Course structure and format

Courses are divided into sections. What constitutes a section depends on the course's format. If you're new to Moodle then there are two main, important formats:

• Weekly format: Each section represents one week of study

• Topics format: Each section represents a particular topic or aspect of the course

For your first few courses, especially courses based on existing non-e-learning material, these are likely to be the only two you use. However, there are others:

• SCORM: Third-party e-learning materials are likely going to be supplied to you in SCORM format (SCORM is an educational resource "standard" format, in much the same way that documents are supplied in ".DOC" format). If you know what they are then this is a useful course format type. If you've never heard of SCORM then don't worry.

• Social format: The whole course is built around a single forum. This is useful for using Moodle to manage things that are not strictly courses. You could use it to set up a departmental...