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| To create a new course you will need to have the role assigned as a Course Creator by a Moodle administrator. However, if you are an assigned teacher of the course you can edit the existing course settings.
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| | 1. What is the average temperature in January? |
| [[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|center|A new empty course homepage (click on image enlarge)]]
| | 2. When does Louisiana have its minimum rainfall? |
| | 3. Where are grapefruits grown? |
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| ==Starting out==
| | The entire state of Louisiana is within a damp, subtropical zone. The average annual temperatures of the state is 67° Fahrenheit, and monthly mean temperatures vary from 520 in January and December to 820 in July and August. The length of the growing season is usually between 220 and 250 days in the northern half of the state, and between 250 and 275 days in the southern half. The annual rainfall of the state averages about fifty-five inches, with a minimum in autumn. In the southern half the maximum is in summer, with frequent heavy thunderstorms; in the northern half the winter and spring rains exceed those of summer. Cane sugar is the principal product of the delta region; rice is grown in the prairies of southwestern Louisiana, and near the coast such subtropical fruits as oranges, olives, figs, and grapefruit are grown. Outside of these areas, cotton is the principal crops. |
| Log in to Moodle and go to the category you would like the new course to appear in.
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| In the Course categories section choose the 'Add a new course' button. If you do not see this button this means that you do not have the role as Course Creator.
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| ==Settings new/edit==
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| As a teacher with editing privileges, you can always change your course's settings in the administration block.
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| Give your course a title.
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| Give your course a short name. This will be the name that appears on the button to bring students back to your course main page. It will also appear in the [[Navigation bar|navigation bar]] at the top of the page.
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| ===Dates & Times===
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| You can select the start date for a course
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| By default, the course start is the day after you create the course.
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| You can also select the period of time you would like to allow students to enroll in this course. Note that if you set this to 14 days; students will be removed from the course 14 days after they enroll.
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| ===Access Control===
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| Group mode
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| Here you can define the group mode at the course level. This will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. Learn more about Groups
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| Note that you don't need to change this setting to enable groups. The default setting of this and 'Force' enables each activity to have its group mode set individually.
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| Force
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| If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. Individual group settings in each activity are then ignored.
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| This is useful when, for example, one wants to set up a course for a number of completely separate cohorts.
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| Because it will take a week or two to get all the resources and activities set up, it is worth hiding it from students until it is ready.
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| The [[Enrolment key]] is given to control access to courses. It is a onetime password given to students. If you use Groups in a course, you will also need to set a different Enrolment key for each of the groups. There is more information in the Groups information about this.
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| If your students are being automatically enrolled onto courses using the correct course number they will not need to be given the Enrolment key, although it is still set to keep the 'lost' out of your course.
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| Allowing [[Guest access]] will let people come in and view your course. You could allow guest access using the Enrolment key, but generally, we would expect to restrict guest access.
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| ==Other Settings==
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| There are a number of other options you can choose.
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| You can hide sections from students, this option defines how they appear.
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| You can choose to show or hide grades from students.
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| There is also the option of showing reports of all Activity in the course.
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| You can define the words you use in the course for teachers and students
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| When you have set the options, clicking 'Save changes' will create your new course.
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| Remember that you can access all these setting again from your course administration panel.
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| ==Your course & Default Blocks==
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| [[image:Course11.gif|thumb|350px|left|Example shows blocks]]
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| This is a new blank course as seen by a teacher with editing on.
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| This course has 4 empty topics.
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| You get a [[Latest News block]]. These are items from the [[News forum]] of your course
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| You also get [[Upcoming Events block]], with a link to the [[Calendar]]
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| The '[[Recent Activity] block]' is a list of changes and additions to the course
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| Clicking on 'Paricipants' will show a list of participants.
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| Remember, this link could be called [[Students]] if you did not change it in your course settings.
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| There is also a tool to search messages in forums within your course.
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| The [[Course administration block]] contains a number of tools for making the most of your course.
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| Administration tools are covered in a separate topic.
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| This is the button to [[turn editing on]] in your course. You need to be in 'edit mode' to change or added activities and resources in your course.
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| There is a separate topic covering editing your course.
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| By default, courses are created with a list of the course categories.
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| Students will see a list of the other courses they are enrolled in.
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| This concludes the overview of setting up a course.
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| It is easy and safe to do.
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| ==See Also==
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| [[Course settings]] for adding/editing a course.
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| External links:
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| *Video Tutorial : [http://www.idwebsitedesigner.com/moodle How to create a course in Moodle]
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| *Create courses on a spreadsheet: [http://keelandownton.blogspot.com/2009/02/create-moodle-courses-easily-with.html Moodle Course Creator (offered under Creative Common license)] which uses EditGrid templates to create a zipped xml file.
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Read the following questions. Then, scan the text to find the answers.
1. What is the average temperature in January?
2. When does Louisiana have its minimum rainfall?
3. Where are grapefruits grown?
The entire state of Louisiana is within a damp, subtropical zone. The average annual temperatures of the state is 67° Fahrenheit, and monthly mean temperatures vary from 520 in January and December to 820 in July and August. The length of the growing season is usually between 220 and 250 days in the northern half of the state, and between 250 and 275 days in the southern half. The annual rainfall of the state averages about fifty-five inches, with a minimum in autumn. In the southern half the maximum is in summer, with frequent heavy thunderstorms; in the northern half the winter and spring rains exceed those of summer. Cane sugar is the principal product of the delta region; rice is grown in the prairies of southwestern Louisiana, and near the coast such subtropical fruits as oranges, olives, figs, and grapefruit are grown. Outside of these areas, cotton is the principal crops.
