1.8.6. Additional Settings in the Detailed View

In the detailed view of a course you can modify your course description or other settings; you can activate additional course features and appoint other course owners.

Display of Detailed View

There are two possibilities to get to the detailed view. To change from a course to the detailed view you have to select the link «Detailed view» in the tool box «General» on your right. To change from learning resources to the detailed view just select the link «Detailed view».

Actions that can be performed in the detailed view are valid for all learning resources and will be explained further in the section «Detailed View of Learning Resources». In the following you will get information on course-specific features of the detailed view. Select the link «Modify settings» in your «Learning resource» tool box to activate or deactivate certain course features.

General Information

In this tab you determine what other OLAT users can do with your course. «Copying possible» means that your course can be copied. The option «Referencing possible» is not relevant for courses; in other learning resources (e.g. the glossary) it means that other course authors could implement those resources in their own courses. «Execution possible» indicates that the course view can be started. «Export possible» says that your course can be downloaded. Options selected will only be accessible for those user groups you have indicated in the field «Access have.» With the exception of «Execution possible» all other options require author rights.

Log Files

Indicate in this tab if OLAT should create log files for your course and decide upon their level of detail. How to download log files and what information these files can have will be explained further in the section «Record of Course Activities».

Course Chat

When creating a new course an active course chat is default. Possible scenarios in a course and further details on chat rooms are explained in the section «Course Chat». If you do not want to use a course chat you can deactivate it in this tab.

If you want to record chat protocols we recommend using an external chat client. For more information please go to «Using External Chat Clients».

Layout

If you plan to present your course in a special layout you can upload a file here along with your course-specific CSS classes.

Resource Folders

Resource folders are suitable for using the same files in several courses at once. First you create such a resource folder in learning resources. You will find its corresponding link in the tool box «Create» on your right. In the tab «Resource folder» you then select that resource folder you want to use in your course. The files stored there can be found in the storage folder of your course when selecting the sub-folder «_sharedfolder.» Only one resource folder per course is allowed.

Evidence of Achievement

An evidence of achievement is the confirmation of an efficiency control and represents taken tests or assessed tasks. If you want OLAT to create such evidences of achievement please activate this option in the tab. Course participants can retrieve their evidences of achievement in their Home, section «Evidence of achievement», starting with the beginning of the course.

If you deactivate this feature your participants will no longer see their evidences of achievement. However, they are not lost; those evidences will only no longer be on display.

Calendar

When creating a new course an active course calendar is default. How to use that calendar is explained in section «Course Calendar». If you do not want to provide a course calendar you can deactivate that feature in this tab.

Glossary

A glossary is there to explain your course participants certain scientific terms. If you want to use such a glossary in your course select a glossary of your choice in learning resources. First you have to create that glossary in learning resources before defining necessary terms. A glossary can be used in several courses. For further information please go to «Glossary».