RWTHmoodle offers several ways to use the course format to customize the layout of the course page and the arrangement of the content. The course format can be changed and adapted to your own needs at any time. The default setting is currently the course format “Custom sections”. All topics and course contents of a course are displayed on one page.

The course settings allow managers to choose from one of the following course formats:

• Customsections (default)
• Weeklysections
• Single activity
• Onetopic format

To change a course format proceed as follows:

1. In your course room, go to Settings.
2. Scroll down to “Course format“ and select the desired format. Depending on the selected course format, further settings options are displayed. These are explained below in the context of the respective format.
3. To save the new format and its configuration, click “Save changes” at the bottom of the page.

Custom sections (default)

The course format Custom sections structures the course content according to topics and displays these as topic sections one below the other. All activities and materials can be arranged according to their thematic affiliation. By default, all sections are expanded and show the contents stored in them.

In the course settings, it is possible to specify that only “one section per page” is displayed. You can access the previous or next section using the buttons on the left or right of the page.

In course rooms with many activities and materials, this can result in very long course pages that require a lot of scrolling. In this case, use the element "Sections" in the navigation bar on the left. This element lists all topic sections and allows you to jump between them.

Alternatively, you can define a different display mode for the course format "Custom sections" so that only the section "General" plus the selected section will be displayed. The previous or following sections can be accessed by clicking the buttons at the bottom left or right of the page. When you enter the course room the course page will display the content of the section "General". For all sections below this one, only the section title and a shortlist of its contents will be displayed.

To activate this display mode go to the course settings, scroll down to the section "Course format" and then choose "Show one section per page" for "Course layout".

Weekly sections

The course format Weekly sections structures the course content according to weeks and displays it as weekly segments. Each week's segment provides a different kind of content. This format is suitable when all participants should have access to all course contents at the same time.

With the Weekly sections format, it is also possible to specify in the course settings that only “one course section on the page” is displayed. Access to the previous or following section is also possible using the buttons at the bottom left or right of the page.

 

Note

Make sure to select the options course start in the course settings correctly – it sets the date of the 1^st day of the 1^st week in your course. This is important if you want to restore the course.

Single activity format

The course format Single activity has only one course section and exactly one activity can be added to the course. As soon as you select this format in the course settings, the activity selection menu appears to create the desired activity.

Ontopic format

The Onetopic format displays each topic in a tab, keeping the current tab between resource calls.
 

Additional information:

• One-Topic-Format