How to Enhance Your CoSpaces Virtual Environment by Fayth Gessner

Welcome!

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Whether using CoSpaces for the first time or you're an educator looking to ~spice~ up your virtual environments, this module will walk you through how to enhance your CoSpaces virtual environments!

Introduction to Creating CoSpaces

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Watch this video and take notes on the different interactive functions available to use in CoSpaces virtual environments.

How Do You Engage Your Users in CoSpaces?

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When creating a CoSpace for instructional purposes, it's important to consider how your users are going to engage with the content. In this lesson, view these resource and take notes on what you can add within a CoSpace to keep your users actively engaged, including quizzes and utilizing AR and VR capabilities!

Learning Objectives:

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Users will demonstrate their knowledge of the CoSpaces platform by completing comprehension checks after each lesson.
Users will apply knowledge of the CoSpaces platform to incorporate interactive elements into their pre-existing or new CoSpaces virtual environment.

What You'll Need:

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Computer with Internet access
CoSpaces account with pre-existing CoSpaces
Virtual or physical method of taking notes
*Optional* CoSpaces Pro subscription or free trial using the code: COSProTrial

Creating Your First Class in CoSpaces

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Watch this video and take notes on the how to get started with your first class and first CoSpaces virtual environments.

What Goes into Your CoSpace?

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Watch this video and take notes on:

How to add uploaded files into your CoSpace.
How to add objects into your CoSpace.
How to modify objects in your CoSpace.

Lesson One Comprehension Check

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Once you have viewed and taken notes on all the resources for this lesson, complete this comprehension check.

Lesson Two Comprehension Check

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Once you have viewed and taken notes on all the resources for this lesson, complete this comprehension check.

Getting Started with CoBlocks

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View the following resources and take notes on CoBlocks and how to code objects within a CoSpace to have different functions.

Cospaces CoBlocks Overview

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CoSpaces.Edu. (2020). The official Pro Guide: Chapter 3- Coding Like a Pro. pp. 18-22.

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CoSpaces.Edu. (2020). CoBlocks reference guide.

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Coding Uploaded Videos in CoSpaces

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Coding YouTube Videos in CoSpaces

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CoSpaces.Edu. (2021). CoBlocks cheat sheet.

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Storytelling in CoSpaces

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CoSpaces.Edu. (2020). The official Pro Guide: Chapter 4- Coding Like a Pro. pp. 23-28.

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CoSpaces Virtual Environment Rubric

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Knowledge into Action!

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Now that you know all the various ways you can shape up your CoSpace into an engaging experience for your students, let's put that knowledge into work! Use the rubric below as a guide to transform one of your own CoSpaces. Then, when you're done, share your CoSpace for others to see using the shared Google Doc below.

Creating a Quiz in CoSpaces

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Adjusting your Camera in CoSpaces

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Exemplar CoSpaces Virtual Environments

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Lesson Three Comprehension Check

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Once you have viewed and taken notes on all the resources for this lesson, complete this comprehension check.

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