Add text, pages and files

Put a short text on the course page, add a page with formatted content, or offer a document.

Besides SCORM packages, a course can hold three simple types of content. You add them with the buttons Text, Page and File in a section.

Add a Text

1. In edit mode, click Text in the section.
2. Title in course index (1) is optional. The title only appears in the course index, not on the course page. If you leave it empty, Linqur uses the first words of the text.
3. Type the text under Text (2).
4. Click Save and return to course (3).

A Text has no completion conditions.

Add a Page

1. In edit mode, click Page in the section.

2. Enter a Name (1). Add a Description (2) if you like. Tick Display description on course page to show it under the name.

   

3. Write the content under Page content.

   

4. Under Appearance you choose whether the page shows its description (Display page description) and when it was last changed (Display last modified date).

   

5. Click Save and return to course.

Add a File

1. In edit mode, click File in the section.

2. Enter a Name (1) and drag the file into the Select files box (2).

   

   Once it’s uploaded, the file appears in the box.

   

3. Under Appearance, Display sets how the file opens.

   

   Display	The file
   Automatic	opens in the way that suits the file type best.
   Embed	is shown inside the page, together with the description.
   New window	opens in a new browser window.
   Force download	is offered as a download.
   Open	is shown on its own in the browser window.

   With Show size, Show type and Show upload/modified date you add that information next to the file on the course page. Show more… adds Use filters on file content.

4. Click Save and return to course.

Track that learners opened a Page or File

Open Completion conditions, choose Add requirements and tick View the activity. The Page or File then counts as complete as soon as the learner opens it.

You can then use it as a condition for other content, for example: chapter 2 opens once the learner has read the page. See restrict access to sections and activities.

The same in all three forms

• Restrict access: make the content available only under conditions. See restrict access to sections and activities.
• Save and return to course: saves and takes you back to the course.
• Back to course at the top of the form: leaves the form without saving.

In the course, the three items now sit in the section: the Text (1) directly on the page, the Page (2) and the File (3) as an activity with a Completion button.

Next step

• Count these activities towards course completion: how to set up course and activity completion.
• The other types of content: getting started with course content.