Course subjects are catalog items that comprise and group the classes, topics and topic items structure.
They are the main item of monitored learning, i.e. classes of subjects that have activities, which can also be extracurricular, and are supervised by a teacher and tutors.
The following subjects approach more broad and complex knowledge, requiring more time and follow-up.
A subject can have another subject, a training or a track as a requirement.
If desired, a community can be created for the subject to promote the integration and dissemination of knowledge among students, teachers and coordinator. The community can be used to share subject matters, questions, explanations, suggestions, among so many other options that make learning collaborative and more efficient. Students are added to the community as members when their enrollment in a class for that subject is approved. The community coordinator is the subject coordinator and the people in charge are the moderators.
01. After clicking New, Course subject where the course subject will be created, click Add – located in the lower left corner of the image – to add an image for the course subject.
02. Find and select the image of your choosing.
The maximum size allowed for the image is 4 MB.
03. In the pop-up window, crop the image.
04. Click Save.
05. Enter the other information required for the course subject.
Required information include:
Acronym
Course subject acronym.
Name
Name of the course subject.
Minimum passing score
Minimum score a student must achieve to pass the course subject. This score must be between 0 and 100 and separated by a dot if a decimal. Example: 50.5 The student’s final score is calculated by the average of the existing topics for the class of the course subject.
Class hours (in minutes)
Course subject class hours in minutes.
Description
Course subject details.
Communities
When selected, it determines that a community will be created for the course subject, in which students and tutors/teachers can share knowledge, questions, and suggestions, among others. The community will be created automatically; there is no need to perform any additional settings. The course subject coordinator will be its administrator and the responsible persons will be its moderators. Students will be added to the community as members when their registration is approved in a class for that course subject. The community will have the same name, description and image as the course subject and will be a hidden community, being disabled when the course subject is deleted or edited and when the use of communities is disabled.
If the course subject does not have a community, selecting this option while editing it will create a community for it. The same occurs if the course subject had a community but it had been disabled. When editing the course subject and selecting this option, the community is reactivated. Also, disabling the use of communities while editing a course subject that has a community will disable the existing community.
06. Click the Additional information tab.
07. Select the certificate to be issued to the student when they finish the course subject successfully, and define the certificate display settings.
Releasing the certificate
Criterion to be considered when releasing, allowing students to issue it Available options are:
This field is only displayed after selecting a certificate in the Certificates field.
Class percentage
Class content viewing percentage required for a student to get the certificate released and issued. This field is only displayed when selecting the Content progress option in the certificate Release field.
Number of days to release the certificate
Number of days elapsed after class completion, on which date the certificate will be released for issuance by students. This field is only displayed when selecting the option Release after X days after class completion in the certificate Release field.
08. In Skills, click Add skill if you want to relate skills to the course subject.
09. In the pop-up window, find and select the skill that the student will acquire as they finish the course subject successfully.
You can find the skill that you want by using the Search field – in the upper right corner of the window – or paging through skills – arrows located in the lower right corner.
You can also select more than one skill at once.
10. Click on Add.
11. After you finish adding all the skills, click Close.
12. In the Minimum (0) and Maximum scores (100) columns, enter the corresponding values for the skill that the student can acquire after finishing the course subject successfully.
The score must be between 0 and 100.
Those values establish how many points the student will receive in this skill, based on the proportional difference between their final grade and the minimum grade to pass the course subject. Go to Skills for examples and details on the calculation.
13. Enter a description about the program, methodology, goal and the bibliography of the course subject.
14. In Requirements, click New requirement if you want to define requirements for the course subject.
15. In the pop-up window, find and select the item to be the requirement to take this course subject.
To find the item, use the search field – located in the upper right corner of the window – or page through the items – arrows located in the lower right corner.
You can also select more than one item at once.
16. Click on Add.
To delete a requirement added to the course subject, simply click the Delete icon, located to the right of the line corresponding to the requirement.
17. Click the Person Responsible tab.
18. Click the Select icon, located next to the course subject coordinator field.
19. In the pop-up window, find and select the user to be the person responsible for coordinating the course subject.
20. Click on Add.
21. In course subject, click Add responsible persons to include the persons responsible for the course subject tasks.
The responsibilities defined in the course subject are applied to all classes.
When a community for the course subject is created, the responsible persons will be its moderators.
22. In the pop-up window, find and select the user to be the person responsible for all or some tasks of the course subject.
You can find the user that you want by using the Search field – located in the upper right corner of the window – or paging through users – arrows located in the lower right corner. You can also find the user by the name or a skill they have. Select the desired option, located at the top of the window.
You can also select more than one user at once.
23. Click on Add.
24. After you finish adding all the responsible persons desired, click Close.
To delete a responsible person added to the course subject, simply click the Delete icon, located to the right of the table corresponding to the responsible person.
If the course subject has a community, as it is edited and the responsible person is deleted, they are excluded from the community. If this person in charge is a student of the course subject, they remain in the community as a member, only losing the moderation role.
25. To delete responsibilities from an added user, simply click Edit permissions, located to the right of the table corresponding to the user.
26. In Permissions, check the options that determine the responsibilities for the user concerned.
Available options are:
You can check or uncheck all options at once by using the options Select All or Delete All, located in the right upper corner of the permissions table.
