General configuration settings | In the course editor, you will find the following configuration tabs: | Title and description | Configuration options in the tab title and description ...  | Elements | Description |
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| Title | You need to enter a title for the course element. The title can comprise a maximum of 100 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear in the navigation menu of the course and also as a heading in the content area. Changes to the title of the first course element, the so-called main course node ...  If you change the title of the first course element, the new content will only be applied to the main course node and then displayed in the opened course. If you wish to edit the course title or description, you can do so using the more settings menu of the course.
| | Subtitle | You can enter a subtitle for the course element with a maximum of 255 characters. All special characters and numbers are permitted. The title will appear as a tooltip in the navigation menu and - if selected and configured accordingly - as a subtitle in the content area. | | Description | Here you can describe the course element. The description will appear in the content area below the title.
| | Display | Define which information about the course element should be displayed in the course view. In addition to the content, you can optionally display the title and description. All course elements are provided with a reasonable presetting, which mostly includes the setting Title, description and content. You can adjust this setting in accordance with the options available for each course element. For an example of the different setting options, refer to the help page Displaying information about the course element. | | Set link for this course element | Each course element can be accessed via fixed link addresses. Therefore, an internal and an external URL is assigned to each course element. These direct links to concrete elements can be used within courses or provided to learners. The URLs are located below the title and description of the element and will appear upon selecting Set link for this course element. - External link: To refer to this course element from outside of the course or learning platform, you can use the external link and insert it, for example as a href attribute, into the desired HTML page.
- Internal link: To set a link to another course element within the same course, you can insert the internal link as a href attribute into the desired HTML page.
| | ID | You will need the ID number of the course element (on the bottom right), for example, if you wish to use the expert mode in the visibility or access tab. |
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| Visibility | Configuration options in the tab visibility and access ... In the areas Visibility and Access, authors and course owners can individually determine the presentation of course elements. If no input is made in the access area, the content of a course element will by default be visible to all course participants after publishing the element. Apart from the general options listed below, additional configuration options are available depending on the course element. The following general options are available for the configuration of visibility and access: 
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| Blocked for learners | If you select this checkbox, all other configuration options will disappear. The course element content is now exclusively accessible for tutors and administrators of the course. | | | Depending on date | Mark this checkbox to specify a particular access time. You can set individual dates or date ranges by filling in only one or both input fields respectively. You can also create or delete dates via the + and - buttons. | | | Depending on group | Select this checkbox to restrict the accessibility of the course element to learning groups or learning areas. You can then select existing groups and areas or create new ones.
| | | Depending on assessment | Here, you will find all assessable course elements. These include, for example, the elements test, assessment, task, or structure. If you select the option Check for "passed", you will be able to choose a course element from the input field Course element, which the user must have passed as a prerequisite to accessing this course element. If you select the option Check score, you can indicate a number of points in the input field "Passing score", which have to be achieved in order to be able to access the course element. | | | Depending on attribute | The visibility of this option is system-dependent. Via this option, you can set visibility or access rights according to user attributes. Only users who meet the predefined attributes will be able to see the course element or have access to its content. Multiple attributes need to be linked with an operator (AND/OR). Different kinds of relational operators might be available depending on the selected attribute. For example: - "contains the value"
- "does not contain value"
- "has exactly the value"
- "does not have value"
- "starts with value"
- "ends with value"
- "greater than" (>)
- "less than" (<)
- "greater than/equals" (<=)
- "less than/equals" (>=)
A list of all available attributes of several selected institutions can be found on the page Overview of the OPAL-Shibboleth attributes.
| | | Apply rules also for author, owner and tutor | This option does not become visible until one of the other options has been selected. If you activate the checkbox, the same access rules which apply to users will also be valid for tutors and course administrators. | | | Password | This option is only available in the area Access and can either be applied to the whole course or a structural element of the course. Enter the desired password, which users will need to use in order to gain access to the course content, in the text field. | | | Display expert mode | Click on the button Display expert mode to open an input field, which allows you to perform a more complex configuration according to your needs. For more detailed information about the expert mode, see the help page Publishing within Courses (Expert Mode).
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| Advanced configuration options | In the case of individual course element types, there are further attributes to configure access to editing rights for course participants. |
For individual course element types, there are further attributes which can be used to regulate access to editing rights for course participants. The following editing rights can be restricted or extended using the general configuration attributes (depending on date, group, etc.): | Task | - Assignment
- Edit task folder
- Drop box - Delete own solutions
- Drop box
- Return box
- Assessment
- Sample solution
| | Blog | - Read
- Read and write
- Moderate
| | File Dialogue | - Only file download / read in the forum
- File up- and download/ read and write in the forum
- Edit or delete files / Moderate in the forum
| | Forum | - Read
- Read and write
- Moderate
| | Calendar | | | Link List | - Display
- Display and add
- Display, edit, and delete
| | Bibliography | | | Messages | | | Folder | | | Podcast | - Read
- Read and write
- Moderate
| | Page | | | Profile | | | Test | Configurable in the tab Visibility : - Conduct test
- View assessment
- View results
| | Wiki | - Read
- Add and edit articles
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| Survey configuration | In this tab, you can store a learning resource of the type survey and configure settings for the implementation of the survey. Detailed instructions are given in the following section Survey configuration. |
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| Multilingualism | In this tab, different translations can be added to individual course element areas. |
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Survey configuration | Assign survey | Here you can assign a Survey resource to your course element Survey. To do this, you can choose from the following options: - Select survey (option 1)
- Create survey (option 2)
- Import survey (option 3)
Start the configuration for all three variants as follows ... | 1. | Open the course editor in the course element Survey and switch to the Survey configuration tab. | | | 2. | Click on the button Select, create or import survey. | | 3. | A page with functions to select, create, and import a survey resource opens. Decide on one of the following options: | | | 3a | Select an existing survey (option 1) - Select an existing survey resource from the overview and click on the
 plus icon in the Actions column.
| | | 3b | Create a new survey (option 2) - Start by clicking on Create below the heading of the dialogue.
