Course Settings
General
Almost all options have a help button - 
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Description |
Action to take |
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Category: |
The category this course will be located in. |
Choose a category |
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Course full name: |
The name of the course in any course listing, and on the course homepage. |
Enter a name |
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Course short name: |
The name of the course as diplayed in navigation breadcrumbs, and in the subject line of course emails. |
Enter a short name |
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Course ID number: |
Leave blank (only used when matching courses with external systems). |
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Course Summary: |
The description of the course as displayed in course listings - this content is also searchable, so any keywords or tags can be entered here. |
Enter a description |
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Format: |
The type of course - SCORM, Weekly or Topics. |
Set this to SCORM |
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Number of weeks/topics: |
Not relevant to SCORM courses, leave as default. |
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Course start date: |
Not relevant to SCORM courses, leave as default. |
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Hidden sections: |
Not relevant to SCORM courses, leave as default. |
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News items to show: |
Not relevant to SCORM courses, leave as default. |
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Show gradebook to students: |
Sets whether or not a student can view their own gradebook for this course. |
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Show activity reports: |
Sets whether or not a student can view their own activity reports. In the case of a SCORM course, this will only display access logs. |
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Maximum upload size: |
Not relevant to SCORM courses, leave as default. |
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Legacy Course Files: |
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Guest access
Almost all options have a help button - - which will display further information on that setting when selected.
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Setting |
Description |
Action to take |
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Allow guest access |
This setting determines whether a user can access the course without being required to enrol first. While guests can access course material, they cannot participate or contribute to activities. |
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Password |
Limited guest access can be created by entering a password here. Allow guest access must be set to Yes. Guests will enter the password each time they access the course. |
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Groups
The grouping feature allows course material and activities to be accessed differently by students within a course based on certain parameters of their user profile (location,department etc).
This is not relevant for SCORM courses.
Availability
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Setting |
Description |
Action to take |
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Availablility |
If set to available, then students can see and access the course. |
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Language
Leave as default.
Student progress
A students completion of a course with mixed material and activities can be determined by a number of parameters (enrolment duration, activity completion etc).
These parameters are set elsehwere, but to be tracked at all Completion Tracking must first be Enabled.
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Setting |
Description |
Action |
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Completion Tracking |
Can be Enabled or Disabled. |
Leave as default |
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Completion tracking begins on enrolment |
If Completion Tracking is Enabled, then tracking can begin as soon as a learner is enrolled rather than when they start any activity. |
Leave as default |
Role renaming
Any LMS roles that have been created can be renamed for this particular course. Leave as default.
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