Can a child course also display content?

Can a child course also display content?

by Beatriz Rojo -
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Hi there,

I have a scenario where I thought a metacourse and different child courses would be useful, but I made a test and this approach seems not to be what I thought or I might be missing something. This is the structure:

  • Metacourse contains common resources and activities for all new hires.
  • Child course A contains specific content for Project Managers.
  • Child course B contains specific content for Sales department.

I thought that I could also add content to a child course so that a user enrolled in Child course A would see the content of the metacourse (common) and of the Child course A (specific), but I haven't achieved it - the content I add in a child course is just not being displayed. Is this an expected behaviour or am I missing something?

Of course, I can work with groups, categories, and independent courses as we do now, but I thought the metacourse would be more efficient.

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Re: Can a child course also display content?

by Helen Foster -
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Hi Beatriz,

By 'metacourse' I assume you are referring to the Course meta link? If so, then the functionality is only for automatically enrolling users in the course - nothing happens with course content.

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Re: Can a child course also display content?

by Beatriz Rojo -
Thanks, Helen, yes I mean Course meta link. OK, now I understand better its functionality 😊
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Re: Can a child course also display content?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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The Meta thing is just an enrolment. It doesn't transport any content.

That doesn't mean, you can't have content in the child courses - but the content of a child course is only for those who are enrolled in it. In your case the Project Managers can participate in courses A and C (the meta course), the Sales Dept. in the courses B and C. That's it.
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Re: Can a child course also display content?

by Beatriz Rojo -
Thanks, Visvanath. For this scenario, I see combining groups and permissions as a more efficient approach smile
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Re: Can a child course also display content?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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In fact Cohorts were supposed to replace the Meta course link. But it clings on. ;)
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