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==Adding course categories==
[[Image:add courses.png|thumb|Add/edit courses]]
Before creating courses, it's a good idea to set up some course categories. By default, there is only one Moodle category: Miscellaneous. While you are certainly free to put all your classes in the miscellaneous category, your students will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.


By default, there is only one Moodle course category: Miscellaneous. A course creator or administrator can put all courses in the miscellaneous category.  However, teachers and students will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.


Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic. Be sure to test the organizational scheme with a few users before entering a large number of courses, to save time in moving them later. 
==Adding a category==


Adding categories is very simple:
To add a category:
#From the [[Site administration block|Site Administration block]], click Courses then "Add/edit courses".
#Click on Courses in the Site Administration block, then Add/edit courses.
#At the top of the "Course Categories" page is a text area and an "Add new category" button. Type the name of your new category in the text area and click the button.
#On the course categories page, type the name of your new category in the text box and click the "Add a new category" button.


===Adding  sub course categories===
You now have a new course category, which you can move up or down or into an existing category to create a subcategory.
Course sub-categories may be created by adding a new course category then using the "move category to" drop-down menu to move the category inside another category. Similarly, sub-sub-categories etc. may be created.
Once you set up a few course categories, you are ready to create a course.


==Adding a course==
==Adding a course==
To add a course:
#Click on Courses in the Site Administration block, then Add/edit courses.
#On the course categories page, click the "Add a new course" button.
#Enter the [[Course settings|course settings]], then click the "Save changes" button.
#On the [[Assign roles|assign roles page]], click on the teacher role to assign teachers to the course.


# Log in as an admin
You can choose to hide a course by clicking the eye icon opposite the course name. Only users with the capability to view hidden courses, such as teachers, will be able to access the hidden course. Categories can also be hidden, if you want.
# Click on ''Courses'' in the admin menu
# Navigate into the category where you want to add the course
# Click on the ''Add a new course'' button
# Set up your new course (click on yellow-circle-question-marks for help on each entry)


==Deleting a course==
:''Tip:'' :To change the default category for new courses, simply edit the miscellaneous category.
[[image:Courses.jpg|thumb|Deleting a course]]
# Log in as an admin
# Click on ''Courses'' in the admin menu
# Turn on editing
# Click on the x to delete the course


==Adding teachers==
==Preventing teachers from editing course settings==


# Log in as an admin or a teacher
{{Moodle 1.9}}Any/all of the following fields - course full name, short name, ID number (in Moodle 1.9.3 onwards) and category, summary (in Moodle 1.9.6 onwards) - may be locked to prevent teachers from editing them. To do so:
# Click on ''Teachers'' in the Admin Menu
 
# Search for a teacher
#Access ''Site Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''.
# Click on the ''Add teacher'' link
#Click the edit icon opposite the teacher role.
#Change any/all of the capabilities [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changefullname|moodle/course:changefullname]], [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changeshortname|moodle/course:changeshortname]], [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changeidnumber|moodle/course:changeidnumber]], [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changecategory|moodle/course:changecategory]], [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changesummary|moodle/course:changesummary]] from allow to not set.
#Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page.
 
==See also==
*[[Course settings]]
*[[Assign roles]] - for adding students or teachers to a course
*[[Course request]]
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=83830 Hide Courses from some users or students] forum discussion
 
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 4 April 2011

Location: Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses


Add/edit courses

Before creating courses, it's a good idea to set up some course categories. By default, there is only one Moodle category: Miscellaneous. While you are certainly free to put all your classes in the miscellaneous category, your students will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.


Adding a category

To add a category:

  1. Click on Courses in the Site Administration block, then Add/edit courses.
  2. On the course categories page, type the name of your new category in the text box and click the "Add a new category" button.

You now have a new course category, which you can move up or down or into an existing category to create a subcategory. Once you set up a few course categories, you are ready to create a course.

Adding a course

To add a course:

  1. Click on Courses in the Site Administration block, then Add/edit courses.
  2. On the course categories page, click the "Add a new course" button.
  3. Enter the course settings, then click the "Save changes" button.
  4. On the assign roles page, click on the teacher role to assign teachers to the course.

You can choose to hide a course by clicking the eye icon opposite the course name. Only users with the capability to view hidden courses, such as teachers, will be able to access the hidden course. Categories can also be hidden, if you want.

Tip: :To change the default category for new courses, simply edit the miscellaneous category.

Preventing teachers from editing course settings

Moodle1.9

Any/all of the following fields - course full name, short name, ID number (in Moodle 1.9.3 onwards) and category, summary (in Moodle 1.9.6 onwards) - may be locked to prevent teachers from editing them. To do so:

  1. Access Site Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles.
  2. Click the edit icon opposite the teacher role.
  3. Change any/all of the capabilities moodle/course:changefullname, moodle/course:changeshortname, moodle/course:changeidnumber, moodle/course:changecategory, moodle/course:changesummary from allow to not set.
  4. Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page.

See also