Course
The course element Course allows the author to integrate more courses into an existing course in order to connect content and to summarise assessments.
Usage: Learners' view
Overview
When you open the course element Course, you will see the details about the integrated course that were provided by the author, and you can start the course. If the course is subject to assessment, the assessment status can also be displayed here. |
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Functions for users
The following functions are available to users in a course element Course:
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View assessment
If an overall assessment is configured for the course, it can be viewed here, provided that the configuration by the author does not prevent it.
How to do that?
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Configuration: Authors' View
In the course editor
The following functions are available to you in the course editor:
Add a course element course |
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1 | Open the course you want to edit. Use the pencil icon at the top of the page to open the editing mode. |
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2 | Select a course element from the menu on the right. |
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3 | In the new window, you can define the position of the new course element within your course structure (left navigation pane). The available positions are marked with an insert icon. To insert the new course element into an existing substructure, you need to open the substructure by clicking on the small triangle symbol next to its title. The area will open and you will again see insert icons at the positions which are available. Click on the insert icon at the desired position within the structure. The selected area will be highlighted. Confirm your choice with Insert course element. |
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4 | The element will be inserted into the course structure at the selected position. Depending on the course element, you have to make additional configurations or add content in order to complete the configuration. For these changes to take effect, you must publish the course. The course element will then also become available in the course view. |
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General configuration settings
In the course editor, you will find the following configuration tabs:
Title and description |
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Title | You need to enter a title for the course element. The title can comprise a maximum of 100 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear in the navigation menu of the course and also as a heading in the content area. |
Subtitle | You can enter a subtitle for the course element with a maximum of 255 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear as a tooltip in the navigation menu and - if selected and configured accordingly - as a subtitle in the content area. |
Description | Here you can describe the course element. The description will appear in the content area below the title.
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Display | Define which information about the course element should be displayed in the course view. In addition to the content, you can optionally display the title and description. All course elements are provided with a reasonable presetting, which mostly includes the setting Title, description and content. You can adjust this setting in accordance with the options available for each course element. |
Set link for this course element | Each course element can be accessed via fixed link addresses. Therefore, an internal and an external URL is assigned to each course element. These direct links to concrete elements can be used within courses or provided to learners. The URLs are located below the title and description of the element and will appear upon selecting Set link for this course element.
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ID | You will need the ID number of the course element (on the bottom right), for example, if you wish to use the expert mode in the visibility or access tab. |
Configuration
In the Configuration tab, you can assign a course resource to your course element. Detailed instructions are given in the following section Special configuration settings.
Assessment
In the Assessment tab, you have the option to customise the assessment settings for the course. Detailed instructions are given in the following section Special configuration settings.
Multilingualism
In this tab, different translations can be added to individual course element areas.
Special configuration settings
Configuration tab | In the Configuration tab, you can select a course resource for the course element Course.
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3. An overview of all available course resources will be displayed. 4. Select the desired resource by clicking on the |
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5. Now you can choose whether or not the description of the selected course should be applied to the course element. |
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6. The selected resource will now be displayed in the Configuration tab under Selected course. |
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Assessment tab
In the Assessment tab, you can configure the assessment settings for the course element. To do this, open the course editor of the course element Course and switch to the Assessment tab. Now you have the following options:
Take over assessment data from the course: If this checkbox is enabled, the assessment for the integrated course will be applied to the current course. Use certificates: Activate this checkbox if the user is to receive a PDF document as proof for a passed course. Template for certificates: Here you can select your desired certificate template. Apart from the example template, you can also use an individually created template. Display certificates only for tutors (assessment tool): If this option is enabled, the PDF files of the certificates can only be accessed using the assessment tool. In all other places, the user can no longer access, view, or download their own certificate. |
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Functions after adding a course resource
After adding a course resource, you have the following options in the Configuration tab:
Select course: Click the button to replace the added course resource with another course resource. Display title and description of the course: If the checkbox is activated, both the title and the description from the detailed view of the course will be displayed. |
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Functions in the course view
As an author, you have the same options in the course view as users. Detailed information can be found in the section Functions for users.