Click Close to close the responsible person’s permissions table.
27. Click on the Security tab.
28. Define whether the course subject should inherit the permissions of the parent folder.
Available options are:
Inherits permissions
When selected, it determines that the permissions and restrictions assigned to the course subject will be the same as the parent folder. Even when the course subject inherits the permissions, it is possible to define other permissions or restrictions specific to it, in addition to those already inherited.
Does not inherit permissions
When selected, it determines that the permissions and restrictions of the parent folder are not assigned to the course subject.
29. In Permissions, click Add if you want to define the permissions to access the course subject.
30. In the pop-up window, find and select the user, user group, class or course subject to which you wish to assign permissions.
To find the item, use the search field – located in the upper right corner of the window – or page through the items – arrows located in the lower right corner.
You can also select more than one item at once.
31. Click on Add.
32. In the Level column – next to the added item –select the option that establishes the permission level to be assigned to it.
Available options are:
For detailed information regarding each permission option, go to Catalog permissions and restrictions.
To edit the permission on an added item, simply select the new option to be assigned to it in the Level column.
To delete an added item, simply click the Delete icon – located in the line corresponding to the item and to the right of the Level column.
33. In Restrictions, click Add if you want to define restrictions to access the course subject.
34. In the pop-up window, find and select the user, user group, class or course subject to which you wish to assign restrictions.
To find the item, use the search field – located in the upper right corner of the window – or page through the items – arrows located in the lower right corner.
You can also select more than one item at once.
35. Click on Add.
36. In the Level column – next to the entered item – select the option which establishes the restriction level to be assigned to it.
Available options are:
For detailed information regarding each restriction option, go to Catalog permissions and restrictions.
To edit the restriction on an entered item, simply select the new option to be assigned to it in the Level column.
To delete an added item, simply click the Delete icon – located in the line corresponding to the item and to the right of the Level column.
37. Click Save; or Cancel if you want to quit creating the course subject.
Only users that have, at least, modification permission on the subject are allowed to perform this action.
01. In the catalog, access the location where the subject is.
02. Click the icon Edit icon, located to the right of the course subject name.
You can also click this option after accessing the subject to view it. In this case, it is located in the upper right corner of the window.
03. Change the information of your choice.
Information about the displayed fields can be obtained from the basic path.
04. Click Save; or Cancel to discard the changes made, if desired.
Only users that have, at least, writing permission on the destination location are allowed to perform this action.
01. In the catalog, access the location where the subject is.
02. Click on the icon Copy/move, located to the right of the subject name.
You can also click this option after accessing the subject to view it. In this case, you need to click the arrow next to Edit, located in the upper right corner of the window.
03. In the Item destination, click Search.
04. In the Target items window, enter the name of the location to which the subject will be copied.
05. In the list displayed, select the target location of the subject copy.
06. Click Add and close the window.
07. Click Copy.
When selecting this option, the copy of the subject is created in the location set.
To be allowed to perform this action, users are required to have, at least, deletion permission on the folder where the subject is and modification permission on the destination location.
01. In the catalog, access the location where the subject is.
02. Click on the icon Copy/move, located to the right of the subject name.
You can also click this option after accessing the subject to view it. In this case, you need to click the arrow next to Edit, located in the upper right corner of the window.
03. In the Item destination, click Search.
04. In the Target items window, enter the name of the location to which the subject will be moved.
05. In the list displayed, select the location to which the subject will be moved.
06. Click Add and close the window.
07. Click Move.
When pressing this option, the subject is moved to the location set.
Only users that have, at least, deletion permission on the folder containing the subject are allowed to perform this action.
01. In the catalog, access the location where the subject is.
02. Click on the icon Delete, located to the right of the subject name.
You can also click this option after accessing the subject to view it. In this case, you need to click the arrow next to Edit, located in the upper right corner of the window.
03. In the message displayed, click Yes to confirm the deletion of the subject or No to quit the action, if desired.
When deleting a subject, if it has a community, such community will be disabled.
01. Access the subject for which the class will be created.
02. Click the arrow located right after the description of the subject.
03. View the description, goal, program, methodology, and the bibliography of the subject.
04. Click Close to return to the main window of the subject.
This action can only be performed on subjects that have communities, that is, if the subject does not have any, the option Access community is not displayed.
01. Access the subject whose community you want to view.
02. Click Access community, located in the upper right corner of the window displaying the subject.
03. View the exclusive community of the subject.
The community of the subject can also be accessed directly via the Communities item, located in the main menu, when the student is registered in one of its classes.
Only users that have, at least, writing permission on the subject are allowed to perform this action.
01. Access the subject for which the class will be created.
02. In the Classes area, click New.
03. Click Class.
Only users that have, at least, writing permission on the subject are allowed to perform this action.
01. Access the subject for which the template class will be created.
02. In the Classes area, click New.
03. Click Template class.
When pressing this option, the window to include template classes is displayed. More information about available actions can be found in Template classes.
01. In the Classes area, enter the name of the class you want to find in the Search field, located in the upper right corner.
02. Click Search, which is represented by a magnifying glass next to the field.
03. View the search result.
Please note!
This documentation is valid as of the 1.6.3 – Snowflake update. If you use a previous update, it may contain different information than what you see on your platform.
