Adding courses and Categories

Scenario:

Assume: You are an educational administrator at a university offering a Bachelor of Science (BSc) program in Information Technology (IT). As part of your responsibilities, you need to set up the Moodle platform to facilitate online learning for the IT program. You want to organize the IT courses under a dedicated category and add two core courses, "Networking" and "Software Engineering," for the upcoming semester.

Each participants will create their categories following the convention of prefixing their university name, followed by the course category, such as Eg: " UOP- BSc in IT" Additionally, within the main category "BSC - IT," there will be two subcategories: "Semester 01" and "Semester 02," with Semester 01 containing core courses like "Networking" and "Software Engineering.

01. Log in to Moodle and Access Course Management:

Log in to Moodle and navigate to "Site administration."

02. Locate Course Management Options:

Select "Manage courses and categories" under "Courses."

03. Create the Main Category "BSC - IT":

Create a main category named "BSC - IT" prefixed with the university name (e.g., "UOP - BSC - IT"). Provide a description and save.

04. Create Subcategories for Semesters:

Within "BSC - IT," create subcategories "Semester 01" and "Semester 02" with descriptions. Save each subcategory.

05.Add Courses to "Semester 01"

Navigate into "Semester 01" and click "Add a new course."

06. Create the "Networking" Course:

Create a course named "Networking" with a description, course format, start date, and enrollment method. Save the course.

Repeat step 6 to create a course named "Software Engineering" within "Semester 01," including description, format, start date, and enrollment options. Save the course.