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A course is a sequence of modules for teaching subject topics in a specific order. A different course author may use the same modules in another course, presenting them in a different order. This allows each module to be reused by many people in different ways. A course is conceptually an outline of the sequence of modules. Courses can contain:
- Module pointers
- Note: A course does not actually contain modules -- it merely refers to them via module pointers. When selecting modules for the course outline, course authors may choose to lock a pointer to a specific version of the module or allow the it to track the latest version (See version control).
- Groups
- These are containers under a course and may be used to group modules into chapters, sub-chapters and so on. Each group has a title field, and may contain other groups or module pointers.
Courses also have associated properties:
- Metadata
- In addition to the common metadata
fields, courses may provide the following
fields if the course is being offered at an educational institution:
- institution
- The name of institution offering the course
- code
- The code used to refer to this course at the institution
- instructor
- The name of the instructor teaching the course
- homepage
- The URL of a website with general information about the course: syllabus, course handouts, homework, etc.
- Customizations
- To promote broader reuse and sharing of modules,
Connexions allows course authors a degree of customization of the
modules in the course. These customizations are viewed within the
context of the course (see modules in context)
and are considered to be part of the course, not part of the module
- Replacement links
- Course authors can override the module authors' links and provide their own list of "see also" links that display when the module is viewed within the context of the course
- Annotations
- Course authors can provide notes to the reader at specific points in a module, similar to margin notes or annotations in a printed document.
- Display parameters
- Connexions allows course authors to customize the way a module looks when presented as part of the course. This includes choices in mathematical notation.
