Modules
Enable functions
A module enables a function for the whole installation and sets its default values. Learning resource and course are the core, the catalog makes offers visible, Coaching separates supervising from learning, and Rooms and the Course Planner plan the offer.
Terms of this station
Concept
Learning resource
A content object managed in the authoring area: course, test, form, video, wiki and others.
Learning resource in detail
A content object managed in the authoring area: course, test, form, video, wiki and others. It carries metadata, owners and a lifecycle and can be embedded into courses.
German: Lernressource
What users call it: resource, content, material, repository entry
Learning resource
Course
A course is a learning resource, but a special one: it is the only one that keeps members, roles and assessments.
Course in detail
A course is a learning resource, but a special one: it is the only one that keeps members, roles and assessments. No other learning resource has any of that, and they are embedded into a course in order to reach participants. The course ties content, activities and assessment into one structured sequence.
German: Kurs
What users call it: course, class, training
Module
Catalog
The module that puts learning resources and implementations with an offer on display for booking.
Catalog in detail
The module that puts learning resources and implementations with an offer on display for booking. It is structured through the taxonomy and the launchers. Without an offer a resource does not appear. Without signing in it is reachable as the web catalog, if that is switched on.
German: Katalog
What users call it: catalogue, course catalog, offering
Area
Coaching
The area where coaches follow their learners across all courses, with progress, assessments, attendance and certificates in one place.
Coaching in detail
The area where coaches follow their learners across all courses, with progress, assessments, attendance and certificates in one place.
German: Coaching
Module
Rooms
The module for the physical rooms: buildings, rooms with a number of seats and their booking by events.
Rooms in detail
The module for the physical rooms: buildings, rooms with a number of seats and their booking by events. The administration maintains buildings and rooms, room scheduling shows all bookings; without the module no rooms can be booked on events.
German: Räume
What users call it: room module, rooms and buildings
Not to be confused with Room management: The Rooms module is the switch with the maintenance in the administration, room management the read-only view of it in the Course Planner.
Module
Course Planner
The module that switches on the planning of the educational offering in OpenOlat: products with elements and implementations, element types, course templates, automation, to-dos and reports.
Course Planner in detail
The module that switches on the planning of the educational offering in OpenOlat: products with elements and implementations, element types, course templates, automation, to-dos and reports. It replaces the earlier Curriculum module and grants the memberships of the courses it embeds.
German: Course Planner
What users call it: curriculum management, course planning
Not to be confused with Course Planner: The module is the switch in the administration, the site is the Course Planner entry in the main navigation that the module unlocks.
Read up
Read up
frentix accompanies you in the setup with support and coaching: support@frentix.com
Deepen once the installation is running
The installation is running. Now the things that did not matter while setting up pay off: the terms of this station have parts and settings that control the installation more precisely.
- Learning resource: Form, Test, Questionnaire, Wiki and more. More on the page Various Types of Learning Resources.
- Course: Course element, Course editor, Publication, Course archive and more. More on the page Various Types of Learning Resources.
- Catalog: Launcher, Web catalog. More on the page Catalog 2.0: Overview.
- Coaching: Overview, Scope, Assignments, Communication and more. More on the page Coaching - Overview.
- Rooms: Building, Room scheduling.
- Course Planner: Product, Element type, Course template, Reports. More on the page Module Course Planner.
Further information
Mentioned on this page
Various Types of Learning Resources >
Catalog 2.0: Overview >
Coaching - Overview >
Course Planner: Room management >
Module Rooms >
Course Planner: Overview >
Module Course Planner >
Modules: Overview >
Forms - Overview >
Course Element Test >
Course Element Survey >
Course Element Wiki >
Types of Course Elements >
Learning path course - Course editor >
Course editor tools >
Course administration - Archiving & Reports >
Module Catalog >
Externally available catalog >
Course Planner: Products >
Course Planner: Implementations >
Course Planner: Reports >
Further reading
Module Learning resource >
Module Course >
Glossary >