- The dialogue for creating survey resources opens. Enter a title and optionally a description in the appropriate text fields.
- Click on Save.
- If necessary, upload an image for the detailed view of the new resource.
- Click on Finish to complete the creation process.
| | | 3c | Import survey (option 3) - Click on Import. You will find this button located below the heading Search for referenceable learning resources.
- The dialogue for uploading survey resources opens. Use the buttons Select folder or Upload file to navigate to the location of the file you wish to import. Confirm your choice with Upload and fill in all necessary data for the new survey resource.
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Functions after adding a survey resource ... - Replace: Click this button to replace the stored resource with another resource. The same window will open as described above in the section Assign survey. You can now select, create, or import a survey resource. If there is a newer survey version available, you can also update the old version using this path. For more information, see the section Replace survey version.
- Edit: Click this button to open the survey resource in the ONYX editor. In this area, you can edit the content of the survey and create and configure additional questions. For more information on working with the ONYX editor and available question formats, refer to the chapter Creating test content with the ONYX Suite.
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| Add information text | You can provide the learner with an information text about the survey. This text will be displayed in the course view above the Start survey button.  Add information text ... | 1 | Open the course editor of the course element and switch to the Survey configuration tab. | | | 2 | Then click on Select or create page. |
A window with functions for creating or selecting an HTML page as well as for uploading an HTML file opens. Decide on one of the following options: 
Create a new HTML page online (option 1) ... | 1 | Enter the name of the new file in the appropriate text field, select a different character set if necessary, and then click the Create button. |  | | 2 | The editor window for creating a new HTML page opens. Alternatively, you can also open the editor window manually by clicking the Open page in editor button. Enter the desired content. You can also use the numerous formatting options in the Text editor. Then click on Save. |  |
Select an HTML page from the course storage folder or copy an existing template (option 2) ... | 1 | Click on the button Select page. |  | | 2 | An overview of all HTML pages available in the storage folder opens. Mark the desired file by clicking on its title and confirm your selection with Select. |  |
Upload one or more HTML files in a ZIP archive to the storage folder (option 3) ... - Click on the button Select file.
- Now select a file from your computer and upload it.
- Confirm the process with Upload.
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The selected file will be uploaded to the storage folder, automatically linked, and displayed under Selected page. 
After adding an HTML page, you have the following options: Open page in editor: - Click on this button to make changes to your HTML page.
Replace page: - Click on this button to create, select, or upload anew HTML page. Follow the steps outlined above.
Delete page: - If the HTML page has been added to a course element as an information page, you can completely clear this assignment using the Delete Page button.
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| Run survey | After adding a survey, you have the option to configure various settings for running the survey. Choose from the following options ... 
Show navigation tree | This checkbox is enabled by default. Disable the option to hide the navigation tree including the question titles during the survey. | Show item titles | This checkbox is enabled by default. All question titles will be displayed as stored in the survey resource. Clear this checkbox if you prefer neutral question titles instead. The original question titles will then be replaced with neutral ones such as "question 1", question 2", etc. and all displayed questions will be numbered linearly. |
Confirm your configuration with Save . | After completing the survey | You can influence a user’s navigation after completing a survey and determine the course element to which they should jump. 
To do this, mark the checkbox Jump to another course node. The selection list Select course node will open. Click on the triangle at the end of the list box to display the available entries. Select the desired course element from the list and confirm your settings with Save. After the submission and successful storage of the survey attempt, the user will now automatically jump to the selected course element. However, this does not apply to survey attempts that are cancelled or paused. | Correction mode and new survey version | The integrated survey resource can also be edited or enhanced. However, if user results for the resource are already available in the system, it must be ensured, for the assessment, that these results match their survey version. Therefore, the following options are available for making changes: Correction mode This mode can be used for small changes, such as spelling corrections. However, essential survey content cannot be modified. This means that it is not possible to add new questions or change survey or question options or assessments.
New version - This option can be used to make significant changes to the survey content. All editing functions can be used and all implementing options can be adapted.
Both options will be displayed when opening a resource with existing user results for editing. If the option correction mode is used, no further changes or publishing of the course element will be necessary. The modified version will be immediately accessible to users starting the survey. However, if a new survey version is created, the old survey version must be actively replaced so that the new one will be displayed to the user. As long as this has not been done, the user will be shown the old version when opening the resource. | Replace survey version | Replacing a new survey version is done in the same way as replacing any other test resource. Further information is provided in the section Replace test version. |
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The course element Survey offers the possibility to conduct anonymous statistical surveys in the course. This allows you, for example, to obtain direct feedback on your course.
