Publishing a course: Difference between revisions

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Publishing a course is a method of sharing your course on a special Moodle site called a community hub. Moodle.net is an example of a community hub.

When you publish a course, you can choose whether to make it available

for download (as a course backup file) OR
to enrol in on your site

Connecting to a community hub

An administrator first needs to check in Administration > Site Administration > Registration that your Moodle site is registered with the community hub(s) that you wish to publish courses to.

Thus, if you'd like to share your course on Moodle.net, your site needs to be registered with moodle.org.

Note: Only sites which are publicly available on the Internet can register with moodle.org.

Publishing a course for download

First page of the backup process

Go to Administration > Course administration > Publish (only available to users with the capability moodle/course:publish)
Click the button 'Share this course for people to download'
Select the hub where you want to share your course
Enter information about the course
Click the 'Upload this course' button
Select the data to be included in the backup
Create the course backup

The course will then need to be approved by the hub administrator before it appears in the course listing.

How to upload a Moodle course to Moodle.net video:

<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7_pHkaCoQ</mediaplayer>

Updating a course backup

If you improve the course and wish to update the course backup, firstly remove it from the hub, then re-share it. You may also share different versions of the same course.

Publishing a course for people to enrol in

You can display a link to your course on any hub your site is registered on. The hub will redirect users your course.

Go to Settings > Course administration > Publish (only available to users with the capability moodle/course:publish)
Click the button 'Advertise this course for people to join'
Select the hub where you want to advertise your course
Enter information about the course
Click the 'Advertise this course' button

The course will then need to be approved by the hub administrator before it appears in the course listing.

You can change the information about the course by clicking the 'Update' button in the actions column.

Note: You also need to make sure that users can actually enrol in the course you have just published. This normally means having email-based self-registration enabled for the site and enabling self-enrolment for the course.

Tip! When you advertise a course try to make the course easy to see for people not registered on your site (allow guest access in your course settings / allow Auto-login guests / allow people to register themself).

Hub listing

You can check whether your course has been approved by the hub administrator and is listed on the hub as follows:

Go to Settings > Course administration > Publish
Click the 'Check it now' link in the hub listing column

Your Moodle site will contact the hub and will then update the status of your course.

Removing a course from a hub

If you wish, you can remove your course from a hub at any time.

Go to Settings > Course administration > Publish
Click the 'Remove from hub' button in the actions column

Capabilities

Only users with the capability moodle/course:publish (by default only users with the role of manager) can publish their course to a community hub. The capability moodle/backup:backuptargethub is also required for publishing courses for download.

Enabling teachers to publish their courses

An administrator can enable teachers to publish their courses on a hub by allowing the capability moodle/course:publish for the teacher role.

Go to Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
Click the edit icon opposite the teacher role
On the editing role page, paste moodle/course:publish into the filter box
Tick the checkbox opposite moodle/course:publish to allow the capability
Click the 'Save changes' button

