Creating modules and topics

You must create a module before you can add topics. You can create sub-modules (modules within existing modules) to establish a deeper hierarchy. Once you create modules, populate them with topics. You can drag and drop files from your computer into a module, or you can select from the Content tool's New and Add Activities buttons to create new topics or add existing course objects.

If you want to keep your course content hidden while you are building it, set the status of your modules and/or topics as Draft.

Note  If your course is SCORM 2004-compliant, any new modules you create are outside the sequencing and navigation built into the SCORM package.

Table of contents

• Create a new module
• Create a new sub-module
• Create a new topic
• Add an existing course object
• Drag and drop files into modules
• Add a Learning Object
• Adding and uploading course files as new topics
• Restricted file extensions

Create a new module

1. Click the Table of Contents link in the Table of Contents panel.
2. On the Table of Contents page, enter your new module title in the Add a module... field, which is below the Table of Contents title and any existing modules.
3. Press Enter or click outside the field to add the module.

Create a new sub-module

1. Click on the module you want to add a sub-module to from the Table of Contents panel.
2. Enter your new sub-module title in the Add a sub-module... field.
3. Press Enter or click outside the field to add the sub-module.

Create a new topic

1. Click on the module you want to create a new topic for from the Table of Contents panel.
2. Select one of the following options from the New button:
   • New Document
   • New Link
   • New Checklist
   • New Discussion
   • New Dropbox
   • New Quiz
   • New Survey
   • Add Course Files
   • Upload Files
3. Fill in the required fields, such a topic Title, a URL link, Instructions, or select the appropriate files you want to add or upload.

   Tip  If you create a New Document, you can choose to Browse for a Template. This enables you to work from an existing template and ensure consistency across topics. See Using HTML document templates for more information.

4. Do one of the following:
   • If you are creating a new document, link, dropbox folder, discussion, or quiz, click Publish or Create.
   • If you are adding files from My Computer, Course Offering Files, or Shared Files, click Done.
5. You can continue to edit the new topic's additional details by:
   • Setting a completion tracking method. See Using completion tracking and viewing class and user progress for more information.
   • Adding a topic description.
   • Attaching supplementary files.
   • Modifying submission options (e.g. number of attempts, number of submissions). See Managing dropbox submissions for more information.
   • Changing topic status (e.g. from Draft to Published).
   • Adding restrictions (e.g. availability dates, due date, release conditions). See About Release Conditions for more information.
   • Adding a grade item. See Creating a grade item for more information.
   • Adding learning objectives. See Associating course objects with learning objectives for more information.

Add an existing course object

1. Click on the module you want to add a course object to from the Table of Contents.
2. Select one of the following from the Add Activities button:
   • Chat
   • Checklist
   • Discussions
   • Dropbox
   • ePortfolio item
   • External Learning Tools
   • Forms
   • LiveRoom
   • Online Rooms (only available at the Organization level)
   • Quizzes
   • Self Assessments
   • Surveys
3. Choose a specific activity you want to insert from the drop-down list.
4. Click Insert.

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Drag and drop files into modules

Drag and drop files from your computer into a module's upload target or into the Table of Contents panel to add topics (the files will save in the Manage Files tool).

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Add a Learning Object

1. On the Table of Contents page, click Add Learning Object.
2. Click Search to browse for the learning object you want to add, or browse by category.
3. Select a learning object and click Next.
4. On the Retrieve Object page, select whether you want to create a dynamic or locked link to the learning object in Content, or whether you want to create a copy of it, and click Next.
5. Choose the module you want the object to appear in from the Parent Module drop-down list .
6. If you create a dynamic link or locked link, you can select the Preview/view the content topic in a new window or tab check box. If you are copying the object as content and the destination folder listed is not the one you want, click Choose Destination to select a new folder.
7. Click Import or Create Link.

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Adding and uploading course files as new topics

Browse your Manage Files area to create topics from existing files. You can use the following types of files as topics:

Extension	File Type
HTM, HTML, MHT, MHTML	Web Document
RTF, PPT, PPS, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XML, XLS, TXT, WPD	Text Document
JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF	Image
SWF, MPG, MPEG, RM, MP3, MP4*, M4V*, M4A*, AVI, WAV, RAM, ASF, MOV, RA	Media

You can also upload all of these file formats from your desktop directly into the Content tool.

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Restricted file extensions

The following file extensions are not supported by Learning Environment:

Restricted Upload Extensions
ASP	ASHX	JSL	VB
ASPX	ASMX	LICX	VBPROJ
EXE	AXD	REM	VJSPROJ
BAT	CDX	RESOURCES	VSDISCO
DLL	CER	RESX	WEBINFO
COM	CONFIG	SHTM	INI
ASA	IDC	SHTML
ASAX	CS	SOAP
ASCX	CSPROJ	STM

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See also

• Associating course objects with learning objectives
• Creating a grade item
• Managing dropbox submissions
• Managing modules and topics
• About Release Conditions
• Using SCORM in Content
• Using completion tracking and viewing class and user progress