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Content: Manage Content (as needed)

Within the Content Manager, modules and topics can be changed in a variety of ways, including reordering, moving topics between modules, deleting, and editing properties such as name and release conditions.

Re-order Modules and Topics

To change the order in which modules and topics are displayed, click Re-Order Re-Order to the right of the module. Choose the order in which you wish the modules or topics to be listed. To view all topics under any module, click the symbol next to your desired module name to expand and view all topics under that module. Click Expand All to view the order of all modules and topics. Check the box in front of the module or topic and click the up/down arrows next to Position at the top of the Content Manager.

After you choose an order number for an item, another item will receive the current item’s old number. Thus, you are unable to choose the same number twice. Plan ahead and choose the order number of your items in the sequence you wish for them to appear.

Move Topics Between Modules

To move topics between modules (such as moving a reading from one section of the course to another), check the box in front of the topic or topics to move and click Move Selected items Move at the top of the Content Manager. A small window will pop up to allow the topic to be reassigned to a new module. Choose the New Parent Module for your topic(s), or create a new module by clicking Add Module Add Module, and press Move Selected Items Move.

Delete Modules and Topics

To delete a module or topic, check the box in front of the module or topic you wish to delete and click Delete Selected Items Delete at the top of the Content Manager.

Deleting a module deletes all topics within the module, but does not delete the files from the File Manager.

To delete multiple modules or topics, select them, then click Delete Selected Items Delete at the top of the Content Manager. To delete some, but not all, topics within multiple modules, the topics within each module must be deleted in their own batch.

Edit Properties

To edit the properties of a module or topic, click on Edit Edit to the right of the name in the Content Manager. The view within the Content Manager will change to say 'Edit Module' or 'Edit Topic.'

Three tabs appear across the editor window. They are (the order will vary depending on whether you are editing a module or a topic):

Properties

Restrictions

Three options are available for limiting student access to the content:

1. To temporarily hide a module from students, check Hidden under the Restrictions tab. Hidden modules are those created for future use allowing the instructor to build a full course, and then reveal content to students as needed by unchecking Hidden. Hidden modules must be unhidden manually by the instructor in order for students to see them.

If you hide a module, all topics or modules within it are also hidden. You can choose to hide individual topics, leaving the module that contains them visible.

2. To schedule availability, set Available Starting and Available Until dates. Availability allows the instructor to schedule a start- and stop-time for availability of certain modules. Once scheduled, the instructor does not need to take any additional steps for the students to access the content on schedule.

If No Set Starting Date is chosen for Available Starting and module is not hidden, the module will be visible immediately once the course itself is active.

3. To use Release Conditions, click Attach Existing or Create and Attach. See Release Conditions: Overview for more information.

Comments

1. Personal Comments allows instructors to leave notes to themselves about the module or topic, such as missing content, or in-class lecture notes highlighting particular files.

2. Shared Designer Comments are viewable by anyone with access to the Content Manager for this course, such as TAs or co-instructors.

To quickly edit several modules or topics at once, select the modules or topics you wish to edit by checking the box to the left of the items and press Edit Selected Items Edit Selected Items. Then simply rename the Title and Short Title of the modules and topics and choose whether to hide the entire module or topic, or simply hide the enumeration.

Discussions (for Topics only)

Linking a topic to a discussion forum provides a place for interaction regarding the topic's  subject or a related subject.

Using the drop down menu, choose a discussion forum. Note, this feature requires you to previously establish a discussion forum.