Adding E-learning Content to a Schedule (Trainer led or self paced schedule)
This section explains the procedures for creating content for online schedules and adding different types of media to your content such as text, audio, PDF, and video.
Creating online content with CourseCo is an easy way to share your course material with your learners. To create online content, follow the steps given below:
1. Log in as an Admin.
2. Navigate to Courses > Schedules.
The Schedules page will be displayed.
3. Click ADD SCHEDULE.
Please make sure that your schedule is set up correctly whether it is trainer-led or self-paced
4. Click the Content tab.
This is where you will add the course content for the booked student to access via their portal
The Content tab allows you to add E-learning material to your schedule so that your learners can access this information via their portal
Content - Settings / Managing Content access
5. Managing Content access Click Settings. To display the content for a number of days before the schedule starts and after it ends, select the number of days for the
Days before schedule starts and Days after schedule ends fields. You can use this feature if you plan to update the content gradually for your students to see.
Self paced course - ensure you set Days before schedule = 0, Days after schedule = number of days they have access to the content for!
Example - you want a student to access to the course for 60 days, enter 0 in box ‘Days before…’ and enter 60 in box ‘Days after..’
6. If you want to allow students to skip a section, enable the Allow skipping option.
7. Enter the title of your topic of your course in the Section label field. Depending on the theme of your course, the section labels can be Chapter, Section, Part, and so on.
8.To add topics to the schedule, enter the name of the topic and click Add topic. Repeat this step to add as many topics as you want.
The topic will be added and displayed.
9. To add a sub-topic under a topic, expand the topic section by clicking on it. Enter the name of the sub-topic and click Add sub-topic.
The sub-topic will be added and displayed.
10. Click Save or Save & Exit.
Your E-learning content will be created.
Adding Text based content in a section
This section explains the process of adding different type of content to the sub-topics of your course material.
To add the text, follow the steps given below:
1. Click Add content next to the Sub- topic to which you want to add content.
The Add content dialog will be displayed. By default, the sub-topic name will be displayed and the content type will be selected as Text.
2. Enter your text in the Text text editor.
3. You can add the Duration for your text content in the Duration input. This will be a timer displayed to the student eg 30s, student can’t process for 30s *optional!
7. Click Save.
Outcome: The text content will be saved and added on the sub-topic.
Adding PDF File as Content
This section explains the process of adding PDF to the sub-topics of your course. To add a PDF, follow the steps given below:
1. Click Add content next to the subtopic to which you want to add the PDF.
The Add content dialog will be displayed.
2. In the Type field, select the option PDF.
The option to upload the PDF file will be displayed.
You can either drag and drop the file or upload it from your local system or browse and select a file from the list of available files.
3. Perform one of the following:
Drag the PDF file and drop it into the Drag and drop files here field. OR
Click Upload, select the PDF file from your local system and click Open. OR
Click Browse and select the PDF file from the Available files dialog.
The PDF file will be uploaded and the link to the file will be displayed in the Link to file field.
4. You can add the Duration to view your PDF content in the Duration input.
5. Click Save.
Outcome: The PDF will be added saved and added to the sub- topic.
Adding a Video File as Content
This section explains the process of adding videos to the sub-topics of your course. To add a video, follow the steps given below:
1. Click Add content next to the subtopic to which you want to add the video.
2. In the Type field, select the option Video.
The option to upload the video file will be displayed.
If you opt to upload an MP4, You can either drag and drop the file or upload it from your local system or browse and select a file from the list of available files.
3. Perform one of the following:
Drag the Video file and drop it into the Drag and drop files here field. OR
Click Upload, select the Video file from your local system and click Open. OR
Click Browse and select the Video file from the Available files dialog.
The Video file will be uploaded and the link to the file will be displayed in the Link to file field.
4. To add a Youtube/Vimeo file, you need to open the youtube url and copy it. No special embed links are required.
5. Paste the external URL into the ‘Link to File’ input + save.
7. Click Save.
Outcome: The video will be saved and added on the sub- topic. The video will place inline with the content for the student. The student will not be redirected to Youtube or know it is hosted on youtube!
Adding an Audio File as Content
This section explains the process of adding audio files directly to sub-topics and adding audio files to text content.
Adding an Audio File
This section explains the process of adding audio files to the sub-topics of your course. To add an audio file, follow the steps given below:
1. Click Add content next to the subtopic to which you want to add the audio.
2. In the Type field, select the option Audio.
The option to upload the audio file will be displayed.
You can either drag and drop the file or upload it from your local system or browse and select a file from the list of available files.
3. Perform one of the following:
Drag the Audio file and drop it into the Drag and drop files here field. OR
Click Upload, select the Audio file from your local system and click Open. OR
Click Browse and select the Audio file from the Available files dialog.
The Audio file will be uploaded and the link to the file will be displayed in the Link to file field.
4. You can add the Duration to listen to your Audio content in the Duration input
8. Click Save.
Outcome: The audio will be saved and added to the sub- topic.
Adding an Audio File to text-based content
To add an audio file to the text-based content, follow the steps given below:
Login as Admin
First, you’ll need to Upload your MP3 file into the Media folder
3. Navigate to Media.
The Media page will be displayed.
4. Drag the required media files from your local system and drop them into the Drag and drop files here field Or click Upload, select the files and click Open.
The selected files will be uploaded.
5. Navigate to the course page to which you want to add the audio file.
6. Click Add content in the row of the subtopic to which you want to add the text and audio file.
7. Enter the text in the Text text area.
8. Enter the audio name where you want it to be embedded/visible for your students, in the format: {audio name of your audio.mp3}. If the name of your audio file is risk-management-1.mp3, then enter {audio-risk-management-1.mp3}
9. Enter the time duration you want to display the text and audio in the Duration field.
10. Click Save.
Outcome: The text and audio will be saved and added to the sub-topic.
Saving the Content on an Online Course
After creating and adding all the topics, sub-topics, and content to the course, you have to save the changes.
1. Click Save/Save & Exit.
The course creation will be completed.
2. You can also preview your content to see how it will look on the learner’s portal by accessing preview link available on content tab.
Editing the Position of your sections (if needed)
You can edit the position of content, you just need to Pull and drag to the desired location
Once you save the schedule, the content will be repositioned for the student booked onto the course.
Embedding an Exam
To embed an exam in the content tab for a schedule, please follow the article here: https://help.courseco.co/kb/Questionnaire.2462384164.html