Time for action – configuring the Backyard Ballistics course

Let's start by creating my Backyard Ballistics course. I'm not too worried about fine tuning it now. I just want to get it started, we will fine tune the course later, once we've got the basics up and running:

1. Type the course title next to Course full name, Backyard Ballistics.

2. Enter the short name. This has to be completely unique (if there's another course with the same short name, Moodle will complain). I'm going to specify MCC-BC.

3. Enter a summary using the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor. See how we can use formatting for the description, as you would with a word processor:

   

4. Look for the Format setting (almost immediately under the Course summary editor). Click on the drop-down menu and select Topics format.

5. Because we're just setting up the course, we don't want students enrolling yet so scroll down to the availability options. Click on the Availability drop-down list and select This course is not available to...