Course

Last modified by Carina Enke on 17.01.2024

KB_Kurs.pngThe course element Course allows the author to integrate more courses into an existing course in order to connect content and to summarise assessments.

 

Content

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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Start course

How to do that?
  1. Open the course and switch to the course element Course. 
  2. Click on Start course. A new tab showing the linked course will open.

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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?
  1. Open the course and switch to the course element Course.
  2. You will now see your current assessment status for the course.

Depending on the course author's settings, the displayed information may include your score, mark, and/or a note on whether you have passed or failed the course.

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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

Click to open instructions on how to add a course element ...

To integrate a course element into your course, proceed as follows:

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

Configuration options in the tab title and description ...

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Elements

Description

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.

Changes to the title of the first course element, the so-called main course node ...

  If you change the title of the first course element, the new content will only be applied to the main course node and then displayed in the opened course. If you wish to edit the course title or description, you can do so using the more settings menu of the course.

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.

Depending on the settings configured in the element Display, this additional text is displayed to the user when opening the course element. The user can expand or collapse the view of the text.

 

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.  

  • External link: To refer to this course element from outside of the course or learning platform, you can use the external link and insert it, for example as a href attribute, into the desired HTML page.
  • Internal link: To set a link to another course element within the same course, you can insert the internal link as a href attribute into the desired HTML page.

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.

VisibilityIf necessary, restrict the visibility of the course element here. For more information, see the Visibility help page.
Access If necessary, restrict the visibility of the course element here. For more information, see the Access help page.

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.

How to do that?

  1. Open the course editor in the course element Course and switch to the Configuration tab.

  2. Click on Select 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 Icon_Hinzufügen schwarz.pngplus icon in the Actions column.

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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.  

For detailed information on using and configuring certificates, refer to the help page Certificates.

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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.