Content Areas

About Content Areas

Course Content Areas are used to organize all Course content materials. A link to each Content Area creates the first level of the Course Menu tree directory. Course developers organize and manage Content Areas from the Control Panel.

While the Instructor has almost complete control over the Content Areas through the Control Panel, the Administrator is able to set defaults and overrides that define the names and default availability of Course areas in each Course.

Adding a Content Area

By default, a specific number of Content Areas appear in a Course. Instructors may decide to add additional Content Areas or modify existing Content Areas. For example, a Content Area for Assessments may be added and the name of the Assignments area may be changed to Homework.

Follow the steps below to add a Content Area:

  1. Select Manage Course Menu under Course Options on the Control Panel.
  2. Select Add Content Area.
  3. Complete the Add New Area page. The availability of this area is also set on this page. The new Content Area may be made available to Guests, Observers, and/ or Students in the Course.
  4. Existing Content Areas may be changed by selecting Modify next to a Content Area on the Manage Course Menu page and updating the information.

Manage Content Areas

Once Content Areas for the Course have been created, content creation may begin. All content is added and modified within the Content Areas. Select a Content Area on the Control Panel to open the main Content Area page. All actions related to managing content are available from this page. This includes: