Note: This documentation is for Moodle 2.7. For up-to-date documentation see Adding a new course.

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==Bulk course creation==
==Bulk course creation==
{{New features}}
{{New features}}
For full detail on how to bulk create courses and use course templates, see [[Upload courses]]


1. Go to ''Administration>Site Administration>Courses>Upload courses''
1. Go to ''Administration>Site Administration>Courses>Upload courses''
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Required fields are: ''shortname'' (unless shortname template is set and mode does not allow for updates); ''fullname'' and ''category''. The category must be the number from its URL, eg categoryid=1.
Required fields are: ''shortname'' (unless shortname template is set and mode does not allow for updates); ''fullname'' and ''category''. The category must be the number from its URL, eg categoryid=1.
See this [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-13114?focusedCommentId=231131&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-231131 tracker link for all accepted fields.]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 07:23, 23 October 2013


By default a regular teacher can't add a new course. To add a new course to Moodle you need to have either Adminstrator, Course Creator or Manager rights.

Adding a course

To add a course:

  • Go to Administration>Site Administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories
Link to add a new course
Click New course in the category page on the right
  • Click on the category where you want your course to be. For more information see Course categories
  • Click the "New course" link
  • Enter the course settings, then click the "Save changes" button.
  • On the next screen, choose your students/teachers to assign to the course.

Deleting a course(s)

A regular teacher can't delete a course. Administrators and managers (i.e. users with a role for which the capability moodle/course:delete is allowed) can delete courses. A Course creator can delete courses they have created themselves.

To delete a course (as an administrator or manager):

  • Go to Administration>Site Administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories
  • Click the course's category and click the course in the screen on the right.
  • Click the Delete link.
Deleting a course

You can delete multiple courses by:

  • Creating a new (temporary) category. You can name it "To be deleted".
  • Select and move the "About to be deleted" courses to that category ("To be deleted").
  • Delete the category ("To be deleted") and choose "Delete ALL - cannot be undone".

There is no user interface for course creators to delete courses they have created; however they can do so by editing the URL of the course from http://yourmoodlesite.net/course/view.php?id=N to http://yourmoodlesite.net/course/delete.php?id=N (replacing 'view' with 'delete').

Course requests

Course request screen

The course request feature can be enabled by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Courses > Course request.

An admin can set the default category for course requests, whether users can select a category when requesting a course, and who can receive notification of course requests (from a list of users with the capability moodle/site:approvecourse).

A 'Request a new course' button will then appear on the 'All courses' page. The All courses page can be accessed via a link in the Courses block.

If course requests are enabled, by default all authenticated users can make course requests. See Course requester role for details of how to restrict users who can make course requests.

Bulk course creation

New feature
in Moodle 2.7!


For full detail on how to bulk create courses and use course templates, see Upload courses

1. Go to Administration>Site Administration>Courses>Upload courses

2. Upload a csv file either by dragging and dropping or using the button to select from the File picker.

3. Select your import options and click Preview. If the settings are acceptable, click Upload.

Note:

Required fields are: shortname (unless shortname template is set and mode does not allow for updates); fullname and category. The category must be the number from its URL, eg categoryid=1.

See also