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Checklists & Tasks

Checklists help organize groups of Tasks, and can be applied easily to courses. They are created at the institution level, by ReadyGO Administrators, and can be applied to courses.

Tasks can be individual (these are called Personal Tasks), assigned to a course (called Course Tasks), or part of a Checklist that is assigned to a course. Tasks appear in many places throughout ReadyGO, to make it easy to update Task status quickly in the way that works best for you. There's also a Tasks link in the top navigation of ReadyGO, that will take you to all of the Tasks available, across all courses to which you have access.

Whenever you select the title of a Task, you'll be able to see Comments & Activity for the task itself, as well as post comments and (with the correct permissions) assign/remove users from a Task.

How do I use them?

Struggling to stay on top of what has (or hasn't) been completed for each course? Checklists will help!

Each Checklist has its own visibility settings, so you may create any mixture of checklists that are:

for ReadyGO users only (hidden from instructors)
shown to instructors, but Tasks can only be marked as complete (or incomplete) by your ReadyGO users
collaborative with instructors - they can view the Checklist as well as edit the completion status of each Task

Here are some suggestions for types of Checklists you may want to create:

Course Readiness - all the items your institution wants to check have been completed, before a course goes live to students
Course Quality - using your Checklist like a rubric, you can assure specific quality metrics have been achieved
Accessibility - ensure courses are accessible before they're published or during an accessibility audit
Regular & Substantive Interaction (RSI) - establish a checklist of necessary communication steps, share the checklist with your instructors, and allow them to mark Tasks as complete as they've performed those actions of communication
Transitions - any major transition of software often requires multiple steps along the way. Perhaps you're transitioning from Canvas Classic Quizzes to Canvas New Quizzes; from Legacy DesignPLUS content to the New DesignPLUS Sidebar; or from one media hosting system to another. ReadyGO Checklists can help you ensure each step of the process has been completed for each course.

Where do I find them?

You can access/modify the [Thing in Question] from many areas in ReadyGO:

Courses Table

Whenever you're working in the Courses table, you have the option to include an "Checklists" column in your view. (See: Customize Your View)

This Checklists column is included by default in The ReadyGO (preset) Quick View, but can be added to any view or Quick View.

In the column, you'll see all Checklists that have been assigned to a course, and you may select any checklist to open the Checklist Tray, view Task details and assignees, and mark any Tasks as complete (or incomplete).

You may add Checklists to a course using the plus icon in the column, or you may add Checklists to multiple courses by selecting them on the left and using the Bulk Actions button.

example cosmology courses with the Term Readiness Checklist and the Admin Checklist applied, and tasks in various states of completion

Course Details Page

Whenever you select an individual course's name from the Courses table, you'll be brought to the associated Course Details page. From this page, you can view information and perform tasks specific to the course.

You'll be able to view Checklist status on the Overview tab of the Course Details page.

The Course Details page also has a Checklists & Tasks tab, where you'll be able to:

add and interact with Course Tasks, which are not assigned to a checklist, but are associated directly with the course.
view all the Checklists assigned to a course
expand any Checklist panel to view its individual Tasks
mark a Task as complete (or incomplete)
select a Task name to view more details and assign users to the Task
Use Filters to focus in on specific Tasks

Tasks

When you select Tasks from the main navigation at the top of ReadyGO, you'll find a bank of all Tasks and Checklists that you have access to.

You'll be able to:

create and manage Personal Tasks (assigned to your user account; not assigned to specific courses or Checklists)
view Checklists and their Tasks
mark Tasks as complete (or incomplete)
select a Task name to view more details and assign users to the Task
use Filters to focus in on specific Tasks

ReadyGO Instructor Tool

The ReadyGO Instructor Tool is an optional piece of ReadyGO. If enabled for any course, it adds a link inside the Canvas Course Menu, which provides (for any teachers enrolled in the Canvas course) a view that is similar to the Course Details view in ReadyGO.

The options and interface are identical to those mentioned in the previous Course Details tab, with the exception that instructors may have varying permissions/access to Checklists. Depending on your institution's settings, some (or all) Checklists may be:

hidden from instructors
visible to instructors - but they cannot change Task status
visible to instructors - and they can change Task status