Build
Assemble the content
In the course editor you put course elements together. You write pages in the Content editor, media are kept in the Media Center, files in the storage folder. Only publishing makes changes visible to participants.
Terms of this station
Tool
Course editor
The area where the structure of a course is edited: creating, arranging and configuring elements.
Course editor in detail
The area where the structure of a course is edited: creating, arranging and configuring elements. Changes only take effect once they are published.
German: Kurseditor
Concept
Course element
An element that can be added to the course structure in the course editor.
Course element in detail
An element that can be added to the course structure in the course editor.
German: Kursbaustein
What users call it: course element, building block, node
Includes:
Structure in detail
A course element that structures the course menu into chapters. It combines the assessments of the elements below it into one overall assessment.
German: Struktur
Page in detail
A course element that presents content in a block-based layout. The page is written in the content editor straight in the course and needs no file.
German: Seite
HTML page in detail
A course element that shows a single HTML page with texts, images and videos. The page sits as a file in the storage folder of the course.
German: HTML-Seite
Folder in detail
A course element that offers files for download, for example course material. Coaches can also open the folder for uploads by participants.
German: Ordner
Forum in detail
A course element for asynchronous online discussions. Participants open topics, reply to each other and subscribe to new posts.
German: Forum
Task in detail
The course element for a task workflow with configurable steps: assign the task, submit the solution, revise it, assess it and release the sample solution. Every participant works on their own.
German: Aufgabe
What users call it: assignment, homework, exercise, submission
Assessment in detail
A course element in which coaches assess a performance without anything being submitted in OpenOlat. It serves performances outside the platform, for example a presentation or an exam in the classroom.
German: Bewertung
Module
Content editor
The block-based editor that content is assembled from out of paragraphs, images, tables and form elements.
Content editor in detail
The block-based editor that content is assembled from out of paragraphs, images, tables and form elements. It provides the page course element, the form learning resource and the portfolio pages.
German: Content Editor
Module
Media Center
The module in which each person stores and manages their media: images, videos, audio, documents, citations, diagrams and texts.
Media Center in detail
The module in which each person stores and manages their media: images, videos, audio, documents, citations, diagrams and texts. Media can be versioned, given tags and a license, and shared with people, groups, courses and organisations. Pages, forms and portfolios embed them instead of copying them.
German: Media Center
Concept
Storage folder
The file area of a course where the files of the course sit.
Storage folder in detail
The file area of a course where the files of the course sit. Participants do not see it; they reach the files only through the course elements.
German: Ablageordner
Not to be confused with Resource folder: The storage folder belongs to one course, the resource folder is a learning resource of its own for several courses.
Action
Publish
The action that takes the changes from the course editor into the running course.
Publish in detail
The action that takes the changes from the course editor into the running course.
German: Publizieren
Two doors
Try it out
How-to: Add course elements and publish
With frentix: we show you in the training. support@frentix.com
Read up
Deepen once the first course is running
The first course is in place. Now the things that did not matter while building pay off: the terms of this station have parts and settings that control the course more precisely.
- Course editor: Enable edit mode.
- Course element: External page, Link list, CP learning content, SCORM 1.2 and more. All settings are on the page Types of Course Elements.
- Task: Group task, Workflow.
- Content editor: Import, Inspector.
- Media Center: Shares. All settings are on the page Media Center Concept.
Further information
Mentioned on this page
Learning path course - Course editor >
Types of Course Elements >
Course Element Structure >
Course Element Page >
Course Element HTML page >
Course Element Folder >
Course Element Forum >
Course Element Task >
Course Element Assessment >
Content Editor >
Media Center Concept >
Resource folder >
Storage folder >
Course editor tools >
How do I create my first OpenOlat course? >
Course Element External Page >
Course Element Link list >
Course Element CP learning content >
Course Element SCORM 1.2 >
Course Element Group Task >
Module Media Center >
Further reading
Course elements in the Course editor >
Glossary >