Add New Area—Content Area

Overview

Content Areas are containers within a Course that are accessible from the Course Menu. Instructors often use Content Areas to post:

· documents

· Assignments

· Assessments

· sequential Learning Units

· other learning materials

Adding a new Content Area through this page creates a blank Content Area that will appear in each new course. Note that the new Content Area is only a default. The Instructor of each course can choose to modify or remove the Content Area within each course. To modify the new area or to set its place within the Course Menu, use the Set Default Course Menu feature.

Add New Area - Content Area page

Find this page

Follow these steps to open the Add New Area—Content Area page.

Step 1 Click Settings from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.

Step 2 Click Set Default Course Menu from the Settings page.

Step 3 Click Add Content Area in the Action Bar on the Set Default Course Menu page.

Fields

The table below details the fields on the Add New Area—Content Area page.

Field	Description
Set Area Properties
Area Type:	This field is display only.
Area Name:	Select a name for the area from the drop-down list or enter a name in the text box.
Allow guest Access:	Select this check box to permit users with a Course Role of Guest in the course to view the new area.
Allow observer access:	Select this check box to permit users assigned to a course user as an Observer to view the new area.
Make available for Student/ Participant users	Select this check box to make the new area available to users when a course is created. If the area is not available, the Instructor must make the area available for users to view the area.