Why create a Moodle course on your own?

• Create your own development space.
• Create a course that spans semesters; a resource course for a department or for a topic.
• Teach multiple sections of the same course? Combine them into one.
• Planning a course for a future semester and it hasn't been added by the Registrar's office? Create a workspace for it and the information can be moved to the offical course later.

Viewing your Moodle courses:

1. Log into the WittLink Portal
2. In the left column under Academics, click "My Moodle Courses"
3. When you select "My Moodle Courses" all Moodle courses currently assigned to you appear on the Portal page; this includes the official courses created for you by the Registrar and any unofficial courses created by you. You may add as many unofficial courses as you wish. An unofficial course may be associated with existing courses (to combine sections or separate courses) or it may have no associations at all (development area).

To create an independent (not merging courses) unofficial course:

1. Click "Create New Course"
2. Select a term from the dropdown box
3. Select a department from the dropdown box (most people only have one department listed)
4. Name the course - do not use spaces and keep it under 20 characters

When you select a term, you choose a current, future, or "Development" term. The "Development" term has no expiration date while the other terms are tied to the dates they represent. (Students can access courses in the Development term; all you need to do is add the course section or student names as necessary each semester.)

The department selection depends on your departments. If you are associated with more than one department, select the department where the new course fits.

The course name is any name you wish to add to the course. The course name that you use is only a part of the full name given to the class. The full name of the new course includes the term, department, your account name and, the name you add to the course. Example: 06FA-ART-xsmith-addedname for one associated with a semester.

To create a Merged course (A merged course is the combination of two or more existing courses.)

1. Click "Merge Existing Courses"
2. Check the box next to each of the courses to merge
3. Select a term from the dropdown box
4. Select a department from the dropdown box
5. Name the course - do not use spaces or special characters and keep it under 20 characters

Be sure to follow the first two steps. You are merging two or more courses. Step one -you set the merge option. Step two - you select the courses to merge. Naming the course is the same for both processes. The term, the department and the name are combined to make a full course name.