Course settings

In woodle it is possible for the teacher to display the course syllabus in a visually engaging way.

  1. Make sure the course has the correct title and mnemonic:

    1. click Administration : Settings ...
    2. Category - Department name (from pull down list)
    3. Full name - enter course name or change if needed
    4. Short name - enter course mnemonic or change if needed
  2. In the Summary area of Course Settings, add a description of the course . This might include such sections as:
    • objectives / goals
    • evaluation / grading
    • assignments / readings
    • attendance / participation
    • group work

You can copy and paste from a web based syllabus or a MS-Word document.

Schedule

You can divide your schedule up into weekly sections which can be pasted into the weekly summary boxes:

  1. Turn editing on
  2. click Edit summary icon edit image for appropriate week.
  3. copy text from web page and paste in.

Announcements

As often happens you may need to announce changes to the syllabus. You can make announcements online to your class by adding them to the News forum. All the newest announcements are listed in the "Latest news" box and every posting is automatically e-mailed to the class.

To Add an announcement to the News Forum:

  1. Click on News Forum
  2. Add a new topic
  3. fill in Subject: & Message: to post.
    Note that all students are subscribe to this forum so they will automatically receive an email message.
  4. Browse and add an attachment if desired.
  5. Save changes.

You can also add the e-mail block to your course which will allow you to send e-mail to the entire class or only to those individuals you select.