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A meta course's students come from other courses. | A meta course's students come from other courses. | ||
==Why are regular courses called a child of a meta course== | ==Why are regular courses called a child of a meta course?== | ||
There have to be some mysteries in life :) | There have to be some mysteries in life :) According to Moodle mythology, a meta course is the head of a virtual family (or commune) of courses. The idea was to create a single course where students in many courses could come and exchange ideas and information without having to enroll. Thus it is the meta course that creates the virtual family relationship between courses. | ||
From the meta course point of view, it is the parent of the virtual family of it's children. Remember this is all about the meta course and not the non-meta courses. In Moodle, there can be all sorts of virtual families (each "headed" by a meta course) that share/use the same children. | |||
Revision as of 12:16, 9 November 2010
A meta course's students come from other courses.
Why are regular courses called a child of a meta course?
There have to be some mysteries in life :) According to Moodle mythology, a meta course is the head of a virtual family (or commune) of courses. The idea was to create a single course where students in many courses could come and exchange ideas and information without having to enroll. Thus it is the meta course that creates the virtual family relationship between courses.
From the meta course point of view, it is the parent of the virtual family of it's children. Remember this is all about the meta course and not the non-meta courses. In Moodle, there can be all sorts of virtual families (each "headed" by a meta course) that share/use the same children.
