Manage Course Units

Manage Course Units#

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Create a Unit #

You can create a unit from the outline or create a unit in the same subsection from the unit page.

To create a unit from the outline, follow these steps.

In the outline, expand the subsection in which you want to create a new unit.
Select New Unit at the bottom of the expanded subsection. A new unit is created at the end of the subsection and the blank unit editor opens.
Click the pencil icon to edit and enter the name for the new unit.A descriptive name can help learners locate content in the course. It can also help you select content when you analyze performance in reporting and analytics systems.
Click the Visibility tab to change the subsection visibility and assessment results visibility.
Add components to the new unit as needed.

To create a unit from a unit page, follow these steps.

In the Unit Navigation Bar area, select New Unit.

The unit page for the new unit opens automatically.
On the unit page, the unit name is selected. Supply an identifying name. A descriptive name can help learners locate content in the course. It can also help you select content when you analyze performance in reporting and analytics systems.
Add components to the new unit as needed.

You must then publish the unit to make it visible to learners.

Edit a Unit #

You can edit a unit in the following ways.

Edit the unit name
Add components to units
Reorganize Components in Units

When you make any of these changes, if you previously published the unit, the state changes to Draft (Unpublished changes). You must then publish the unit to make your edits visible to learners.

If you are designing your course to offer different content to different groups of learners, you can also Set access restrictions for the unit to specify which learner groups a unit is available to.

Edit the Unit Name#

To edit a unit name, on the unit page in Studio, select Edit next to the name.

The name field becomes editable. Enter the new name, and then tab or click outside of the field to save the name.

Reorganize Components in Units#

You can reorganize components within a unit by dragging and dropping them to new locations.

To change the location of a component, move your mouse pointer over the Drag to reorder handle on the component toolbar. The pointer changes to a four- headed arrow. You can then drag the component to the location that you want.

In the image that follows, the handle for the discussion component is selected.

A discussion component selected so that it can be dragged.

A blue outline indicates where the component will land when you release the mouse button. For example, in the image below, the discussion component is being moved to the top of the unit.

A component being dragged to a new location. :width: 600

Delete a Unit #

You delete a unit from the course outline in Studio.

When you delete a unit, you delete all components within the unit.

Warning

You cannot restore course content after you delete it. To ensure that you do not delete any content that you need later, move the unit to a hidden section or subsection instead of deleting it.

To delete a unit, follow these steps.

On the course outline page in Studio, select the Delete icon in the box for the unit you want to delete.
When you receive the confirmation prompt, select Yes, delete this unit.

Preview a Unit #

You preview a unit to review and test the content before it is visible to learners.

You can preview a unit before it is published and before the course is live. In a live course, after the unit is published and if there are no pending changes, previewing a unit is exactly the same as viewing the live version of the unit.

To preview the unit, select Preview above the status panel in the Studio unit page.

The unit opens in preview mode in the LMS.

Note

When you are revising a previously published unit, it can be helpful to preview your changes in one browser window and view the published unit in a second window.

For information about previewing and testing content, see Guide to Testing Your Course Content.

Publish a Unit #

Publishing a unit makes the current version of the unit in Studio available to learners. In an instructor-paced course, the release dates for the section and subsection must also have passed for learners to access a published unit.

You publish a unit that has a status of Draft (Never Published) or Draft (Unpublished changes). When you publish a unit, the status changes to Published and Live or Published Not Yet Released.

You can publish a unit from the unit page or the course outline.

For more information about instructor-paced and self-paced courses, see Course Pacing.

Use the Unit Page to Publish a Unit#

To publish the unit, select Publish in the status panel.

Use the Outline to Publish a Unit#

To publish a unit from the outline, select the Publish icon in the box for the unit.

Note

The Publish icon only appears when there is new or changed content in the unit.

Discard Changes to a Unit #

When you modify a published unit, your changes are saved in Studio, though the changes are not visible to learners until you publish the unit again.

If you decide that you never want to publish your changes, you can discard the changes so that Studio reverts to the last published version of the unit.

To discard changes and revert the Studio version of the unit to the last published version, select Discard Changes in the status panel.

Caution

When you discard changes to a unit, the changes are permanently deleted. You cannot retrieve discarded changes or undo the action.

View a Published Unit #

To view the last published version of a unit in the LMS, select View Live Version at the top of the page.

The unit page opens in the LMS in Staff view. You might be prompted to log in to the LMS.

If the unit status is Draft (Unpublished changes), you do not see your changes in the LMS until you publish the unit again.

If the unit status is Draft (Never Published), View Live Version is not enabled.

For information about viewing and testing content, see Guide to Testing Your Course Content.

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Manage Course Units

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Manage Course Units#

Create a Unit#

Edit a Unit#