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| There are several formats for a course homepage (see below). Most course formats have [[Blocks (teacher) | block areas]] on the left and right sides, with course [[Category:Modules|Activity modules]] and [[Resources]] grouped by [[Course sections | sections]] in the center column.
| | == '''Welcome to MC2 health science''' == |
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| == Standard view of a blank course== | |
| Generally speaking, the first or top section is not numbered and was designed for general information and to contain activities and resources useful during the course. Most courses will have at least one additional [[Course sections | section]].
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| The look of your course homepage also depends on which block areas you choose to appear using the Blocks field. All of the blocks can be moved up or down or to the other outside column according to one's liking. Activities and resources can be moved to any place within the center column. And the HTML editor can turn a plain homepage of text into a visual riot if required.
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| Here are basic elements of a course page and links to Moodle documentation.
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| [[Image:Course edit on new 3w.JPG|thumb|600px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher view, edit off - [https://docs.moodle.org/en/images_en/d/dc/Course_edit_on_new_3w.JPG full resolution here]]]
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| ===Parts of a course homepage===
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| {| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
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| | *1 [[Course_settings#Full_name|Course full name]] || *7 Section header & [[News forum|News topic]] || *10 [[Log in|Login information]]
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| | *2 [[Course_settings#Short_name|Navigation bar]] ||*8 Current week - First section || *11 [[Getting_started_for_teachers#Editing_course_section|Edit on button]]
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| | *3 [[Course_settings#Summary|Course description]]|| *9 Future week - Second section|| *12 [[Latest News block|Latest news]]
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| | *4 [[Participants|Participant list]]|| || *13 [[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming events]]
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| | *5 [[Forum module|Forum list]]|| || *14 [[Recent Activity block|Recent activity]]
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| | *6 [[Course administration block|Course administration block]] || ||
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| ==Examples of course formats==
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| ===Topic format example===
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| [[Image:Course top topic mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Topic format. Click on image to enlarge]]
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| This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Topic course format.
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| ===Weekly format example===
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| [[Image:Course top weekly mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher viewing as student]]
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| This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the weekly course format.
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| ===Social format example===
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| [[Image:Course top social mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Social format. Click on image to enlarge]]
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| This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Social course format. The existing activities seemed to disappear. The teacher added two forums and a student added a third popular topic.
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| ===Other format examples===
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| There are also [[SCORM/AICC module|SCORM]] and [[LAMS]] course formats.
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| ==Course themes==
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| Some sites may allow teachers to select [[Themes |themes]] for their courses that are different from the Moodle site homepage. A theme can effect colours, font sizes and page layouts.
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| In [[Course settings#force|course settings]], Teachers will see a "Force theme" drop down menu in the general section that contains a list of available themes. Non-editing teacher can not alter this setting. The default course theme is the site theme or the category theme.
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| The site administrator or course manager should look at [[Theme_settings]] or Administration>Configuration>Variables (older versions of Moodle) and change the allowcoursethemes to yes.
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| ==Drag and drop==
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| Be aware that drag and drop for course sections currently (25th Feb 2008) has an issue and only support dragging a course section onto an adjacent section. Fix on the way: MDL-11539
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| ==Tips and tricks==
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| ===Make your course home page look more like a regular webpage===
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| Often when a course has a lot of content, students and teachers find the long scrolling tedious and would prefer a 'neater' appearance with hyperlinks to sections in a similar way to the way pages on websites work.
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| *Anchors/section links can help. But the course page can still be long.
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| *Hiding the activities shortens the list for students, but then they can not be selected by students.
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| One method which might be useful is to put the activities into sections which are then made 'unseen' to the student.
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| ''Basic Example''
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| *Set the number of topics in the course setting to 1 more than students will see.
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| **For example, you plan on the students being able to see 6 topics, set it for 7.
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| *Add activities in topic 7, such as a quiz (in our example)
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| *Get the url of your quiz
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| **Copy it and keep it somewhere (such as notepad) for later use
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| *Go back to course admin>settings and change your topic/weeks to 6
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| **Or one fewer than you had before
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| *The section with your quiz will no longer be on the page that the student sees
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| *In another section, make a hyperlink to the quiz using its url
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| **You can also put it in a topic summary, label or
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| **as a resource (link to a file or website)
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| You will find that the quiz is accessible to students even though the section does not physically appear on the course page for the students. You have shortened the page.
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| *There is a youtube video that gives an example of how to do this [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHPUh_BaxM here]
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| *You can actually set up your whole course using this method.
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| *Set your course to have two topics (or more if you wish)
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| *Ignore topic 1 - do not place anything in it.
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| *In topic 2, use the resource: ''Compose a webpage'' to make webpages relating to your units of work/topics
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| *Add all your resources to topic 2
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| *Copy the resources urls into the relevant webpage as hyperlinks
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| *In topic 0, the course summary make hyperlinks -or better- images hyperlinked - to each webpage which contains the activities of that unit/topic
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| *Go back to course settings and set the number of visible topics to 1.
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| The student will only see the top of the page. When they click on a link in the header, they are taken to the hidden webpage resources, where they select the resource or activity they wish. This creates a very short visual page but keeps all the course material within the course.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Course sections]] - some information about weekly and topic sections
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| *[[Blocks (teacher)]] - some links to different types of blocks
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| *[[Adding/editing_a_course]] for more information about a course
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| *For Administrators - Administration block, configuration, variables and interface [[Theme_config#Course_themes |settings]].
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| [[es:course/view]]
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| [[fr:Page de cours]]
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| [[ru:Главная страница курса]]
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| [[ja:コースホームページ]]
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| [[Category:Teacher|Course/view]]
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| [[sk:kurz/prehľad]]
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| [[de:Kursseite]]
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