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tutorial instructions for creating a course
1: Tutorial instructions for creating a course 2: 3: 1. Login in as the user that is an author. 4: If your user has multiple roles, then you must 5: select the ROLES button and SELECT author. 6: 2. Click on the CSTR button. 7: 3. use the New Subdirectory button to make a directory called testing 8: 4. Now, go to the URL of the main window and change 9: http://MACHINENAME/priv/AUTHORNAME/ 10: to 11: http://MACHINENAME/priv/AUTHORNAME/testing/test.sequence 12: 5. Click on the Advanced Map Editing button 13: 6. Here is the map creation. 14: 7. But first, you need content to place in the course. 15: 8. Go to URL http://MACHINENAME/priv/AUTHORNAME/testing/test1.html 16: 9. Make a few changes then select "Save This" button at bottom. 17: 10. Go to URL http://MACHINENAME/priv/AUTHORNAME/testing/test2.html 18: 11. Publish both test.1.html and test2.html 19: 12. Make a few changes then select "Save This" button at bottom. 20: 13. Now let's make the map (sequence). 21: Go to URL http://MACHINENAME/priv/AUTHORNAME/testing/test.sequence 22: 14. Select Advanced Map Editing 23: 15. Click on Start 24: 16. Select Browse 25: 17. Select domain DOMAIN (click on red diamond) 26: 18. Click on authorname 27: 19. click on testing 28: 20. Select test1.html 29: 21. Click on save changes 30: 22. Do steps 15-21 for Finish and use test2.html. 31: 23. Click on Start (not on the white buttons, but on the 32: text "Start") 33: 24. Click on "Link Resource" 34: 25. Then click on "Finish" 35: 26. Voila! A link is generated on the map. 36: 27. Click on Save map. 37: 28. You now have a course sequence. 38: 29. Now publish test1.html, test2.html and test.sequence. 39: 30. Now publish test.sequence. 40: 31. logout and login as domain coordinator 41: 32. click on create course 42: 33. title=test course 43: map location=/res/DOMAIN/AUTHORNAME/testing/test.sequence 44: and assign course coordinator role to whomever you choose 45: 34. logout and login as that course coordinator person 46: 35. and many options and features continue beyond this 47: