentations, and more.
The My Apps section in Courseware is a reference hub that includes web and mobile access to VB Suite, plus additional resources.
If your course uses a learning management system (LMS) with Courseware, you can access the My Apps page through a link on your LMS course page:
If you are accessing Courseware directly (no LMS integration), the My Apps option is at the bottom of the left-hand navigation bar:
For more details on all the free learning content that comes in the My Apps section of your Courseware account, see this article that reviews key VB Suite and VB website content.
Accessing Support inside Courseware
Anytime you are inside Courseware and have a question, you can access our support site by clicking the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.