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Creating a New Course in Moodle

This guide explains how to create a new course in Moodle. Courses in Moodle allow you to organize learning content and activities for your users.

Creating a New Course

  1. Navigate to Site Administration > Courses > Manage Courses and Categories.
  2. Click Add a new course.
  3. Fill in the necessary details for the new course:
  4. Full name (e.g., Course Title)
  5. Short name (for internal use)
  6. Category (Choose an existing category or create a new one)
  7. Course Format (Choose the course layout such as weekly, topics, etc.)
  8. Start Date (Set the course start date)
  9. Course Summary (Enter a brief description of the course content)
  10. Under Course Visibility, choose whether the course will be visible to students.
  11. Under Enrollment Methods, configure the method of enrolling users (e.g., self-enrollment, manual enrollment).
  12. Scroll down and click Save and Display to create the course.

Editing Course Settings

  1. Navigate to the course you want to edit.
  2. Click Edit settings from the Course Administration block.
  3. Modify the course settings as needed:
  4. Course Name and Short Name
  5. Course Format and Appearance
  6. Enrollment Methods
  7. Completion Tracking (Enable tracking to monitor student progress)
  8. Click Save Changes when done.

Adding Activities or Resources to the Course

  1. Inside the course, turn Editing On by clicking the button at the top right.
  2. Scroll to the section where you want to add an activity or resource.
  3. Click Add an activity or resource.
  4. Choose the activity or resource you want to add (e.g., Quiz, Assignment, File).
  5. Configure the settings for the activity (e.g., due date, grade options).
  6. Click Save and Return to Course to add the activity.

Managing Course Enrollment

  1. Go to the course where you want to manage enrollments.
  2. Click Participants from the course menu.
  3. Click Enrol Users.
  4. Select the user(s) to enrol and choose their Role (e.g., Student, Teacher).
  5. Click Enrol users to complete the process.

Deleting a Course

  1. Navigate to Site Administration > Courses > Manage Courses and Categories.
  2. Locate the course you want to delete.
  3. Click the Delete icon next to the course.
  4. Confirm the deletion (note: this action is irreversible).