Sandhya.np14 at 05:28, 13 May 2019

2019-05-13T05:28:36Z

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| '''''Narration'''''

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| 00:01
| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Courses in Moodle.'''

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|00:06
| In this tutorial, we will learn:

How to create a '''course '''and How to perform actions on '''courses.'''

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| 00:16
| To record this tutorial, I will be using: '''Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04'''

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| 00:24
| '''Apache, MariaDB '''and''' PHP''' obtained through''' XAMPP 5.6.30'''

'''Moodle 3.3''' And '''Firefox '''web browser

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| 00:38
| You can use any web browser of your choice.

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| 00:42
| However, '''Internet Explorer''' should be avoided, as it causes some display inconsistencies.

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|00:50
| Learners of this tutorial should know how to create '''categories''' in '''Moodle'''.

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| 00:56
| If not, please refer to the relevant''' Moodle''' tutorials on this website.

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| 01:03
| Switch to the browser and open your '''Moodle''' homepage.

Make sure that '''XAMPP service''' is running.

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| 01:11
| Login with your '''admin username''' and '''password''' details.

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| 01:16
| We are now in the '''admin dashboard'''.

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| 01:19
| Click on the drawer menu to open the navigation menu on the left.

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| 01:25
| On the left side, click on '''Site Administration'''.

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| 01:29
| Click on the '''Courses''' tab and then on '''Manage courses and categories'''.

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| 01:36
| Note that we have only one '''category '''here, which is '''Mathematics.'''

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| And two '''subcategories: 1st Year Maths '''and '''2nd Year Maths, '''which we created earlier.

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| Now, let us create a new '''course''' under '''Mathematics'''.

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| 01:55
| So click on '''Create new course'''.

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| 01:59
| And in the '''Add a new course''' screen, click on '''Expand All '''at the top right, in order to view all the fields.

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| 02:12
| In the '''Course full name''' textbox, we will type '''Calculus.'''

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| 02:18
| In '''Course short name''', we will again type '''Calculus'''.

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| 02:24
|'''Course short name''' will be used in the '''breadcrumbs''' and '''course''' related emails.

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| This can also be different from the '''course full name'''.

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| 02:35
| '''Course Category''' is '''Mathematics,''' as we can see.

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|02:40
| Next option is''' Course visibility. '''By default, '''Show''' is selected'''.'''

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| 02:48
| The '''Visible''' setting determines whether the '''course''' will be shown along with other '''courses,''' or not.

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| 02:56
| A hidden '''course''' is visible only to those assigned to the '''course''', like- '''Admin''', '''Course creator''', '''Teacher''', '''Manager'''

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| 03:08
| We will leave this setting as it is, for now.

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| 03:12
| Next comes the '''Course start date'''.

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| If the '''course''' begins on a particular date like semester start date, select that in the '''start date'''.

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| This means the '''course''' will not be visible to the students till the '''start date'''.

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| 03:32
| '''Course end date,''' by default, is enabled and set to the same date that the course is created.

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| 03:42
| Let me disable it by clicking on the checkbox.

This would mean that the '''course''' will never end.

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| 03:51
| However, if there is an end date for the '''course''', you can enable the checkbox here.

Then select the date as per your requirement.

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| Important note: The '''course''' will not be visible to the students after the selected '''end date'''.

I will leave it disabled.

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|04:13
| '''Course ID number '''is similar to '''Category ID number'''.

'''Course ID number '''is an optional field.

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| 04:22
| This is for '''admin users''' to identify the '''course '''with offline '''courses'''.

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| 04:28
| If your college uses '''IDs''' for '''courses''', then you can use that '''course ID '''here.

This field is not visible to other '''Moodle users'''.

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| 04:40
| This field is optional and is not displayed anywhere on the website.

I am going to leave this as blank.

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| 04:49
| Next under '''Description''' we can see 2 fields: '''Course Summary''' and '''Course''' '''Summary files'''.

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| 04:59
| '''Course summary''' is an optional but important field.

That is because the '''course summary''' text is also scanned when a '''user''' performs a search.

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| 05:13
| Listing topic names is a good idea here.

Type the following:'''Topics covered in this Calculus course are:''' '''Limits''','''Graph of a function''', '''Factorial'''

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| '''Course summary '''is also displayed along with the list of '''courses'''.

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|05:35
| Course summary files must be uploaded in '''Course summary files''' field.

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| 05:42
| By default, only '''jpg, gif''' and '''png file types''' are allowed as '''course summary files.'''

I will skip this as I do not wish to upload any file.

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| 05:57
| '''Course format''' refers to the way resources and activities are organized for students.

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| 06:06
| There are 4 options in the '''Format''' dropdown -

'''Single Activity Format''', '''Social Format''', '''Topics Format '''And '''Weekly Format'''.

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| There are '''courses''' that run week by week.

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| If your '''course''' is like that, then select '''Weekly''' '''format'''.

