moodle why use a meta course

Activating this option means this course may be used as a common area to allow Participants in specific courses to interact with each other. A Meta Course can be used to group related courses - for example related subject areas or courses that make up a particular qualification.

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What is a meta course?

A meta course is a course that is "with" or linked to one or more courses for its student enrolment (enrollment to some). Adding or subtracting participants in a metacourse can only be done from the courses it is linked to. The linked courses push enrolment information to the metacourse (s) every time cron is run.

How do I enable the course meta link in Moodle?

Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins > Course meta link. The standard package default is to hide this feature. Concept note: When using a meta course, Moodle calls the courses it is linked to child courses. Some people like to think of them as parent courses.

How to enroll a parent to a metacourses course?

Turn Metacourses on by going to Site administration -> Plugins -> Enrolments -> Manage enrol plugins and enabled Course meta link. Enroll users into Section 001 and Section 002. Leave Parent enrollment empty. Go to Parent course. Go to Settings -> Course admin -> Users -> Enrolment methods.

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What is meta course in Moodle?

A meta course is a course that is "with" or linked to one or more courses for its student enrolment (enrollment to some). Adding or subtracting participants in a metacourse can only be done from the courses it is linked to. The linked courses push enrolment information to the metacourse(s) every time cron is run.

How do you create a Metacourse in Moodle?

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How do I enable meta links in Moodle?

Enabling teachers to add meta linksGo to Site Administration > Users > Permissions > Define Roles.Select the Teacher Role and click on the Edit button.Scroll down to Course Meta Link as shown in the images below:

What is link in Moodle?

Students and instructors can create a link within text (hyperlink) anywhere the HTML Editor appears in Moodle. For example, students can create links in forum posts, and instructors can add links to Labels, Pages, Activity descriptions, etc...

How do I link two courses in Moodle?

Go to one of the courses you wish to merge. Click the gear menu, and then click Create merged course shell. In the “Courses to merge” field, enter the name(s) of the other section(s) of the course (e.g., Spring 2017 Calculus II) then select the appropriate course(s) from the list.

How do I embed a website into Moodle?

Follow these steps to embed a website into a Moodle course module .Login to your Moodle-course with an instructor account .Inside the course panel click the “Turn editing On” button .Click on “Add a Resource” and select “Link to a file or website” from the dropdown menu .Give the external site a Name .More items...•

How do you use wikis in Moodle?

First, go to your course page and turn the editing on from the link in the gear menu. Then, from the section where you want the wiki, click “add an activity or resource”. Click “wiki” once to find out useful teaching information about the wiki, or click “wiki” twice to go straight to the setup screen.

What is a scorm package in Moodle?

The SCORM package is a zipped folder of files that are uploaded by the course creator directly into the LMS and are launched when the user decides to view this particular eLearning module.

Enrolments

Metacourse enrolments occur only through one or more other courses that the meta course links to. This means that students cannot enroll in the meta course directly. Likewise, teachers and administrators cannot enroll students directly into meta courses either.

Creating a meta course

Create a meta course in the same manner as you do any other course. To change this to a meta course, set "Is this a meta course?" question to yes in the course settings .

Manage "child" courses

Once you have created a meta course you can link to or unlink from (add or delete) "child" courses by the course Administration menu. This icon and link only appears in meta courses.

Tips and Tricks

Get an oversized piece of paper (A3 or 11"x17'), draw boxes for courses and give them names. Add lines to connect the boxes to show relationships. Label the meta courses (alternatively, color the meta course boxes). Add arrows to the lines so you will know where enrolments come from. This is a great tip from the Business Uses forum.

Why are regular courses called a child of a meta course?

There have to be some mysteries in life :) According to Moodle mythology, a meta course is the head of a virtual family (or commune) of courses. The idea was to create a single course where students in many courses could come and exchange ideas and information without having to enroll.

I want to change a regular course to a metacourse, what do I do?

In a regular course, you can only change the "Is this a meta course" course setting when the course has no enrolled students. So if you have enrolled students, you will have to unenroll them by using the Course administration block>Assigned roles>Student menu.

I want to change a metacourse to a regular course, what do I do?

In a metacourse, you can only change the "Is this a meta course" course setting to "no" when there are no child courses linked to the course. In the course administration block, use the "Child courses" link and move all the "courses already assigned" side to the "courses available side".

This course does not allow public access error

Making a metacourse visible before the metacourse is properly setup can cause Moodle to return 'This course does not allow public access' when users would ordinarily be able to access through internal enrolment. Verify that the linked "child" course (s) exists. Remember a metacourse ONLY gets its enrolments from other courses.

What is a Meta Course?

When setting up a new course there is a setting for meta course. What is this?

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There's a little question mark icon next to the option. What does it say?

Re: What is a Meta Course?

Activating this option means this course may be used as a common area to allow Participants in specific courses to interact with each other.

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Oops! Sorry -- you are right. No help link on STABLE or HEAD. Apologies! Should be migrating the good help page in the wiki to the help system.

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A... actually. Penny points out that as of the 10th of Nov, 1.5.x and 1.6 have the help file. I'm not so loco after all...

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Is the hack he wrote for you available to other people? I searched through the forums and couldn't find it...

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However I cant get it to work with 1.6. I have indentified the code changes (very clearly indicated) into the relevant files.

Enrolments

• For information on how to create a metacourse, see Course meta link plugin and see this screencast How to make a metacourse in Moodle 2.0

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Creating A Meta Course

Manage "Child" Courses

Tips and Tricks

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