What is a Course Curriculum?
A course curriculum is a structured and organized plan of what you want to teach and how you want to teach it. It consists of different elements, such as:
Lesson materials: These are the content that you provide to your students, such as videos, texts, presentations, audios, files, etc. You can choose from different types of lesson materials, depending on your needs and preferences.
Exams: These are the assessments that you use to test your students’ knowledge and skills, such as assignments, quizzes, etc. You can also choose from different types of exams, depending on your goals and requirements.
Course sessions: These are the parts of the course that group together related lesson materials and exams. You can use course sessions to divide your course into different chapters, modules, units, etc.
Why Course Curriculum Matters?
A course curriculum is essential for online education because it helps you:
Define your learning objectives: By creating a course curriculum, you can clearly state what you want your students to learn and achieve by the end of the course.
Design your learning activities: By creating a course curriculum, you can select the most appropriate and effective lesson materials and exams for your learning objectives.
Organize your learning process: By creating a course curriculum, you can arrange your lesson materials and exams in a logical and coherent order that facilitates learning and retention.
Communicate your expectations: By creating a course curriculum, you can inform your students about what they need to do and how they will be evaluated throughout the course.
In this guide, you will learn what a course curriculum is, why it is important, and how to set it up step by step.
How to Set Up Your Course Curriculum with Eduqat
To set up your course curriculum with Eduqat, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Create the Course
Before you can set up your course curriculum, you need to create the course first. You can do this in two ways:
Create from scratch: This option allows you to create a new course from scratch by filling in the basic information, such as title, description, category, price, etc.
Create with Eduqat Smart AI: This option allows you to create a new course with the help of Eduqat Smart AI, which will generate a suggested course outline based on your input keywords.
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To learn how to create a course from scratch, click here.
To learn how to create a course with Eduqat Smart AI, click here.
Step 2: Add Lesson Materials
After creating the course, you can start adding lesson materials to it. Lesson materials are the content that you provide to your students to help them learn. You can choose from eight different types of lesson materials:
Video: This type allows you to upload or embed a video file that contains audio and visual information.
Rich Text: This type allows you to write or paste a text that contains formatted text, images, links, etc.
Presentation: This type allows you to upload or embed a presentation file that contains slides with text, images, animations, etc.
Audio: This type allows you to upload or embed an audio file that contains sound information.
PDF: This type allows you to upload or embed a PDF file that contains text, images, graphs, etc.
File: This type allows you to upload or embed any other file type that contains relevant information for your course.
Embed: This type allows you to embed any external content that supports HTML code, such as YouTube videos, Google Forms, etc.
Text: This type allows you to write or paste a plain text that contains unformatted text.
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To learn about how to add the lesson material above in each detail, click here.
Step 3: Add Exams
After adding lesson materials to your course, you can also add exams to it. Exams are the assessments that you use to test your students’ knowledge and skills. You can choose from three different types of exams:
Assignment: This type allows you to create an open-ended task that requires your students to submit a file or a text as their answer. You can also set a deadline and a grading criteria for each assignment.
Quiz: This type allows you to create a closed-ended task that requires your students to choose the correct answer from multiple options. You can also set a time limit and a scoring system for each quiz.
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To learn about how to add an assignment, click here.
To learn about how to add a quiz, click here.
Step 4: Add Course Sessions
After adding lesson materials and exams to your course, you can also add course sessions to it. Course sessions are the parts of the course that group together related lesson materials and exams. You can use course sessions to divide your course into different chapters, modules, units, etc.
To add a course session to your course:
Scroll down to the bottom of the Course Editor page and click on the + Add Session button.
Give a title and a description for each course session.
Drag and drop the lesson materials and exams that you want to include in each course session or create a new one.
Conclusion
By following these steps, you can set up your course curriculum with Eduqat in an easy and smart way. A course curriculum is a vital component of online education, as it helps you define, design, organize, and communicate your learning objectives and activities. With Eduqat, you can create and customize your course curriculum with different types of lesson materials, exams, and course sessions, depending on your needs and preferences.
FAQs
How to delete a course session?
To delete a course session:
Click on the three dots icon on the right side of the course session title that you want to delete.
Click on Delete.
How to delete a lesson material or an exam?
To delete a lesson material or an exam:
Click on the three dots icon on the right side of the lesson material or exam title that you want to delete.
Click on Delete.
How to rearrange the order of lesson materials, exams, or course sessions?
To rearrange the order of lesson materials, exams, or course sessions:
Click on the dots icon on the left side of the lesson material, exam, or course session title that you want to rearrange.
Drag and drop it to the desired position.
