The learning environment has excellent support for instructor-led and blended training. If you are offering instructor-led training sessions, it is recommended that you add one (1) course per topic and then add an activity called "Face-to-face" in the course to manage the multiple classroom sessions/dates. DO NOT ADD ONE COURSE PER SESSION. Read the "Advantages of the Face-to-face Activity" section at the bottom of this page to understand the benefits of adding one course per date.
To manage classroom sessions, you need to do the following:
- Add a "Face-to-face" activity to your course.
- Add sessions/dates to the "Face-to-face" activity
To add the "Face-to-face" activity:
- Go to the course in question
- Turn editing on (if it is not turned on already)
- Click the "Add an activity or resource" hyperlink
- Double-click the "Face-to-face" activity from the list
- Configure the settings for the "Face-to-face" activity as per your requirements
- Click on the "Save and display" button at the bottom of the page
Once the "Face-to-face" activity is added, you can then add sessions/dates and specify other information like the location of the session, the instructor, the number of seats available, etc.
To add a session:
- Make sure you are viewing the "Face-to-face" activity you created in the steps above. (If you followed the steps above, you are already viewing it. Otherwise, return to the topic outline for the course in question and click on the hyperlinked "Face-to-face" activity in question.)
- Click on the "Add a new session" hyperlink, which appears in the "Upcoming sessions" section
- Configure the settings for the session in question as per your requirements
- Click on the "Save changes" button at the bottom of this page
- Repeat for each classroom session
Note that if a single session has two or more dates and the participant needs to attend both dates in order to complete the course, you should only add one (1) session and click on the "Add a new date" button when configuring the session as per step 3 above. On the other hand, if a session is given once a month and a learner only has to attend one of the dates in order to complete the course, then you should repeat steps 1-5 for each session.