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| 06:30
| '''Moodle''' will create a section for each week of the '''course, '''with a clear start date and an end date.

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| 06:39
| There are '''courses''' that run topic wise.

If your '''course''' is like that, then select '''Topics''' '''format'''.

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| 06:49
| '''Moodle''' will create a section for each '''topic''' of the '''course'''.

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| 06:55
| The default for this field is '''Topics format'''.

We will let it remain as it is.

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| 07:03
| The number of sections, by default, is 4.

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| 07:07
| If you have your '''course''' divided in more, or less than 4 topics, change this field as required.

I will make this number as 5.

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| 07:20
| We will discuss the other '''formats''' in later tutorials.

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|07:25
| Let’s leave the rest of the options, as they are.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the '''Save and display '''button.

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| We are redirected to the '''Enrolled Users''' page.

We will learn about '''user enrollment '''in a later tutorial.

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|07:46
| For now, we have successfully created our first '''course Calculus '''under the '''category Mathematics'''.

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| 07:56
| While we are on this '''course page''', notice that the menu on the left has changed.

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| 08:03
| The navigation menu on the left has menus related to the '''course''' we created.

These include '''Participants''', '''Grades''' etc.

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| 08:15
| Click on the course name '''Calculus''' on the left.

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| We can see that 5 topics are visible here. They are named '''Topic 1, Topic 2''' and so on.

Recall we had given this number 5 earlier.

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| 08:34
| Click on the gear icon at the top right of the page.

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| Then click on '''Edit settings'''.

This will open a page similar to the page we were on, when we created this '''course'''.

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| We can make changes to the previous settings on this page.

I will change the '''Course start date''' to 15th October 2017.

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| Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the '''Save and display''' button.

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| 09:11
| We will explore the other '''submenus''' under the gear menu later.

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| 09:17
| Let us now change the structure of our '''course''' a little bit.

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| 09:22
| Click on '''Site administration'''.

Click on '''Courses''' and then '''Manage courses and categories'''.

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|09:31
| Click on '''Mathematics category''' to see the '''course''' we created.

Notice 3 icons on the right of the '''course'''.

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| Hover over the icons to see what they are.

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|09:46
| The gear icon is for editing a '''course.''' The delete or '''trash''' icon is for deleting a '''course'''.

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| 09:55
| And the eye icon is for hiding a '''course'''.

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| 10:01
| A hidden '''course''' will have the eye crossed to indicate the same.

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|10:07
| We can click on the gear icon to the right of the course name, to edit the '''course settings'''.

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| 10:14
| I want to modify the '''Course Summary''' and add '''Binomials''' to the existing topics.

Rest of the settings can remain the same.

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| 10:25
| Scroll down to the bottom of the page and this time click on the '''Save and return''' button.

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| 10:34
| Here is a small assignment for you: Create a new course '''Linear Algebra '''under the '''category Mathematics'''.

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| Hide this '''course''' for now.

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| Mention the following topics in '''course summary: Linear equations, Matrices '''and''' Vectors'''.

Click on '''Save and Return '''button.

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| Pause the tutorial and continue when done with the assignment.

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| 11:06
| We now have 2 '''courses''' under '''Mathematics''': '''Calculus''' and '''Linear Algebra'''.

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| 11:14
| Notice that a new icon has appeared next to the '''courses''' now.

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|11:20
| The up and down arrows are to re-arrange the order of the '''courses'''.

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| We can also change the order using the drag and drop feature.

Let us move the '''Calculus course''' above the '''Linear Algebra course.'''

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| Both these '''courses''' are for 1st year students.

So, let us move them under the''' 1st Year Maths subcategory.'''

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| Check the checkbox to the left of the 2 '''courses''' in order to select them.

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| Then in the dropdown '''Move selected courses to''', select '''Mathematics / 1st year Maths'''.

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| And click on the '''Move''' button.

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|12:04
| We get a success message''' -''' '''Successfully moved 2 courses into 1st year Maths'''.

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|12:14
| Note that the number of '''courses''' under '''Mathematics''' has become 0 and that under '''1st year Maths '''is 2.

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| Click on '''1st year Maths sub-category.'''

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| We can see our '''courses''' listed under this '''subcategory'''.

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| This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.

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| In this tutorial, we learnt: How to create '''a course'''

How to perform actions like edit, move, etc. on '''courses'''.

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| 12:50
| Here is an assignment for you:

Add 2 '''courses '''to the '''subcategory 2nd Year Maths '''under''' Mathematics, '''namely''' '''

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| '''Multivariable calculus''' and '''Advanced Algebra.'''

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| Refer to the '''Code files''' link of this tutorial for details.

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| Edit the '''courses''' to start on 15th October 2017.

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Sandhya.np14 at 05:28, 13 May 2019

PoojaMoolya: Created page with " {| border=1 | '''''Time''''' | '''''Narration''''' |- | 00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Courses in Moodle.''' |- |00:06 | In this tutorial, we will learn: How..."