<tr valign=top>
<td><P><? print_string("fullname") ?>:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fullname" size=50 value="<? p($form->fullname) ?>">
+ <? helpbutton("coursefullname", get_string("fullname")) ?>
<? formerr($err["fullname"]) ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td><P><? print_string("shortname") ?>:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="shortname" size=10 value="<? p($form->shortname) ?>">
+ <? helpbutton("courseshortname", get_string("shortname")) ?>
<? formerr($err["shortname"]) ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td><P><? print_string("summary") ?>:</td>
<td><TEXTAREA NAME=summary COLS=50 ROWS=10 WRAP=virtual><? p($form->summary) ?></TEXTAREA>
+ <? helpbutton("text", get_string("helptext")) ?>
<? formerr($err["summary"]) ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td><P><? print_string("enrolmentkey") ?>:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="password" size=25 value="<? p($form->password) ?>">
+ <? helpbutton("enrolmentkey", get_string("enrolmentkey")) ?>
<? formerr($err["password"]) ?>
</td>
</tr>
<td><?
$choices["0"] = get_string("guestsno");
$choices["1"] = get_string("guestsyes");
- choose_from_menu ($choices, "guest", $form->guest, "") ?>
+ choose_from_menu ($choices, "guest", $form->guest, "");
+ helpbutton("guestaccess", get_string("opentoguests")); ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td><P><? print_string("category") ?>:</td>
<td><?
choose_from_menu ($form->categories, "category", "$form->category", "");
+ helpbutton("coursecategory", get_string("category"));
formerr($err["category"]);
?>
</td>
"9" => "9 $newsitems",
"10" => "10 $newsitems");
choose_from_menu ($options, "newsitems", "$form->newsitems", "");
+ helpbutton("coursenewsitems", get_string("newsitemsnumber"));
formerr($err["newsitems"]);
?>
</td>
<td><P><? print_string("startdate") ?>:</td>
<td><?
print_date_selector("startday", "startmonth", "startyear", $form->startdate);
+ helpbutton("coursestartdate", get_string("startdate"));
formerr($err["startdate"]);
?></td>
</tr>
$sectionmenu[$i] = "$i";
}
choose_from_menu ($sectionmenu, "numsections", "$form->numsections");
+ helpbutton("coursenumsections", get_string("numberweeks"));
formerr($err["numsections"]);
?></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td><input type="submit" value="<? print_string("updatethiscourse") ?>"></td>
+ <td><input type="submit" value="<? print_string("savechanges") ?>"></td>
</TABLE>
<INPUT type="hidden" name="id" value="<?=$course->id ?>">
</FORM>
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Categories</B></P>
+
+<P>Your Moodle administrator may have set up several
+ course categories.
+
+<P>For example, "Science", "Humanities", "Public Health" etc
+
+<P>Choose the one most applicable for your course. This
+ choice will affect where your course is displayed on the
+ course listing and may make it easier for students to
+ find your course.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Full name</B></P>
+
+<P>The full name of the course is displayed at the top of the screen and in the course listings.</P>
+
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course News Items</B></P>
+
+<P>A special forum called "News" appears in the
+ "weekly" and "topics" course formats. It's
+ a good place to post notices for all students
+ to see. (By default, all students are subscribed
+ to this forum, and will receive your notices by
+ email.)
+
+<P>This setting determines how many recent items
+ appear on your course home page, in a news box
+ down the right-hand side.
+
+<P>If you set it to "0 news items" then the news
+ box won't even appear.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Number of Weeks/Topics</B></P>
+
+<P>This setting is only used by the 'weekly' and 'topics'
+ course formats.
+
+<P>In the 'weekly' format, it specifies the number of weeks
+ that the course will run for, starting from the
+ course starting date.
+
+<P>In the 'topics' format, it specifies the number of topics
+ in the course.
+
+<P>Both of these translate to the number of "boxes" down the
+ middle of the course page.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course short name</B></P>
+
+<P>Many institutions have a shorthand way of referring to a course, such as
+ BP102 or COMMS. Even you don't already have such a name for your course,
+ make one up here. It will be used in several places where the long name
+ isn't appropriate (such us in the subject line of email).</P>
+
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Start Date</B></P>
+
+<P>This is where you specify the starting time of the
+ course (in your own timezone).
+
+<P>If you are using a 'weekly' course format, this will
+ affect the display of the weeks. The first week will
+ start on the date you set here.
+
+<P>This setting will not affect courses using the
+ 'social' or 'topics' formats.
+
+<P>However, one place this setting will be affect is
+ the display of logs, which use this date as the earliest
+ possible date you can display.
+
+<P>In general, if your course does have a real starting date
+ then it makes sense to set this date to that, no matter
+ what course formats you are using.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Enrolment Key</B></P>
+
+<P>A course enrolment key is what keeps unwanted people
+ out of your course.
+
+<P>If you leave this blank, then anyone who has created
+ a Moodle username on this site will be able to enrol
+ in your course.
+
+<P>If you put something here, then students who are trying
+ to get in for the FIRST TIME ONLY will be asked to supply
+ this word or phrase. (If you have also turned on
+ guest access then guests will be challenged for the
+ key EVERY TIME they log in).
+
+<P>The idea is that you will supply the key to authorised
+ people using another means like private email, snail mail,
+ on the phone or even verbally in a face to face class.
+
+<P>If this password "gets out" and you have unwanted people
+ enrolling, you can unenrol them (see their user profile page)
+ and change this key. Any legitimate students who have already enrolled will
+ not be affected, but the unwanted people won't be able
+ to get back in.
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Guest Access</B></P>
+
+<P>You have the choice of allowing "guests" into your course
+
+<P>People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button
+ on the login screen.
+
+<P>Guests have "read-only" access - meaning they can't leave
+ any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students.
+
+<P>This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to
+ look around at your work, or to let students see a course before
+ they have decided to enrol.
+
+<P>If you also set an enrolment key (usually a good idea),
+ then the guest user will be challenged to provide the
+ enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in to the course.
+
