Renaming a Course
Good to know
An existing course title is changed in two places: the course editor and the course info page.
How to proceed
- In your course, click on Course editor under Administration.
- The course editor opens.
- Check in the course structure on the left that the top course element is selected.
- In the Title and description tab, enter the new title under Short title (displayed in the structure on the left). If necessary, also change the Title (displayed in the center of the course view) and Save the entries.
- Do not use umlauts and avoid all other special characters except (), /\, -_. For clarity, use the following routine:
Title_ possibly degree program _ (Your surname). Example: Marketing (Huebner)
- Do not use umlauts and avoid all other special characters except (), /\, -_. For clarity, use the following routine:
- Click on Publish in the course editor (top right).
- The window Publish changes to course elements opens.
- Publishing means that changes made in the editor become active in the course view.
- Click Next.
- In the following two steps, the access to the course and the catalog entry are defined.
- Click Finish.
- Close the course editor with the red cross (top right).
- In the opening course view, the changed title is displayed in the course structure (left) and possibly in the course view (center). The title change has not been applied to the course info page and the catalog.
- Select Settings under Administration.
- Here, too, change the Title of learning resource and, if necessary, the Description.
- Save the entry at the bottom of the page and close the window with the cross (top right).
- The changes are updated immediately in the course info and the catalog.
The entry in your course list My entries may take a while. However, it should be completed by the next login at the latest.
- The changes are updated immediately in the course info and the catalog.