About Content

The Content tool is used to organize course materials, such as the syllabus, lecture notes, readings, etc.

The Content tool enables you to create, edit, organize, and delete modules and topics in your course. Using the Content tool you can:

• create and edit the modules and topics that make up the course curriculum
• bring course content in from existing sources and export it for reuse later
• change the way Learning Environment displays your course’s content
• link course topics to existing discussion topics

Navigating course content

Use Content icons to:

• navigate between topics
• show or hide the content map in the sidebar
• get help on the topic
• discuss the topic
• print the topic
• add or remove bookmarks
• open the topic in a new tab or window

Access the Content tool

Click the Content link on your course navigation bar.

Notes

As of 8.4 you can no longer right click on topics to open them in a new window or tab.

If a specific learning path has been defined for your course, some content areas may only be available once you complete prerequisite sections or assignments.

You can use WMA and WMV files for topics, but they're not recommended, as users who access them through Firefox require a plug-in for them, and the plug-in does not guarantee the file plays for them.  You can download the plug-in here: http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

Content help topics

• Downloading and printing content
• Submitting feedback using the Content tool

Teaching

• Creating new modules
• Creating new topics
• Managing modules and topics
• Importing course content from an LOR
• Using SCORM
• Managing content display settings
• Adding a custom content homepage
• Course statistics and feedback
• Managing course content statistics
• Managing course content feedback