Options for Course Adaptations
While this course is ready to use at your institution and does not need to be edited, you have the option to make edits and adapt the course to suit the needs of your institution. The section includes suggestions for adapting and customizing the course.
You should strive to make any adaptations reflect the six key principles outlined in the Framework for Evaluating Mental Health and Wellness Education and Training Resources to ensure all material is accessible, adaptable, culturally located, evidence-informed, inclusive, and trauma informed.
If adding new interactive elements, please review the Accessibility Considerations. If you’re including new graphics or images, ensure they have alt-text available for anyone using a screen reader.
Once you have finished changing or adding course content, review the course objectives, knowledge checks, and quizzes to ensure all the material works together. You may also need to adjust the time required to complete the course.
Different Options for Obtaining, Editing, and Using the Course
You can access and use Starting a Conversation About Mental Health in a few different ways. The section Editing and Sharing the Course takes you through the different options.
- If you would like to use the course as created, with no modifications or changes, send a request to BCcampus Mental Health and Wellness. You will then receive SCORM files that can be uploaded to your LMS.
- If you would like to make changes to the course, your institution must have a subscription to Articulate Rise (also called Articulate 360). It is a web application and does not require any software downloads. It runs on any device through a browser. To access Articulate Rise, you will purchase a licence to Articulate 360, which includes the subscription to Articulate Rise. Academic pricing is available for post-secondary institutions. Detailed information about accessing, editing, and using the course in Articulate Rise can be found in Editing and Sharing the Course.
- If you want to build your own course based on the texts, images, graphics, or videos found in Starting a Conversation About Mental Health, visit BCcampus Mental Health and Wellness to access and download these materials.
Land Acknowledgement (Introduction)
Land acknowledgements are designed as a first step to reconciliation and an important way to begin the course so learners can think about next steps for reconciliation. If your institution has an approved territory acknowledgement, you are welcome to use it in this section.
The land acknowledgement section is preceded by a Welcome video in which learners are introduced to the course concepts and also invited to consider their relationship to Indigenous people across B.C. The video and the land acknowledgement ideally work together to introduce Indigenous ways of knowing and being, particularly related to mental health.
Mental Health and Mental Illness (Module 1)
In this section, students learn about a