TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Using templates when making a new course
- Apply a template to an existing course
- Push a course template to multiple courses
- Share a course as a template
Using templates when making a new course
When making a new course, you can choose to insert content from other courses/templates. (From article: NEW: Courses - Making a course)
You do that by clicking the text that says "Browse templates". This will open a new window:
If you pick one of these templates, their plans and resources will be moved into your new course.
Choose whether to copy the plan dates or create new ones, and decide if you want to receive a notification when the course is created. Courses with many resources copied from a template may take a few minutes to set up.
Apply a template to an existing course
- First, locate the course you want to populate with materials from another course.
- Select this newly created course, click on the extended menu [...] and click on Settings.
- Under Manage Course Settings, choose Course Propertiesand features.
- To use the template, click i the More Options icon represented by 3 dots in the top right corner of the page and select Apply template.
4. Click Browse templates for courses.
5. Click on the course title or Use as template you want to use as a template. Note that you can use the filter to display only your own courses, template courses, templates from publishers (if available) or templates from other sites (if available).
6. If the template uses terms, you will now be given the choice of keeping the same terms or selecting new ones.
7. Click Next step.
8. You now see a summary of the changes that will be made to your course. Newly enabled features will be listed in the 'New features' section.
9. Click Apply template.
Option to overwrite previously copied plans when choosing to reapply a template
itslearning provides an option for the course to be updated with all changes in the master template in previously copied plans. This option is by default disabled, as there is still the risk of overwriting content added by teachers in the courses based on this template. The option is "Overwrite previously copied plans". It can be turned on and off at any time.
Push a course template to multiple courses
Note: To use this functionality, you should be admin or site admin to see the "Use as template"
- Open the course you want to use as a template.
- Click Settings.
- Click Course properties and features.
- From the extended menu [...] and click on Settings , select Use as template.
A page with different settings appear that allows you to decide whether to:
- Apply the template to courses that have already had this template applied or to selected courses. The first option updates the course with new content and settings and will not duplicate previously added content, such as course elements, groups, planners and assessment items. The second option allows you to browse for the course or courses to which you want to apply the template.
- Keep or replace the dashboards.
- Select what to do with terms.
- Change the course to regular (if they use an early-learner type).
- Select whether to append new assessments and categories to the selected courses or apply template assessment record settings to the selected courses.
- Clear dates in plans.
5. Click Next step.
6. Click Apply template.
Share a course as a template
Select the course you want to share.
- Under More - click Settings.
- Click Course properties and features
- Under Share as template, select the organisation or site with which you want to share the course.
- Click Save.
