Date: July 2009

LIVEefc

Course Template

Content

Course Template- Why a course template;- Turning the editing button on;- Using the Edit icon;- Formatting a course title;- Inserting an image;- Create active email address links;- Creating a label;- Uploading important document and creating web links;- Inserting a table.

Why a course template?

• To show standardisation and coherence throughout the

schools.

• To have a “LIVEefc “ way.

• To avoid licensing infringement and plagiarism through

inappropriate referencing.

• To look professional.

Turn editing on button

Before you can format your course and make it your own, you must click on the “Turn editing on” button on the top right hand side of the web page.

Click “Edit” icon

When opened click on the edit icon of the section you want to change.

Click in the course category to locate your

course.

Course Title

Your course title should be formatted as below:

So Heading 1 (24pt), centred.

Course Image

You should also place a LANDSCAPE image below your title:

Course title with image

How do you upload an image?

Click on the “add an image” icon on the menu:

Remember, your image must be centred!

Image size

• Do not adjust it in the formatting window , instead pick up its bottom right tag and drag it in diagonally to reduce /increase its size. Then check values.

• Please note height is not relevant here.

Your image should be 550 pixels wide maximum.

Image referencing

Your image MUST be referenced adequately.

Please give the title of the image and the image source /copyright as in the “Alternate text window below.

This will show on mouse over.

Course introduction

Highlight your text, make it Trebuchet, 12pt, black and

remember to justify it.

Below your image, please add your course introduction / welcome.

Overview

Course Team

As below, please add the details of your course team members.

This should include their name, role, staff room, Tel number and email address.

Course team title formatting

Title of course team should be Trebuchet, 12pt, bold and black.

Course team details formatting

By pressing return after an email address, it should automatically become an active link.

If not, highlight the email address then click on the link button in the menu.

An insert link window opens

Delete “http:// and type in: mailto: + the email address

so for me it would be: vliogier@efc.ac.uk

Course overview

Creating a label

After your team details please add a section with the important course document.

This section should be introduced by a label. It can be created by going to:

Add a resource > Insert a label.

Labels are automatically formatted. So no need to amend the colour. Just remember to press return to leave a space between this section and the previous one.

Uploading important documents

Please upload below your student handbook, the course assessment schedule and create a link to the accreditation board.

( Please see either Induction training or Training 3B on how to upload resources and create web links)

Once uploaded this is what it should look like.

Timetable

Please repeat the process to create a timetable section.

So create label.

Insert an image of your timetable as seen previously.

Units / project subtitle

This should contain a square image with text on right.

Units / project table formatting

Cellspacing and padding is important to create a gap between your text/image and edges of the table.

As we do not want the table to be visible, its border = 0.

Click onTable button

Click on Edit

In order to organise image and text a table needs to be created

Units / project subtitle

This should contain a square image with text on right.

Units / project overview

Repeat process to create labels and

subsections within.

Conclusion

If you have any queries or need further guidance, please contact us on livesupport@efc.ac.uk

Remember we are here to answer your queries and help you get started …

We hope you enjoyed this session. Please apply this formatting to all the courses you create.

One easy way to do this is also to copy and paste from the master template or from the previous unit so all settings are in place, i.e.: tables, size of images, font, etc…

Thank you!