Section 16.5. Courses

16.5. Courses

The system administrator and course creators are also responsible for adding courses to Moodle. Currently, there isn't yet a way to automatically create courses, though I suspect this will be added soon. So for the time being, you will need to manually create courses for your teachers.

Courses can be organized by course category, and each course can be listed in only one category. It's up to you to define the categories.

16.5.1. Creating Course Categories

By default, there is only one Moodle category: Miscellaneous. While you are certainly free to put all your classes in the miscellaneous category, your users will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.

Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic. Be sure to test your organizational scheme with a few users before entering a large number of courses.

Fortunately, adding categories is very simple:

1. From the administration area, click Courses.

2. You will then see the course categories page. At the top of the page is a text area and an "Add new category" button. Type the name of your new category in the text area and click the button.

You now have a new course category.

16.5.2. Creating Courses

Once you set up a few course categories, you are ready to create a course.

To create a course:

1. From the administration area, click Courses.

2. In the course category page, select the category for the new course.

3. In the courses list for the category, click "Add a new course" at the bottom of the page.

4. You will then see the course settings page for the new course. Consult Chapter 2 for details on the course settings. Once you've entered the course settings, select Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

5. You will then see the Add Teacher page. Find the teacher for the course and click the Add Teacher link.

Once you've added the course, the teacher will be able to add content and students will be able to enroll.