| Setting |
Description |
| Category |
The category determines where the course appears on the
Moodle home page. The category is set by the Moodle
Administrator when the course is created. |
| Full name |
The full name of the course is displayed at the top of
the screen and in the course listings. The full name is set
by the Moodle Administrator when the course is created. |
| Short name |
The short name is used in several places where the long
name isn't appropriate, such as on the navigation bar. The
short name is set by the Moodle Administrator when the
course is created. |
| Course ID number |
The course ID number is not displayed in Moodle. It is
used in system-wide backups and is set by the Moodle
Administrator when the course is created.
Do not change this setting. |
| Summary |
Usually, the summary is the course description from the
Monmouth College catalog and is entered by the Moodle
Administrator when the course is created. |
| Format |
The two most common formats for Moodle courses are the
weekly and topics formats. (The weekly format uses dates
whereas the topics format does not). The format is set by
the course Administrator when the course is created. |
| Number of weeks/topics |
This setting determines the number of weeks or topics in
your course. By default, this is set to 10.
You may need to change the number of
weeks or topics for your course. |
| Course start date |
When using the Weekly course format, the first week will
start on the date you set here. The course start date is set
by the Moodle Administrator when the course is created. |
| Hidden sections |
This setting allows you to decide how the hidden
sections are displayed to students. By default,
this is set to Hidden sections are shown in
collapsed form, but you may change this.
|
| News items to show |
If you are using the Latest News block on your course
home page, then this setting determines the number of recent
posts that will display from the course News forum. |
| Show grades |
This setting determines whether students can see their
grades. By default, this is set to Yes, but you may change
it. |
| Show activity reports |
This setting determines whether students can view a log
of their course activity. (You will always have access to
this information.) By default, this setting is set to No,
but you may change it. |
| Maximum upload size |
This setting determines the largest sized file that may
be uploaded to your course. By default, this is set to 500
KB, but you may change it. |
| Force theme |
This setting determines the look of your course. By
default, this is set to Do not force, but you may change it. |
| Is this a meta course? |
This setting determines whether your course may
be accessed by participants in other Monmouth
College Moodle courses. By default, this is set
to No. If you would like to make your course a
meta course and want assistance, then please
contact the Marcie Beintema (x2194).
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| Default role |
The default role determines which role a participants
will be assigned to when they enroll themselves in your
course. By default, this is set to Student, but you may
change it. |
| Enrolment Plugins |
This setting determines how students may enroll
themselves in your course. By default, it is set to Site
Default (Internal Enrolment). Do
not change this setting. |
| Course enrollable |
This setting determines whether students may enroll
themselves in your course. By default, it is set to Yes.
Do not change this setting. |
| Course enrollable start date and end date |
These settings determine an enrollment date range for
your course. By default, these settings are disabled.
Do not change these settings. |
| Enrolment duration |
This setting determines the length of time students will
be enrolled in your course. By default, it is set to
Unlimited. Do not change this
setting. |
| Notify, Notify students, & Threshold |
This setting is used to notify you of enrollment
expirations. By default, it is set to No.
Do not change this setting. |
| Notify students |
This setting is used to notify students of enrollment
expirations. By default, it is set to No.
Do not change this setting. |
| Threshold |
This setting determines when enrollment expiration
notifications will be sent. By default, it is set to 10
days. Do not change this setting. |
| Group mode |
This setting is used to determine the default group mode
for all course activities. By default, it is set to No
Groups, which means that when you create a new activity, its
group mode will be initially be set to No Groups, but you
will be able to change it to Visible Groups or Separate
Groups. Unless you want to change the default group mode for
all activities in your course, do not change this setting. |
| Force |
This setting is used to apply the selected group mode to
every activity in the course. By default, it is set to No.
Unless you want every activity in the course to have the
selected group mode, do not change this setting. Also, if
you "force" a group mode at the course level, then you will
not be able to change the group mode for individual
activities. |
| Availability |
This setting determines whether students can access your
course. By default it is set to This course is available to
students. Unless you want to hide your course from students
(which you usually do after a semester has ended), then do
not change this setting. |
| Enrolment key |
An enrollment key is a password you create to be used by
anyone who wants to enroll in your course. |
| Guest access |
This setting determines whether people who are not
enrolled in your course may access it. By default, it is set
to Do not allow guest in, but you may change it. |
| Cost |
This setting is used only when enrollment in the course
requires payment. It does not apply to Monmouth College
Moodle courses. |
| Force language |
This setting is used to determine the
default language of your course. By default,
it is set to Do not Force. Currently, the
only other Force language option is English.
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