Chapter 4—Course Configuration Options

 

Overview

This chapter reviews the features that determine the appearance and behavior of all courses.

 

In this chapter

Chapter 4—Course Configuration Options includes the following topics.

 

Topic

Description

Course Settings

This topic covers the Settings page. This is a menu page that includes links to several features for configuring the default properties and appearance of each course.

Set Default Course Properties

This topic covers the Set Default Course Properties page. Administrators can define the initial properties of each course from this page.

Set Default Course Design

This topic covers the Set Default Course Design page. Administrators can define the initial appearance of the Course Menu from this page.

Set Default Course Menu

This topic covers the Set Default Course Menu page. Administrators can define the content, tools, and links that appear in each course’s Course Menu from this page.

Add New Area—Content Area

This topic covers the Add New Area—Content Area page. Administrators can create a new content area to appear in each course’s Course Menu from this page.

Add New Area—Tool Area

This topic covers the Add New Area—Tool Area page. Administrators can assign a tool to appear in each course’s Course Menu from this page.

Add New Area—Link Area

This topic covers the Add New Area—Link Area page. Administrators can create a new link to appear in each course’s Course Menu from this page.

Course Tools

This topic covers the Course Tools page. Administrators can set the initial availability of tools within all courses from this page.

Enable/Disable Course Creation

This topic covers the Enable/Disable Course Creation page. Administrators determine how courses can be created from this page.

Course Role Rename

This topic covers the Course Role Rename page. The names of the Course Roles can be changed from this page.

Course Disk Quotas

This topic covers the Course Disk Quotas page. Disk space limits can be placed on all courses from this page.

Images and Icons

This topic covers the Images and Icon page. This menu page includes links to define the initial appearance of all courses.

Set Course Images

This topic covers the Set Course Images page. Administrators add images to all courses from this page.

Select Icon Theme 

This topic covers the Select Icon Theme page. Administrators determine the appearance of the icons in all courses by selecting an icon them from this page.

 

 

 


 



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