Advanced Course Set-up - QuickGuide - External
QuickGuide
Advanced Course Set-up
Summary: You will be introduced to the following:
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Types of Resources
- Text and media area
- Page
- Tab Display
- URL
Advanced Formats
Importing a course
Notifications
Messaging
Reminders
Emailing
Class lists
Advanced Course Setup Video Link
How to:
Click into the course
On top of the course, next to ‘Course’ and ‘Participants,’ you will see ‘Setting’
Click on Settings
Scroll down to just under the description box to the “Course Format” drop-down, and the Format dropdown select the desired format
Scroll to the bottom and click Save and display to return to the course
Different Types of Formats
Flexible Sections Format- The flexible sections format allows you to have nested sections and each section may be displayed expanded (with all content on the parent section page) or collapsed (as a link to a separate page)
Single Activity Format- The single activity format only has 1 section, and allows the teacher to add one activity only to the course. When the single activity format is selected, a drop down menu appears for the teacher to choose the activity they wish to use
Social Format- This format is oriented around one main forum,the social forum, which appears listed on the main page. It is useful for situations that are more free form. They may not even be courses.
Collapsed Topic- This is a format that is essentially the same as the standard Topic and Weekly formats but with a 'toggle' for each section except '0'.
Topics Format- The course is organised into topic sections that a teacher can give titles to. Each topic section consists of activities, resources, and labels.
Weekly Format- The course is organized week by week, with each section having a date heading. Moodle will create a section for each week of your course.
Information:
Resources provide you with ways to deliver information to the students.
How to:
Information:
Book - allows for a book-like format of the content to be shared
File - a place to put supporting files for the students that pertain to the same project
Folder - a place to put many files that will help reduce the scrolling through a page
Text and media area- used to create a header in a course
Page - use to create lesson pages
Tab display - a way to have tabs that would organize the specific section
URL - adding a link to the course
AU Syllabus- creates a link to the course syllabus found on the Course Schedule for Andrews University.
Unilabel- allows you to present your information in an attractive way on the course page
How to:
Turn edit mode on 
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource
Click on the Resources tab
Click on Book
Put in the Name for the book
Select how the chapters will be identified
Select the style of navigation
Click save and display
Put in the first chapter and content
Click Save
To add more pages, click the + sign in the upper right
To delete, click the lantern icon
To hide/show, click the eye icon
To edit the current page, click on the gear icon
How to:
Turn the edit node on 
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource
Click on the Resources tab
Click on File
Put in the file name
Upload the files to be added
Click Save and display
How to:
Turn editing on
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource
Click on the folder resource
Put in a title
Upload the documents for the students to have as a resource
Information:
Use the text and media area to add a welcome to your class and other content on the front page of the course.
How to:
Turn editing on
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource
Click on the Text and Media area resource
Click the icon to the left of the Paragraph to have more options
Set up the text and media area you want on the course
Click Save and return to the course
How to:
Turn edit mode on
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource 
Click on the Page resource
Put in a title
Put your content in the Page content area
When done, click Save and return to the course
How to:
Turn edit mode on
At the bottom of the section, click on Add an activity or resource 
Click on the Tab display resource
Put in a title
Put in the names for the tabs
Put in the content for each tab
When done, click Save and return to the course
How to:
Turn editing on.
In the section, click on Add an activity or resource
Click on the URL resource
Give the URL resource a name
Paste in the URL
Click Save and return to the course
Information:
Cross-listing is when you have two or more courses that have the same content, and you want to teach them in the same space.
How to:
You need to search the courses in LearningHub to see if the class is already cross-listed.
If you do not find the course, email DLiT, have them see if it is there, and give you access.
The DLiT will notify you if the course is there or not. If not, you must email courseschedule@andrews.edu and ask for the courses to be cross-listed.
The Registrar’s office will notify you when the classes are cross-listed
There is a 24-hour wait until the cross-listed course shows up in LearningHub
Let the DLiT know that the course has been cross-listed, and they will make sure that the class list from each class will show up in the cross-listed section
Do NOT open the single (child) courses to the students, but open the cross-listed course
Put all of the content in the cross-listed course. Suppose you have already created it in a child course. In that case, you can import it from the child course into the cross-listed course
If you have discovered that you needed cross-listing and students have already submitted assignments, contact dlit@andrews.edu for assistance
Information:
You can set up notification courses wide at one time, or you can set notifications when you are creating an assignment.
How to Delete Notifications
Click on the bell icon at the top of the page
Your notifications will show in a drop-down box
Click on each notification to mark it as read, or you can click on the check mark to mark all as read
How to:
Click on the message callout symbol
Your messages will show in a dropdown box
Click on each message
Click on the three dots
Click on Delete conversation
Click Delete
How to:
Turn edit mode on 
Go down on the right side
Click on the down arrow in the Add a block area
Select the block to add
The page will refresh with the selected box now on the right side of the course.
How to:
Go into the course
Click Edit settings on top of the course next to ‘Courses’ and ‘Participants’
The fourth item down is Course visibility
Change to show
Scroll down and click on Save and display
How to:
If the old course does not show up on the list of courses that show automatically, you will need to search for the old course
If you need to search, use this formula to do a search (semester and year acronym, and the number of the course section with underscores between the significant areas). Sample: SU2021-COMM-104-001)
Click search
Click in the circle at the beginning of the course's short name
Click continue
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If you want to copy over everything from the course, click on Jump to the final step
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If not, and you want to copy over select items, click on Next
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