Google AI Blog: Google’s Course Builder 1.9 improves instructor experience and takes Skill Maps to the next level

Google’s Course Builder 1.9 improves instructor experience and takes Skill Maps to the next level

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Posted by Adam Feldman, Product Manager and Pavel Simakov, Technical Lead, Course Builder Team(Cross-posted on the Google for Education Blog)Course Builderskill mapping capabilitiesdownload it hereGoogle Open Online Education

Measuring competence with skill maps
In addition to defining skills and prerequisites for each lesson, you can now apply skills to each question in your courses’ assessments. By completing the assessments and activities, learners will be able to measure their level of competence for each skill. For instance, here’s what a student taking Power Searching with Google might see:

Improving usability when creating a course Course Builder has a rich set of capabilities, giving you control over every aspect of your course -- but that doesn’t mean it has to be hard to use. Our goal is to help you spend less time setting up your course and more time educating your students. We’ve completely reorganized the dashboard, reducing the number of tabs and making the settings you need clearer and easier to find.