04 create-a-mll-course

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My Learning LogHow to Create a MLL Course

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In this topic, you’ll learn how to…

1… create a catalogue (site owners)

2… create a course intro page (all)

3… add topics and assignments (all)

4… add a quiz (all)

5… add promotional boxes (all)

6… assign users (site owners)

1. Create a course catalogue

Creating a full Course Catalogue

can only be done by Site Administrators

To create catalogue pages, go to Admin

…enter your details and click Submit

This will take you to your Admin page

For a new CSA, select Course Catalogue

… and then Course Subject Area (CSA)

You can now add, edit or delete a

To add a CSA, click here

Fill in the name and description of the CSA

Fill in the metadata and select the status

… and click Submit

The CSA is now added to your list

… and will look like this in the catalogue

For a new category, select Catalogue

… and then Course Category (CCat)

You can now add, edit or delete a

Click here for a new course category

Fill in the details of the CCat

Fill in the metadata, status and Submit

The Category is now added to your list

… and will look like this in the catalogue

These changes will show in the catalogue

2. Create a Course Introduction Page

Creating a Course Module can be done

by Site Administrators and

Course Providers

A course provider’s admin looks like this

Course provider’s admins allow them to create courses and manage payments

A site owner’s admin looks like this

Site owners’ admins allow them to manage

their whole site

To add a course, select Course Module

Click Insert Course Module

… which takes you to your Intro page

In Step 1, choose the course category

Tip: if your category

isn’t in the catalogue, contact us

with details so

we can add it

In Step 2, add your course intro details

Enter the course name…

Note: as you enter the name of your course,

the unique name will be

automatically completed

… introduction

… aims

… key points

Select your name as course provider

Add completion options

Set the quiz % pass rate here.

Do not change self-complete

unless you want to manage your trainees’ course

completions

In Step 3, add metadata

Tip: the keywords should be: name of course module, course category, course

subject area

In Step 4, decide if the course is free…

… or paid-for

When finished, select status and submit

… and return to your course page

Note: if you are a course provider, your course is

suspended until approved by the MLL admin team

Tip: you can drag courses up and down to change their position in the catalogue.

This is how your Intro page will look

The details also appear in course logs

This allows the user to have a

permanent record of what the course is

3. Add topics and assignments

Creating Course Topics and Assignments can be done by both Site Administrators and

Course Providers

To add topics, start on the Course page

Select the course and click here…

Tip: have your course topics ready before you

start adding topics

On the new page, click Insert Course Topic

Add your topic title and topic

Use the text editor to format your text

Add web links

Show web links in a new window…

… so that your users can return to their course

Add images here

Add images from the server…

… or upload a new image

Embed resources such as videos

Check out the ckeditor site to find out the full range of resources you can embed

Add a topic-related assignment

Tip: an assignment shows after the

topic under a Do and Log heading

Now set the status and click Submit

This will take you to your topics page

Tip: you can drag topics up and down to change their

position in the course.

Delete unwanted topics here

Note: you cannot delete a topic that has a sub-topic. Delete the sub-topic first.

Add further topics or sub-topics

When complete, go to the main page

If you are a Course Provider, click here

Your course will be moderated by the Admin

team and set live

This how the topics will look

4. Add a quiz

Creating a Course Quiz can be done by

both Site Administrators and

Course Providers

To add a quiz, start on the Course page

To add a quiz, click the Quiz icon

Select Multiple Choice and add details

Select Missing Word and add details

Select True and False and add details

When your quiz is done, click Submit

Go back to the Course Module page

This is how the quiz will look…

5. Add promotional boxes

Creating Promotional boxes can be done by

both Site Administrators and

Course Providers

To add topics, start on the Course page

To add promotional boxes, click here

… go to a course and click Add to

Wishlist on the Introduction

This will take you to Add/Edit Boxes

Click Add Box

… which will take you to Add/Edit Box

Fill in details of your promotion…

To add an image, click Browse

Note: On your computer, first

format your image files to 170px x 90px

Add a picture from your computer

When finished, click Submit

… and go back to the Add/Edit Boxes

You can now edit or delete

your right-hand box

And this is how your box appears

Your promotional boxes appear on every one

of your course pages

6. Assign users

Assigning Users can only be done by Site Administrators not by Course Providers

To assign users, start on the Course page

Now select your course and click here

This will take you here…

To add a user to the course, select here…

… and click here

Click Submit and the person is added

The person assigned receives this email…

… together with this inbox message

To remove a user, select a user…

Click here and then Submit…

… and the person will be removed from

the course

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