Module Learning resource
In the module Learning resource, administrators define system-wide settings and defaults for courses and other learning resources. You find the module in the system administration under:
Administration > Modules > Learning resource
Settings tab
The "Settings" tab contains the sections Settings, Default setting, Notification and Default role priority.
Settings section
With the first checkbox, administrators make the pre-selection "In preparation" visible for participants in the "Courses" menu.
Scope "In preparation" under "Courses"
If the checkbox is ticked, participants see the pre-selection "In preparation" under "Courses" with the courses that are not published yet:
Course search
The course search is configured per course, not in this module. Course owners activate it under Course > Administration > Settings > Tab "Toolbar". The "Course search" button then appears in the toolbar of the course.
How course owners activate the course search and the other toolbar tools is described on the page Using Additional Course Features.
Comment
On the info page of a course, users can write a comment. They open the info page in the course via the link "Info page" in the toolbar.
For this, the info page shows an input field at the bottom.
Whether the input field appears, administrators switch on or off system-wide in this module with the checkbox "Comment".
Rating
On the info page of a course, users can also rate the course with stars. The stars are in the area "Rating".
Whether the stars for rating a course appear, administrators switch on or off system-wide in this module with the checkbox "Rating".
Request membership
If someone opens a course to which they do not have access, a notice appears with the button "Request membership". A click on it sends an e-mail to all owners of the course.
Whether the button appears, administrators switch on or off system-wide in this module with the checkbox "Request membership".
Taxonomy
Use of taxonomy in the catalog
If you select a taxonomy here, its structure is available in the catalog. For this, the taxonomy must first be created and set up.
Prerequisite
Various taxonomies can be created in the system administration under Administration > Modules > Taxonomy.
A taxonomy cannot be deselected in this area as long as it is used in a launcher of the catalog. Attempting to deselect it shows the message: "The taxonomy is still used in a launcher of the catalogue and therefore cannot be deselected."
How taxonomies are created and configured is described on the page Module Taxonomy.
Default setting section
Participants can leave
With this option, you specify whether participants may leave new courses on their own. Existing courses keep their setting. How participants leave a course is described in Access configuration.
The following options are available:
- At any time
- After course end date or status "Finished"
- Never
Course-specific
This preselected setting can be adjusted again on a course-specific basis by course owners: Course > Administration > Settings > Tab "Share"
Notification section
Owners should learn when the status of their learning resource changes. For this, there is the subscription "Notify owner of status change for learning resources".
Subscription
A) Default setting
With this checkbox, you define whether OpenOlat also sets up the subscription for the owners when a new course or learning resource is created in the authoring area. Already existing subscriptions remain unaffected.
B) You switch existing subscriptions on or off with the buttons "Activate existing subscriptions" and "Deactivate existing subscriptions".
Default role priority section
This setting defines the order in which roles are prioritized when a member has multiple roles when accessing the learning resource. The top role in the list has the highest priority. System roles always have a lower priority than member roles.
The list contains the member roles Owner, Coach and Participant. If a person has none of these roles, OpenOlat opens the learning resource in a system role. The order of the system roles is fixed and cannot be changed: Principal, Course planner, Learning resource manager, CPL master coach, Administrator. For example, a person without a member role who is Principal and Learning resource manager starts in the role Principal and uses the role change in the toolbar to switch to the role Learning resource manager.
Access tab
The "Access" tab contains the sections Access and Status "Finished".
Access section
Access for course owners/coaches
Anyone who is an owner or coach in a course (a learning resource) finds that learning resource in the Coaching tool. Under "My Courses", learning resources are displayed in which users with the coach role are participants themselves.
Show hint in "Courses"
If this switch is on, owners and coaches receive a notice under "Courses" about the effects of the access setting.
Site settings
Whether the sites "My courses" and "Coaching Tool" appear in the main navigation and who sees them can be read in the "Overview of access settings for sites". It shows for each site whether it is enabled and which accounts can reach it, for example "Enabled | Registered users without guests/external users". The page Sites and modules > describes what a site is.
Via the button "Open site settings" you go directly to the "Sites" page of the system administration:
Administration > Customizing > Sites
There you define the order of the sites in the main navigation and for which roles they are visible. You can also deactivate the site "My courses" there. The Coaching tool cannot be deactivated in the standard configuration, because owners and coaches find their learning resources only there. More on this: Customizing: Sites >
Access to the setting
Only administrators can open and change this page.
Status "Finished" section
Here you define system-wide what access participants have to a course or a learning resource in the status "Finished". This setting is the default for all courses and can be overridden per course.
- Read-only: The content is still available to participants in read-only mode.
- No access: Participants no longer have access to the content. When they open it, a notice appears referring them to the responsible contact person.
Course owners overwrite the setting for their course under:
Course > Administration > Settings > Tab "Options"
Further information
Mentioned on this page
Search in a course >
Using Additional Course Features >
Module Taxonomy >
Access configuration >
General Information >
Sites and modules >
Customizing: Overview >
Further reading
Coaching - Overview >
Course Settings - Tab Options >