Course Structure in Knowbly

Working with Course Structure

What is a Course Structure?

Every knowbly™ course has a structure which is essentially a table of contents for the course. The Course Structure is comprised of a start page, modules, lessons, activity types, and assessment types.

• Start Page: This is the starting page for your course and is required for courses exported to an LMS. This page contains a list of the modules and lessons in a course for the user.
• Modules: Modules are used to group other pages together and must contain at least one other page. Note that modules do not contain course content.
• Lessons: Each lesson of a course is a page in the course. Lessons contain course content such as text blocks, image/video blocks, etc.
• Activities: An Activity Type is a single page with a title (page title) and a single widget block with an introduction (optional), a single activity type widget, and a caption (optional). Activities are interactive but do NOT provide an assessment score.
• Assessments: An Assessment Type is a single page with a title (page title) and a single widget block with an introduction (optional), a single assessment type widget, and a caption (optional). Assessments do provide an assessment score for the learner that is reported back for SCORM packages.

Accessing the Course Structure

1. While in the course, click the Course Structure icon on the left side of the page.

2. The Structure panel displays which shows the course’s start page, modules and lessons. You can click on the various lessons to navigate to a particular lesson in the course. Note that a yellow bullet will appear on the lesson that is currently open in the Course Editor.

Adding New Modules and Lessons

1. Access the Course Structure and click on Edit.

2. Hover over the top or bottom of any lesson or module block until a green “+” icon appears.

3. Click on the green “+” icon to display what can be added. Note that modules cannot contain other modules, and modules must contain at least one lesson. Select the item you wish to add.

4. Click on the pencil icon to name the new module/lesson.

Moving Modules or Lessons

1. Access the Course Structure and click on Edit.
    
2. Hover over any module or lesson to display the Actions Menu:

2. Click on the three-bar vertical iconfor the module or lesson that you would like to move. Drag it to the desired position within the course structure. In the example below, the Introduction lesson was dragged out of the Getting Started module and placed below it.

Copying a Module or Lesson

You can copy a module or lesson and reuse it to create similar items. This can help you build your course structure more quickly. Note that copying a module will copy both the module and any lessons that are contained in the module. If there is existing content in a lesson to be copied, the content will also be copied.  

1. Access the Course Structure and click on Edit.

2. Hover over the module or lesson that you wish to copy. Click the Copy icon from the Actions Menu. 

3. The selected module/lesson will be copied into the course structure with “COPY” added to the module/lesson name.

4. Click on the pencil icon to rename the module/lesson.

Deleting a Module or Lesson

1. Access the Course Structure and click on Edit.

2. Hover over the module or lesson you would like to delete.

3. Click on the Delete icon from the Actions Menu to delete the module or lesson. 

4. A message will pop up asking you to confirm the deletion. Click the word Delete to confirm that you want to delete this item. The selected item will then be deleted from the course. If you wish to keep the module/lesson, click on the “X” to cancel the deletion request.  Note that deletion of a module or lesson is permanent and cannot be undone.

Collapsing a Course Structure

If you have a course with many modules and lessons, you may want to collapse modules in the course that you are not currently working in. 

1. Access the Course Structure and click on Edit.

2. Hover over the module you would like to collapse.

3. Click the Collapse icon from the Actions Menu. 

4. Note that the module has collapsed, causing the lessons to no longer display, and the Collapse icon has changed to a plus sign. Click on the plus sign to expand the module.
    

Customizing the Course Structure Navigation

Update the look and feel of your course structure and navigation! Change the font, text color, progress bar color, and more in the Navigation tab of the Theme Templates area. Click here to read the help article.