Designer Help Develop your unit

Working with Content Modules

• Adding a Content Module to your Unit
• Edit Murdoch Template Content Module pages
• Add Content (files) to a Content Module
• Update Student View

A Content Module contains pages of content such as unit information, notes, PowerPoint slides and quizzes. The content pages are organised into a Table of Contents, which students can use to access unit material. The Table of Contents is a hierarchy of headings and subheadings which are hyperlinked to files you have created or edited and uploaded to WebCT.

The Murdoch Template contains two Content Modules, Unit Information and Study Topics, with web pages (html files) to which you can add your own content. You can also add a Content Module to your unit.

As information in a Content Module is arranged in a hierarchical structure, you can add headings or sub-headings to provide more structure and then add files of content within those headings. You can edit the Murdoch template Content Module pages to include your own content.

After you have edited and uploaded template or new content pages, you will need to add Content to the Table of Contents and Update the Student View.

Adding a Content Module to your Unit

A WebCT unit can contain a number of Content Modules, each of which has a unique name. To add a Content Module:

• Login to WebCT and go to your unit's Homepage
• From the Options menu
• Select Add Page or Tool
• Select Content Module (as pictured below)

You will be prompted to enter Content Module details.

1. Enter a title for the Content Module e.g. Course Notes
2. Decide if you would like to show the link on the Course Menu
3. Decide if you would like to show the link on an Organizer Page such as the Homepage.
4. Choose to show an icon and/or a title
5. Click the Add button

The Content Module will be added to your WebCT unit.

Edit Murdoch Template Content Module pages

Unit Information and Study Topics have template files (web pages) added to their Tables of Contents. They are:

Unit Information

Introduction (File: unit_information/intro.htm)
Coordinator and Contacts (File: unit_information/contacts.htm)
How to study this unit (File: unit_information/how_to.htm)
Resources (File: unit_information/resources.htm)
Assessment Policy (File: unit_information/assess_p.htm)
Assessment Processes (File: unit_information/assess.htm)
Recent Exam Paper (File: unit_information/sample_e.htm)
Acknowledgements (File: unit_information/acknowl.htm)

Study Topics

Topic 1 (File: content/topic1.htm)

To edit the template webpages:

• Download the files to your computer
• Edit the web pages using Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Upload the pages into WebCT

Add Content (files) to a Content Module

To add files to the Table of Contents:

• Go to the Content Module e.g. Study Topics
• Select the Designer Options tab
• From the Designer Menu, select Add Files

Or use Word to save files and upload into WebCT.

See How to include your Unit Information and Learning Guide in a WebCT Unit.

You will now be able to select the files you want to add to your Table of Contents.

Files already added to the module's Table of Contents have an asterisk (*) beside them, as pictured below. Files already added to a Table of Contents cannot be added to the same Table of Contents again.

• Click the Add button once you have selected your files

To edit the titles which appear in the Table of Contents from the Designer Menu:

• Click Edit Titles
• Edit the names of your Files
• Click the Update button

Update Student View

To ensure students can see the added files, you will need to Update the Student View.

• Select the Designer Options tab
• From Options: Content Module
• Select the Update Student View button
• Select Update entire course
• Click the Update button

Students will now be able to view changes made to the Table of Contents and content pages.