*Though it features screenshots primarily from Dosage Calc 360, the information in this article applies to all Davis 360 platforms, including Dosage Calc 360, Med Term 360, and Test Success 360.
*This support article is intended for admins and/or instructors who have to create their own Davis 360 class. If an admin has created and integrated a Davis 360 class for you, please consult our instructor "Quick-start Guide" article for further instruction.
Create Your Davis 360 Class
Please confirm with your admin whether you need to personally create your Davis 360 class.
If an admin will not create your Davis 360 class to integrate it within your LMS course, you can create your own Davis 360 class before contacting [email protected] for further instruction on integrating that class.
To access your Davis 360 platform and create your Davis 360 class, you must first log into FADavis.com.
Log into FADavis.com with the same credentials provided by your Educational Consultant. You will not need to create a new F.A. Davis account.
If your Educational Consultant hasn't provided you with FADavis.com account credentials, please contact them and/or your program's admin.
After logging into FADavis.com, you'll see your My Products page, with listings of all the F.A. Davis books and resources you have access to.
Find your Davis 360 platform and click its "Davis 360" button.
If you can't find your Davis 360 platform on your My Products page, please contact your Educational Consultant for further assistance.
Clicking a "Davis 360" button will launch your Davis 360 My Products page. On this page, you will see all the Davis 360 platforms you've got access to.
On this page, find your Davis 360 platform again and click its "Launch" button to navigate to your platform's Classes page.
Before your Davis 360 platform's Classes page houses your active and expired Davis 360 classes, it will start empty.
Click the "Add Class" button to launch a Class Setup, so you can begin creating your Davis 360 class.
Complete your Davis 360 Class Setup
On the Class Setup page, you will see a menu with five steps of adjustable course settings.
The first step, "Create Class" will primarily require entering the macroscopic details of your Davis 360 class, such as class name, the duration of the class via its Start and End Dates, and your time zone. We recommend giving your Davis 360 class the same name as the LMS course it'll be integrated with, to increase student recognition.
If you encounter a setting on the "Create Class" step, or any other step of the Class Setup, that you need to change and are unable to do so, please contact us via [email protected] so we can assist you.
On the right margin of your "Create Class" step, you'll see a link to load your Implementation Guide, which will give you more insights on how to implement Davis 360 assignments within your syllabus.
At the bottom of the "Create Class" step, please leave the "Auto-Enroll Students" checkbox checked, so your students will be enrolled when they launch a Davis 360 class link inserted into your LMS course.
Clicking the "Next Step" button saves whatever changes you made on a step of the Class Setup, in addition to progressing to the next step of the Setup.
On the "Select Content" step, you'll see a list of all the premade Davis 360 assignment modules available within your Davis 360 platform. This is where you can finalize the types of content and the number of exercises available to your students within each assignment module.
Please verify the topics turned ON here match the topics you'll cover in your syllabus. If you will not cover a topic listed on this step, please turn it OFF, so your students will only see Davis 360 assignments that align with what they expect to cover in-class.
When setting up a Dosage Calc 360 class, you'll additionally need to choose which calculation method students will be shown by default.
You can preview or turn off content in Davis 360 assignment modules down to the exercise level. Click its "Details" button to open the full contents of a Davis 360 assignment module.
Before students begin working in your Davis 360 class, please make sure you or an admin have finalized which exercises your students will be responsible for completing. To learn more about the different types of exercises within Davis 360 assignments, please consult our student "Assignment Types" article.
When you are finished making changes, select “Next Step” to move on.
The "Schedule Content" step of your Davis 360 Class Setup is where you'll set due dates for your Davis 360 assignments. If you want students to be penalized for late work in your course, you will need to enter assignment due dates on this step.
If you are creating a Davis 360 class to be copied then led by a different instructor, please inform that instructor they will need to enter due dates on the "Schedule Content" step of their cloned Davis 360 class. For more information, please consult our "Copying Classes" article.
Select “Set dates,” then scroll down to see a list of assignments available in your course.
For each assignment, you will see a Start Date and an End Date. Most instructors forgo setting Start Dates, giving students the opportunity to work ahead and/or preview the content in upcoming topics.
With each End Date, select your intended due date for that assignment. The student will still be able to access assignments after their End Dates, but any new work submitted will be flagged as late and assigned a pending grade of “0” to override at your discretion.
For more information on late work, please see the “Davis 360 Gradebook Features” section of our instructor "Grading and Metrics” article.
When you are finished selecting your due dates, click “Next Step” to save your changed due dates and move on.
On the "Grading Options" step of your Davis 360 Class Setup, you can choose grading rules for different Davis 360 assignment types. Please note that grading rules should be selected before students enroll and begin working in your course.
Information about each grading rule can be found on the right-hand side of this step. More information on grading can also be found in our "Grading and Metrics" article for instructors.
The majority of your graded Davis 360 content will be pre-made assignment modules, comprised of Subtopic Practice exercises and a Post-Assessment within those respective assignment modules.
Subtopic Practice exercises are graded based on completion. We recommend leaving these assignments on the default "Percentage-based Participation Grade" selection.
The Post Assessments that conclude each of your Davis 360 assignment modules can be graded based on completion or competency. Here, the "Participation approach" selection will grade students based on completion, whereas the "Traditional Grade" selection will grade students based on how many quiz questions they get correct.
We do not recommend selecting "Points approach."
Additionally, Post-Assessments can be graded based on a student's best or first attempt. If graded on their best attempt, students will be allowed to retake Post Assessments, with only their best score recorded in your Davis 360 Gradebook. If graded on first attempt, a student's first score on a Post Assessment will be the only score recorded.
Though the Class Setup defaults to and recommends the Participation approach and "Grade on best attempt," our team generally recommends choosing Traditional approach and "Grade on first attempt" for Post-Assessments, to guide students toward completing Post-Assessments thoughtfully.
Just like the Post Assessments, you can choose to grade Quizzing Assignments based on completion or competency. Choose "Participation approach" to grade based on completion, or "Traditional Grade" to grade students based on how many quiz questions they get correct.
Again, please do not select "Points approach."
Then, select whether you want Quizzing Assignments to be graded on best attempt or first attempt.
Similar to Post-Assessments, our team recommends the Traditional approach and "Grade on first attempt" for Quizzing Assignments.
Click "Next Step" once you've decided how your Davis 360 assignments will be graded.
The "Summary" step of your Davis 360 Class Setup gives you a chance to review the settings choices you've made.
Though it instructs you to do so at the top of the "Summary" step, you won't need to share your Class ID with your students. Because your Davis 360 class will be integrated within your LMS course, your students will automatically enroll in your Davis 360 class by launching Davis 360 class links via your LMS course.
Furthermore, be advised that creating a Davis 360 class will not automatically integrate that class within your LMS course. Please email your Class ID to [email protected], alongside a request for more information on integrating your Davis 360 class within your LMS course.
