Add Widgets to Courses

Shows the course description to learners. This widget can also be used to show learners the additional fields configured in the Additional Fields tab of Learning Setup > Courses and Learning Plans > Courses.

To configure the widget to show additional fields:

1. Click the settings icon (), and then select Settings in the drop-down list.
2. Do one or all of the following:
   • If you want to hide the course description, clear the Show course description checkbox.
   • If you want to show the skills associated for the course, select the Show the skills associated to the course checkbox.
   • If you want to use additional fields, enter them in the Show the following additional fields textbox.
3. Click Save Changes.

Allows learners and other users to add supplemental materials for the course.

To configure the widget:

1. Click the settings icon (), and then select Settings in the drop-down list.
2. Do the following:
   • Select the Allow normal users to upload files checkbox if you want to allow users without special permission for the course to create folders, upload files, and link URLs in the widget.
   • Select a File visibility option to specify whether uploaded files are visible to everyone or only to specific groups. When you choose the Select enrollment levels option, the Learner, Tutor, and Instructor checkboxes are shown so you can select the specific groups with access. Enrollment levels that aren't assigned visibility to the files can still see the widget and its folders but can't see the files within the folders.
   • Enter a value in the File limit field to set the maximum number of files that each user can upload to the widget. Set this value to zero for an unlimited number of uploads. The File limit field is only enabled if you selected the Allow normal users to upload files checkbox. If the checkbox is cleared, only Super Administrators, Instructors, and Power Users can create folders, upload files, and link URLs in the widget.
3. Click Save Changes.

After adding the widget, you can click the add icon () to add folders, files, or URLs. When you add a file or URL, you can specify whether it will be visible to all users or only to selected enrollment levels. For ILT courses, the upload dialog box includes a File Visibility tab where you can specify visibility for specific course sessions.

Note: This widget supports the following file types: zip, doc, xls, ppt, jpg, gif, png, txt, docx, pptx, xlsx, pdf, flv, ods, odt, odp, csv.

Shows content from an external URL.

To configure the widget:

1. Click the settings icon (), and then select Settings in the drop-down list.
2. Enter a title for the iframe, the URL of the website that you want to show (this website can't be an internal platform page), set the widget height in pixels, and select an OAuth client.
3. Click Save Changes.

Allows you to create one or more threads of discussion where learners can interact with one another and contact the course instructors.

To adjust the forum settings:

1. Click the settings icon (), and then select Settings in the drop-down list.
2. Use the fields to set a word limit for posts and replies, enable ratings and specify a display mode, enable the ability to rate posts and comments as helpful, and specify whether files can be uploaded, as needed.
3. Click Save Changes.

To add discussion threads:

1. Click the add icon (), and then enter a title and description for the forum thread.
2. Specify whether the discussion is locked. Locked discussions are only visible to the course instructors and tutors.
3. Click Save Changes.

You can view posts and replies for the discussions in the forum by clicking the title in the widget. Access to discussions in a forum widget depends on user level as follows:

• Administrators and instructors have full permission to create, change, and delete existing discussions, as well as entire forums.
• Learners can only create new discussions or participate in existing ones.

To create a new discussion, select the Start a new discussion button at the top of the forum page. To block the answers in a discussion, click Lock forum. You can reopen the forum at any time by clicking Re-Open Forum.