Courses and Modules Overview

What are courses and modules?

Courses and modules are the two organizing layers between a Learning Program and the lessons your learners complete. A course groups related training around a specific workflow, role, or knowledge area. A module breaks that course into smaller sections, each built around a single learning objective.

Together they give a Learning Program its shape, so content stays findable as a program grows from a handful of lessons to a few hundred.

Each level sits inside the one above it, so a lesson always belongs to a module, a module always belongs to a course, and a course always belongs to a Learning Program.

Why does this structure matter?

For learners, the structure makes training easier to follow, because related content arrives together instead of as a scattered list. For administrators and content developers, it makes a growing library manageable.

Where do you work with courses and modules?

Both live on the Courses Overview screen, which you reach from the main menu.

The screen shows three panels side by side: Courses, Modules, and Lessons. Selecting a course in the left panel fills the Modules panel with that course's modules, and selecting a module fills the Lessons panel. You stay on one screen and drill down in place rather than navigating away.

Each row shows the item's title, how many children it contains, and when it was last updated. The ... menu at the right of each row holds the actions for that item.

Courses are listed alphabetically and cannot be reordered. Modules and lessons can be dragged into whatever order you want learners to meet them. See Organize Modules.

What actions are available?

Courses and modules share most of their actions, and both menus open from the ... at the right of a row. Modules have two additional options because a module can be relocated between courses, while a course sits directly under the Learning Program.

Articles in this section

• Create a Course or Module — add a new course to a program or a new module to a course.
• Edit a Course or Module — change a title, description, or thumbnail image.
• Organize Modules — reorder modules within a course and move or copy them between courses.
• Publish and Unpublish a Course or Module — control what learners can see.
• Archive a Course or Module — retire content you no longer deliver.

FAQ

What is the difference between a course and a module? A course groups related training around a workflow, role, or knowledge area. A module is a section inside a course built around a single learning objective. Courses hold modules, and modules hold lessons.

Do I have to create a course before I can create a module? Yes. A module lives inside a course, so the course has to exist first. On the Courses Overview screen the option to add a module stays inactive until you select a course.

Where do I manage courses and modules? On the Courses Overview screen, which you reach from the main menu under your program's Studio section.

Can a module belong to more than one course? A module lives in one course at a time. Use Copy To to place a copy in another course, or Move To to relocate it.

Why does the Modules menu have more options than the Courses menu? Because a module can be relocated. Copy To and Move To let you place a module in a different course, and a course has no equivalent since it sits directly under the Learning Program.

Why is Translate greyed out? Translation options become available when more than one language is enabled for the Learning Program. See Language Settings in Learning Program Settings.

Can I change the order courses appear in? No. Courses are listed alphabetically. Modules and lessons can be dragged into a new order within their parent.

Is anything ever permanently deleted? No. Nothing in Skyllful is a hard delete. Archiving retires content and removes it from your active list, and Skyllful Support can restore it if you archive something in error.

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