Course Settings v2
You need Teacher or Manager access before you can perform this action and see below information.
These are the various fields to fill out when creating or editing a course. If you are editing a course, you can review the course settings and edit these fields by clicking the 'Settings' option on the sub menu bar of the course page.
General
Course Full Name * | (Mandatory Field) This is the name of the course. It is displayed as a link on course lists on the Front page and on the Dashboard and in reports. It is also used in the browser title bar when the course is viewed. |
Course Short Name * | (Mandatory Field) Many institutions have a shorthand way of referring to a course, such as BP102 or COMMS. Even if you do not already have such a name for your course, make one up here. It will be used in several places where the long name is not appropriate, such as the Navigation block. |
Course Category | Course Category helps teachers and students find their courses easily. This setting determines the category in which the course will appear in the list of courses. |
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), Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter. |
Course Start Date | This setting affects the display of logs and the weekly format topic dates, this setting also determines If you use the "Weekly" course format, the start date will appear in the first section of the course. For example selecting 27 July, will display "27 July - 2 August" in the first section (when default display is selected for that section). This setting will have an effect on the display of logs. This will be the earliest possible date the log activity will display. This setting will not affect courses using the 'social' or 'topics' formats. |
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 block / drawer and is listed as past in the Course overview on students' dashboards. The course end date is also used for calculating the retention period before data is deleted. It may also be used by a custom report e.g. reporting activity for the duration of a course. Users can still enter the course after the end date; in other words the date does not restrict access. |
Course ID number | The ID number is an alphanumeric field. It has several potential uses. Generally, it is not displayed to students. However, it can be used to match this course against an external system's ID, as your course catalogue ID or can be used in the certificate module as a printed field. |
Description
| Course Summary | The summary appears on the course listings page. This field is searched when searching for a course and also appears in the Course/Site description block |
Course Image | An image may be attached to the course summary. They will be accessible by anyone from outside of the course just like the course name and/or summary. |
Course Format
The course format determines the layout of each course page.
| Format | Grid - A modular and visual course format. Hides all topics and creates a grid of icons (one for each topic) with short titles. 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 Tiles format - A course format which displays course topics as "Tiles", in a grid rather than as a list. 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 |
Hidden Sections | This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually grey) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizzes you don't want your students to see. |
Course Layout | The Course layout setting determines whether the whole course is displayed on one page or split over several pages. |
Appearance
| Force Language | If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile. |
| Number of Announcements | 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 to zero. |
| Show Gradebook to Students | Here you can decide whether to allow students to see the link to grades in the Administration block. If your course doesn't use graded activities, it makes sense to disable this. If grades are used and this link is disabled, students can still see their grade from the actual activity itself, such as an assignment |
Show Activity Reports | Here you can decide whether to show students their activity reports. ( 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. |
Show activity dates | Activity dates are always shown on the activity page. This setting determines whether activity dates are also shown below each activity in the course page. |
Files and Uploads
| Maximum Upload Size | Here you can decide the largest size of file that students can upload to a course. The site administrator determines the sizes available for the teacher to select. |
Completion Tracking
| 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. |
Show activity completion conditions | Activity completion conditions are always shown on the activity page. This setting determines whether activity completion conditions are also shown below each activity on the course page. |
Groups
| Group Mode | Here you can define the group mode at the course level by a pull down menu. "No groups", "Separate groups" and "Visible groups" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the participants list and who they can interact within activities. |
Force Group Mode | If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting. |
Default Grouping | If groupings are enabled, a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set. |
Role Renaming
| Role Renaming | You can rename the roles used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the Teacher role as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the participants and the override permissions pages. |
Tags
Tags | Tags are used for the searchability of the course. |
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