Creating a course
In order to create a new course, log on the Studio. In the Studio Home you must first click the “New Course” button to the top-right.
You must then fill in the following information:
- Course Name – This is the title of the course that would be visible to all on the learner side.
- Organization – This field is a link between the course and your microsite, in order that the course can be viewed on this specific platform. When creating the course remember to select the correct « Organization » code that the project manager specify during the one-day training. ONLY for several organization companies.
- Course Number – This is a reference number to uniquely identify the course in the Studio. We recommend to use the 1st letter of the client name and 01 (for the first course …). For example, for the 3rd course: A03. This code will only be visible to the learner via the URL. <!> Please note that spaces are not allowed in this field.
- Course Run – This is a further designation to specify the course’s term of conception Course Name – This is the title of the new course that would be visible to all on the learner side.
- Organization – This field is a link between the course and your microsite, in order that the course can be viewed on this specific platform. When creating the course remember to select the correct « Organization » code that the project manager specify during the one-day training. ONLY for several organization companies.
- Course Number – This is a reference number to uniquely identify the course in the Studio. We recommend to use the 1st letter of the client name and 01 (for the first course …). For example, for the 3rd course: A03. This code will only be visible to the learner via the URL. <!> Please note that spaces are not allowed in this field.
- Course Run – This is a further designation to specify the course’s term of conception (e.g. 2022_Q1 = Quarter 1 of 2022). This code will only be visible to the learner via the URL. This code will only be visible to the learner via the URL.
After all these fields are filled, you must just click the “Create” button just below.
Adding Sections & Subsections to Your Course
Go to the page Course Outline under the Content tab.
Add a section by clicking on the button +New Section and rename it « Sequence 1 », for example.
Then add one/several subsection(s), as needed, by clicking on the button « +New Subsection ».
In the subsection, add a unit (a page) by clicking on the blue button « + New Unit », as shown in the screen capture below.
Your course structure is now created.
In the unit, choose the type of component you want: a block of text (tab « HTML » then « Text »), a video (tab « Video »), a quiz (tab « Exercise »), a discussion forum, a done button (tab «Advanced » then « Completion ») or even a word cloud (tab « Advanced » then « Word Cloud »).
After the component is added in the unit, click on the EDIT button in the component band.
Modify the content of the component (text, video, quiz, word cloud, discussion…).
Modify the visibility for groups in the component (cf. section on Assign cohorts to course components).
Duplicate the component inside the same Unit.
Delete the component.
Move the component in the Unit .
For each component, go to the Settings tab to change the Display Name which appears in title zone of the HTML component of the unit and then click on the « Save » button.
� Note: Bring out each page by clicking on the “Publish” button so the learners can see the latest version of the page online.
Preview button allows you to preview what your unit will look like online even if the page is only a draft. Careful though, it is only a preview.
View Live Version will show you the page as it is currently published (without the modifications made but not published via the “Publish” button).
Make sure the style and text you composed in the studio looks the same on your microsite.
See this articles with some recommendations: https://csc.learning-tribes.com/2019/02/21/adding-sections-to-your-course