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-{{Moodle 2.0}}
+{{Community hubs}}
-= Question to ask yourself =
+Publishing a course is a method of sharing your course on a special Moodle site called a community hub. Moodle.net is an example of a community hub.
-== Why to publish a course ==
-You have a great course, spent a lot of time on it, you want:
-* to share it with the world
-* to show your work
-* to sell your course design/methodology
-* to attract more participants (students, teachers...)
-== Advertise or Share ==
+When you publish a course, you can choose whether to make it available
-*You want to "advertise" your site if you are seeking for more people to participate in it
+* for download (as a course backup file) OR
-*You want to "share" your site if you are seeking for people to download your course structure and use it in their own Moodle site.
+* to enrol in on your site
-== Licensing ==
-If you decide to "share" your course it is important to choose the [https://docs.moodle.org/en/License_listing right licence].
-= How to advertise my course =
+==Connecting to a community hub==
-== Advertise and update ==
-You can advertise your course once on any hub.
-# go to a course
+An administrator first needs to check in ''Administration > Site Administration > Registration'' that your Moodle site is [[Site_registration|registered]] with the community hub(s) that you wish to publish courses to.
-# select ''''Publish'''' operation in course settings block.
-# select ''''Advertise'''' operation.
-# select the hub where you want to advertise your course.
-# fill the information and select ''''Publish'''' operation.
-# you should see a message saying the operation was successfull. You should see the advertise course into the 'Published on' list. You can update your advertising selecting the ''''Update''''  operation. All the update steps should be familiar to you.
-== Check hub listing status ==
+Thus, if you'd like to share your course on [http://moodle.net Moodle.net], your site needs to be registered with moodle.org.
-To know if your publication is visible on the hub: on the 'Published on' list, select the ''''Check hub listing status'''' operation. Your Moodle site will contact the specific hub related to the publication. It will update the status of all courses published on this hub.
-== Unpublish ==
+Note: Only sites which are publicly available on the Internet can register with moodle.org.
-You can decide to unpublish your site from the hub. Select the ''''Unpublish'''' operation.
-= How to share my course =
+==Publishing a course for download==
-== Share ==
+[[Image:Backup_publication.png|thumb|First page of the backup process]]
-You can share your course multiple time on any hub.
-# go to a course
+# Go to ''Administration > Course administration > Publish'' (only available to users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:publish|moodle/course:publish]])
-# select ''''Publish'''' operation in course settings block.
+# Click the button 'Share this course for people to download'
-# select ''''Share'''' operation.
+# Select the hub where you want to share your course
-# select the hub where you want to share your course.
+# Enter information about the course
-# fill the information and select 'Publish' operation.
+# Click the 'Upload this course' button
-# you should see a message saying the operation was successfull. You should see the shared course into the 'Published on' list. '''You cannot update your shared course.'''. However you can unpublish it and share it again. You can also share multiple version of your course.
+# Select the data to be included in the backup
+# Create the course backup
-== Check hub listing status ==
+The course will then need to be approved by the hub administrator before it appears in the course listing.
-To know if your publication is visible on the hub: on the 'Published on' list, select the ''''Check hub listing status'''' operation. Your Moodle site will contact the specific hub related to the publication. It will update the status of all courses published on this hub.
-== Unpublish ==
+How to upload a Moodle course to Moodle.net video:
-You can decide to unpublish your course from the hub. Select the ''''Unpublish'''' operation.
-=See also=
+<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7_pHkaCoQ</mediaplayer>
-* [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Community_hub Community hub]]
-[[Category:Hub]]
+===Updating a course backup===
+If you improve the course and wish to update the course backup, firstly remove it from the hub, then re-share it. You may also share different versions of the same course.
+==Publishing a course for people to enrol in==
+You can display a link to your course on any hub your site is registered on. The hub will redirect users your course.
+# Go to ''Settings > Course administration > Publish'' (only available to users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:publish|moodle/course:publish]])
+# Click the button 'Advertise this course for people to join'
+# Select the hub where you want to advertise your course
+# Enter information about the course
+# Click the 'Advertise this course' button
+The course will then need to be approved by the hub administrator before it appears in the course listing.
+You can change the information about the course by clicking the 'Update' button in the actions column.
+''Note: You also need to make sure that users can actually enrol in the course you have just published.'' This normally means having [[Email-based self-registration|email-based self-registration]] enabled for the site and enabling [[Self enrolment|self-enrolment]] for the course.
+:Tip! When you advertise a course try to make the course easy to see for people not registered on your site (allow [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course_settings#Guest_access guest access in your course settings] / allow [https://docs.moodle.org/en/User_policies#Auto-login_guest Auto-login guests] / allow people to register themself).
+== Hub listing ==
+You can check whether your course has been approved by the hub administrator and is listed on the hub as follows:
+# Go to ''Settings > Course administration > Publish''
+# Click the 'Check it now' link in the hub listing column
+Your Moodle site will contact the hub and will then update the status of your course.
+[[File:published on list.png]]
+==Removing a course from a hub==
+If you wish, you can remove your course from a hub at any time.
+# Go to ''Settings > Course administration > Publish''
+# Click the 'Remove from hub' button in the actions column
+==Capabilities==
+Only users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:publish|moodle/course:publish]] (by default only users with the role of manager) can publish their course to a community hub. The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/backup:backuptargethub|moodle/backup:backuptargethub]] is also required for publishing courses for download.
+==Enabling teachers to publish their courses==
+An administrator can enable teachers to publish their courses on a hub by allowing the capability ''moodle/course:publish'' for the teacher role.
+# Go to ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''
+# Click the edit icon opposite the teacher role
+# On the editing role page, paste ''moodle/course:publish'' into the filter box
+# Tick the checkbox opposite ''moodle/course:publish'' to allow the capability
+# Click the 'Save changes' button
+[[es:Publicar un curso]]
+[[fr:Publier un cours]]
+[[ja:コースを公開する]]

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