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User manual

The user manual explains what OpenOlat can do and what it is for: courses, tests, groups, roles and the personal menu. The entry shows, per role, which pages to read first. Step-by-step guides are in the how-to.

Introduction for authors

In three phases you get to your first course: first understand, then develop, then improve. Knowledge and Deepen are in this manual, Apply is in the how-to. frentix accompanies you in every phase if you wish.

Knowledge

Before you start

Seven stations explain the terms of the first course and show what is easily confused.

Introduction for authors

Apply

Develop the first course

The how-to «My first course» leads in ten steps from the Author role to the published course. Sophia helps along the way.

How-to: My first course

Prefer to work together? For trainings and workshops for authors, contact your organisation.

Deepen

Improve the course

Once the first course is running: make full use of the settings, add further course elements, evaluate the results. Support and Sophia remain available.

Deepen per station

New in 21.1

New Info page

Redesigned, as a flyer with QR code.

Release notes: New Info page

AI settings: Control over automatic AI features

Decide on automatic AI yourself.

Customer number

Assign bookings directly to the customer account.

Release notes: Customer number

The new features of release 21.0 are in the release notes 21.0.

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