Course Meta-linking

General
Course meta-linking allows one course to share enrolments from other courses. This can be used when different instances or modes of a course share the same course content but the user enrolment differs. For example, a course may have three instances: M01, M02 and M03. Each instance has different students enrolled (full time and part time for example) but M01 is the only instance that contains course content. M02 and M03 are meta-linked to M01 thus providing the content for these instances. Changes can be made to the content of M01 and all enrolled users from M02 and M03 will see those changes.
It is important to hide meta-linked courses (other than the main course containing the shared content), otherwise these “empty” courses will show on a user’s course list and will appear confusing.

It is important to hide meta-linked courses (other than the main course containing the shared content), otherwise these “empty” courses will show on a user’s course list and will appear confusing.

Meta Linking a Course

To meta-link one course to another:

 

  • Select the course that you wish to be the main course (and that will contain the course content)
  • Under Settings, select Course administration -> Users– > Enrolment methods (fig. 1)

 

 

  • Select Course meta link from the drop down menu under the course enrolment methods (fig. 2). This will take you to a new page.

 

  • Select the course that you require to be meta-linked (MO2 for example) and click on add method (fig. 3). The course you selected should now appear in the Enrolment methods section.

 

 


Hiding a meta-linked course
Any courses that are meta-linked to a main course will need to be hidden to avoid user confusion.
To hide a course select Settings -> Course administration -> Edit settings. Under the General section, set the “Visible” operator to “Hide” (fig. 4) and then click Save changes at the bottom of the page.


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