Step 1. Select Administration
Step 2. Select Admin Dashboard
Step 3. Select Course and Category Management
Step 4. Select Create Course
Step 5. You will need to fill in the following fields to create your course:
There are only two mandatory fields, Course Full Name and Course Short Name. All other settings will stay as default.
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General |
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Course Full Name |
The full name of the course is displayed at the top of each page in the course and in the list of courses. This is a mandatory field. |
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Course Short Name |
The short name of the course is displayed in the navigation and is used in the subject line of course email messages. This is a mandatory Field. |
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Course Category |
This setting determines the category in which the course will appear in the list of courses |
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Course Visibility |
This setting determines whether the course appears in the list of courses and whether students can access it. If set to Hide, then access is restricted to users with the capability to view hidden courses (such as administrators and teachers) |
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Course Start Date |
This setting determines the start of the first week of the course in a weekly format. It also determines the earliest date that logs of course activities are available for. If the course is reset and the course start date is changed, all dates in the course will be moved in relation to the new start date |
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Course End Date |
The course end date is used for determining whether a course should be included in a user's list of courses. When the end date is past, the course is no longer listed in the navigation and is listed as past in the course overview. The course end date may also be used by custom reports. Users can still enter the course after the end date; in other words the date does not restrict access.
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Course ID Number |
The ID number of a course is only used when matching the course against external systems and is not displayed anywhere on the site. If the course has an official code name it may be entered, otherwise the field can be left blank. |
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Description |
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Course Summary |
The course summary is displayed in the list of courses. A course search searches course summary text in addition to course names. |
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Course Summary File |
Course summary files, such as images, are displayed in the list of courses together with the summary |
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Course Format |
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Format |
The course format determines the layout of each course page. Single activity format - For displaying a single activity or resource (such as Quiz or SCORM package) on the course page Social format - A forum is displayed on the course page Topics format - The course page is organised into topic sections Weekly format - The course page is organised into weekly sections, with the first week starting on the course start date |
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Number of Sections |
The number of sections are how many topics will be included in the course, when it is created. This can be increased and decreased whilst creating course content. |
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Hidden Sections |
This setting determines whether hidden sections are displayed to users in collapsed form (perhaps for a course in weekly format to indicate holidays) or are completely hidden. |
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Course Layout |
This setting determines whether the whole course is displayed on one page or split over several pages. |
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Appearance |
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Force Language |
You can force a language by using the dropdown box. If the language is not forced, it will default to the native language. |
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Number of announcements |
The announcements forum is a special forum which is created automatically in the course, has forced subscription set by default, and only users with appropriate permissions (by default teachers) can post on it. This setting determines how many recent announcements appear in the latest announcements block. If an announcements forum is not required in the course, this setting should be set at zero. |
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Show Gradebook to students |
Many activities in the course allow grades to be set. This setting determines whether a student can view a list of all their grades for the course via a grades link the course administration block. |
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Show activity reports |
Activity reports are available for each participants that show their activity in the course. As well as listings of their contributions, such as forum posts or assignment submissions, these reports also include access logs. This setting determines whether a student can view their own activity reports via their profile page. |
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Files and Uploads |
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Maximum upload size |
This setting determines the largest size of file that can be uploaded to the course, limited by the site-wide setting set by an administrator. Activity modules also include maximum upload size setting for further restricting the file size. |
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Completion Tracking |
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Enable completion tracking |
If enabled, activity completion conditions may be set in the activity settings and/or course completion conditions may be set. It is recommended to have this enabled so that meaningful data is displayed in the course overview on the Dashboard. |
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Groups |
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Group Mode |
This setting has 3 options: No groups Separate groups - Each group member can only see their own group, others are invisible Visible groups - Each group member works in their own group, but can also see other groups The group mode defined at course level is the default mode for all activities within the course. Each activity that supports groups can also define its own group mode, though if the group mode is forced at course level, the group mode setting for each activity, is ignored. |
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Force Group Mode |
If group mode is forced, then the course group mode is applied for every activity in the course. Group mode settings in each activity are ignored. |
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Default Grouping |
Is set to a default of None |
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Role Renaming |
This setting allows the displayed names for roles used in the course to be changed. Only the displayed name is changed - role permissions are not affected. New role names will appear on the course participants page and elsewhere within the course. If the renamed role is one that the administrator has selected as a course manager role, then the new role name will also appear as part of the course listing. |
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Tags |
Tags added will be used for searchability of the course |
Step 6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Save and display.
Step 7. You will now have the opportunity to enrol users. Select Enrol users to enrol users into this course.
Once you have enrolled the number of users required. Select Proceed to course content.
Please note, enrolled users will be able to access this course once they have been enrolled. They will be able to access the course whilst it is still being constructed. If a teacher will be responsible for building the course and doesn’t have site administrator access, you can enrol the teacher to this course at this stage. If you choose not to enrol users at this stage, you will be able enrol them at a later stage.
Your course has now be created.
