General Functions: Info Page
What's the purpose of the info page?
Anyone deciding whether a course is the right one finds everything that matters before booking or opening it on the info page: description, events, objectives, teachers and the price. Every learning resource has an info page, and so does every implementation in the Course Planner. OpenOlat generates part of the information itself, the owners of the learning resource enter the rest in the settings. Once the learning resource is published, interested users see the info page, even without a booking and before they enter the learning resource. This is particularly useful if you want to inform the target audience in advance, for example for a course with a fee.
In a course, you open the info page via the link "Info page" in the toolbar, in the course overview and in the catalog via "Learn more". The ways to open it are described under How do you access the info page?.
Content of the info page
The table shows what the info page consists of, from top to bottom. The column "In the image" tells you whether the element can be seen in the image above. The paths refer to the settings of the learning resource: Course > Administration > Settings. "Course only" means that other learning resources do not have this setting. An element only appears if it has content.
Some elements only appear once administrators have switched on the corresponding module in the system administration. The button "Download as PDF" requires the PDF Generator. Administrators switch on rating and comments in the Module Learning resource, licenses under Licenses, subjects in the Module Taxonomy. Events require the Module Events and Absences. Administrators set up credit points in the e-Assessment Administration.
The info page does not show technical details such as the ID, the external link and the responsible persons. They are in the window "About this course", see Toolbar: Info page.
Note
If you, as a participant, can hardly find any information on the info page, it is because your instructor has not set up this page (yet). Ask your instructor about it.
Print the info page or download it as PDF
Anyone who may only book a course after approval by a supervisor often needs the course details on paper. For this, the info page can be output as a flyer: in one column, without buttons and with a QR code that leads directly to the offer.
Click Download as PDF in the header of the info page. The button is next to "Set bookmark" and "Share". OpenOlat creates a PDF file with the title of the learning resource as the file name. You get the same printout with the "Print" command of your browser, then without a file.
The printout contains:
- at the top the logo of the OpenOlat instance, if the layout provides one
- title, teaser and cover image
- under "Get started" only the details of the selected offer, for example the price
- facts, all sections expanded, license and star rating
- the events as a table with date, event and time
- at the end the QR code with the heading "View offer" and the address of the offer
The printout leaves out what only makes sense on screen: Set bookmark, Share and Download as PDF, the buttons "Book" and "Open Course", notes and free places, and the comments. If you are already a member, "Get started" is left out completely. The QR code points to the same address as the action "Share". Where the info page has no action "Share", the QR code is missing too.
Note
The button "Download as PDF" only appears if administrators have set up a PDF service, see External Tools: PDF Generator. Without a PDF service, print the info page via the browser.
Info page of an implementation
Anyone booking an implementation in the Course Planner first sees the same info page as for a course, with facts, sections, events and "Get started". Printing and "Download as PDF" work the same way.
Some elements differ:
- Missing are license, rating, comments and "My course".
- Added are the section "Outline" and the fact "Participants" with the number of places.
- In the header, the element type of the implementation appears next to the reference.
You do not enter the details in a course, but in the Course Planner in the settings of the implementation, in the tabs "Metadata", "Infos" and "Execution". More on this under Course Planner: Implementations.
How do you access the info page?
Access the info page via the course overview
In the main navigation, open your course overview by clicking on "Courses".
Then select the link "Learn more" next to the "Open" button of a course.
Access the info page in the catalog
In the tile view of the catalog, you find the link "Learn more" to display the info page at the bottom right. You can also click on the image.
In the list view, click the link "Learn more" or the title of the learning resource.
Access the info page within a course
Once you are in the course, select the link "Info page" with the info icon in the toolbar. You reach the same page in any other opened learning resource via the toolbar.
Access the info page of other learning resources
You open the info page of other learning resources in the same way as the info page of courses. In the authoring area, no link leads directly to the info page: open the learning resource and select "Info page" in the toolbar there.
The details on usage, for example in which courses the learning resource is embedded, are not on the info page, but in the window "About this learning resource", see Toolbar: Info page.
Further information
Mentioned on this page
External Tools: Overview >
Module Learning resource >
Licenses >
Module Taxonomy >
Module Events and Absences >
e-Assessment Administration: Credit points >
Toolbar: Info page >
Course Planner: Implementations >
Further reading
Course Settings >
Access configuration >