Course settings determine how your course will appear and how much students will be able to do within your Moodle Course.
One of the first things you should do in building your Moodle course is configure these settings.
Course full name: The full name of the course is displayed in My Courses and in the list of courses available on the home page.
Course short name: The short name of the course is displayed in Navigation and is used in the subject line of course email messages.
Course Category: This setting determines the category in which the course will appear in the list of courses.
Course Visibility: This setting determines if the course appears in the list of courses and whether students can access it.
Enable Download Course Content: This setting determines whether students and instructors can download course content.
Course Start Date: This is provided automatically by the Registrar and shows on your course outline only in the weekly course format (it reflects the first day of the semester, not the first day a class is meeting). You can change the course start date to fall on whatever date you would like, including the first day of your class. The date you choose for the start of the course will be displayed as the start of week 1. In this way you can choose whether to start the weekly sections on a Monday, Tuesday, etc.
Course End Date: You may optionally enable and configure an end date as well.
Force language: You can change your course's default language from English to another language. This setting will not translate content written in another language.
Number of Announcements: Number of news and announcements that will show in the Latest news block. News items appear when an instructor or assistant posts to the "News & Announcements" forum. The Latest news block must be added by the instructor for news and announcements to show.
Show gradebook to students: This setting determines whether students will see their own grades you enter in the Moodle course or whether their grades will be hidden from them A student can never see another student's grades.
Show activity reports: Instructor and assistants may view the online activities of a student within a class by clicking on the "Reports" link under the Administration block. The default setting of "Yes" also allows students to view their own online activities within the course; setting it to "No" will not allow students to view their own activity report.
Show Activity Dates” This setting determines whether the open and closed dates appear on the home page.
Groups (Group mode and Force group mode): Groups are an advanced feature in Moodle, and faculty members interested in learning about creating and using student groups in Moodle should see the documentation for Groups and Groupings on this site.
Course Summary: Enter in a short description of your course. This will help with searches in Moodle.
Course Image: Add an image that is associated with your course. The course image is displayed in My Courses and in the list of available courses on the Home Page.
Enable Completion Tracking: If enabled, you can set conditions for activity completion or course completion.
Show Activity Completion Tracking: Select this to display activity completion conditions on the course page.
In order for students to have access to your Moodle course, you will need to open the course to them.
When looking under My Courses you will se a list of all the courses you are an instructor for along with a picture or design that is associated with the course. If you are looking to edit this picture, start by entering the course you would like to change the picture for.
