Course formatCourse or Learning Path?
Good to know:
There are 3 variants of OpenOlat courses: the conventional course, the learning path, and the course with learning progress. You can find further information in the OpenOlat Help on Course Creation.
You can check which format is suitable for your course based on the following criteria.
Use of learning paths:
- Regular, time-specific activities in the course
- Progression of teaching content
- Learning status display and learning path report for improved participant tracking
- Linear course structuring
- Menu navigation without icons
- Control via exceptions
- Suitable for:
- Certification
- Self-study
- Preparation and follow-up in blended learning
- Refresher
Use of learning paths with learning progress:
- Without fixed sequence
- With learning progress
- Menu navigation with icons
- Control via exceptions
- Suitable for:
- Self-service course
- Refresher
- Seminars
Use of courses:
- Content independence of the course contents from one another
- Independence from the temporal and content-related progress of the semester
- Provision of documents
- Information and organization/coordination
- Equal exchange of information
- Working in groups
- More complex course control (access and visibility restrictions)
- Menu navigation with icons
- Control via extended rules
- Suitable for:
- Self-service course
- Refresher
- Seminars
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise mentioned in the help cards, the term course refers to conventional courses. If learning path courses are meant, this is explicitly mentioned.
Already existing, conventional courses can be converted into learning path courses. During conversion, a copy of the course is created. Additionally, the learning path course cannot be converted into a conventional course.
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