Course administration tests

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This page lists current Moodle features in a format suitable for setting up test cases (see Jira as a Test Case Management Software).

Course settings

1. A full name, short name, ID number (for communicating with external systems), course category and course description may be set.
2. There are six course formats - weekly, weekly with table-less layout, topics, social (oriented around one forum), SCORM (for displaying a SCORM package) and LAMS.
3. The number of sections displayed on the course page may be set, also whether hidden sections are shown in collapsed form or completely invisible. A course start date may be set.
4. The teacher can choose whether students can view their gradebook and activity reports.
5. A maximum upload file size for the course may be set (limited by the site-wide upload size limit).
6. If enabled by an administrator, a course theme may be selected.
7. A default course role, usually 'student' may be set.
8. If enabled by an administrator, an interactive enrolment plugin, such as Paypal may be set.
9. Enrolments and other role assignments may be taken from other courses.
10. Course enrolment may be restricted to a certain date range or with an enrolment key.
11. Guests may be allowed to access the course with/without an enrolment key.
12. The number of days a student is enrolled in a course may be specified. Users may receive a notification email when their enrolment is about to expire.
13. There are three group modes for the course - no groups, separate groups and visible groups. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course.
14. A course language may be set, otherwise the course will be displayed in the language selected in a user's profile.
15. Course default settings may be set by an administrator.