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The previous article explained the Moodle Course Formats<\/a>. Once the basic course set up is completed, the sections within the course will need to be set up according to the course outline. This article will focus on editing the Weekly<\/strong>, Topic<\/strong>, and Social<\/strong> formatted courses. The SCORM<\/strong> format will not be discussed as it is not the scope of the tutorial. The Moodle version used in this article is Moodle 2.3.<\/p>\n

Changing and Adding the Section name and summary <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. log into the Moodle Dashboard<\/a>\n

    Important!<\/strong> Keep in mind that Editing must be turned on<\/a> in the Settings section in order to edit any of these options.<\/p>\n


    <\/p><\/li>\n

  2. \"editing-course-topic-step-2\"<\/a>\n
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    Select the course on the left in the Navigation section and click the Edit Summary<\/strong> icon. The Weekly and the Topic format will have the same edit icon. The Social format will have a button named Add a new discussion topic<\/strong>.
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  3. \"editing-course-topic-step-3-summary\"<\/a>\n
  4. The Final result should look like the following snapshots.Topic Format<\/strong>
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    <\/p>\n

    Weekly Format<\/strong>
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    <\/p>\n

    Social Format<\/strong>
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    This Concludes the tutorial on editing the Topic, Weekly, and Social sections in Moodle. The next article will focus on Changing the Course defaults in Moodle<\/a>. For more information creating courses, please visit our education channel on Creating Courses in Moodle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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