View source for Publishing a course

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= Question to ask yourself =
== 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...)

== Advertising or Sharing ? ==
*You want to "advertise" your site if you are seeking for more people to participate in it
*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.

== Which license to choose ? ==
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 =
== Advertise and update ==
You can advertise your course once on any hub.

# go to a course
# 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 ==
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 ==
You can decide to unpublish your course from the hub. Select the ''''Unpublish'''' operation.

= How to share my course =
== Share ==
You can share your course multiple time on any hub.

# go to a course
# select ''''Publish'''' operation in course settings block.
# select ''''Share'''' operation.
# select the hub where you want to share your course.
# fill the information and select ''''Publish'''' operation.
# you are now in the backup process. Follow it to the end.
# 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.

== Check hub listing status ==
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 ==
You can decide to unpublish your course from the hub. Select the ''''Unpublish'''' operation.

=See also=
* [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Community_hub Community hub]]

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