Creating a course from a template (formerly known as Course Template)

FELIX 10-010

What you need to know

There are two ways to create or implement a course from a template course (formerly known as a Course Template).

Option 1: From a provided Learning Services (LS) template.

Option 2: From a template you created yourself.

To learn Internal link opens in the same window:How to create a template from a course, see Helpcard FELIX 10-015.

To create courses or templates  in FELIX you need authoring rights. First, log into FELIX with your HFU account. Then request authoring rights at felix-support(at)hs-furtwangen.de.

 

What you have to do

  1. Option 1: If you want to create a course from a course template or another available template, click the “Create” button on the right side of the authoring area, then click “Course from template”.

    • The “Create course from template” dialogue box opens.

    • In the dialogue box that opens, you can search for and select available templates from the options “Favorites,” “All,” “My templates,” “Shared with me” and “Search form”.

    • Click on the green text that says “Select all”.

    • All templates are displayed here; your own, those shared with you and all LS templates.

    • Select the LS template that best fits your teaching approach − whether it’s one of your own templates or one provided to you − then click “Next” and proceed directly to step 3.

  2. Option 2: If you want to create a course directly from one of your own templates, select the appropriate course template in the authoring area under “My entries”.

    • In your course template, under “Administration” click “Instantiate as course”.

    • The “Instantiate as course” dialogue box opens.

  3. Enter the title of the course.

    • Do not use umlauts and avoid all other special characters except (), /\, -, _.
      Use the following routine for clarity:
      Title_ if applicable, degree programme _ (your last name), example: Marketing_WNB_(Huebner).

    • In this step, you also have the option to directly configure or adjust certain settings, such as the execution period (time frame), the catalogue entry and the implementation format.

  4. Click “Finish”.

    • The course you created using the template will open.

  5. In your newly created course, click “Course editor” under “Administration” if you want to add or edit course modules.

    • The course editor opens.

  6. Under “Insert course modules” select the desired course modules.

  7. Click the red cross (top right) to close the course editor. Select the "Publish automatically" option to publish the change.

  8. To make your course findable and accessible to your students, please follow Internal link opens in the same window:Publishing course (status), deciding how to offer the course, and cataloging, Helpcard 10-030.

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