Course Editing Guide

How to manage multi-group or online / offline courses?

When a course is listed in SITS as a double-entry (either Group 1 and 2 or online/offline), we have two options in Moodle.

Either use a separate course for both or just use one shared course. Which solution is better? It depends on the quantity of the identical/different content in the courses usually.

1. List both courses as separate entries
If some of the content is the same between the courses it is recommended to create this common content in one of the courses, then open the empty course, and import this in to avoid double work. (Note: if you do it multiple times, make sure, that you select only the new content, as you may create duplicates).

How to copy content from a previous course? (Import)

After this is done, you can add different content to each course individually.

2.  Use only one Moodle course
a) Request merging the courses in Moodle (this is needed for the SITS sync)

b) Optionally set up groups in the course

The Groups feature allows you to divide the students in your course into different groups to easily separate them. Students can use Moodle activities as members of these groups afterward, allowing them to work together closely. 

• You can change forums into group forums - allowing you to communicate with the members of each group separately.
• You can restrict activities/resources to be available/visible for only members of one group, not the other.

How to set up and use Groups in a course?