Course Widgets

In addition to the standard content that you can add to your course, you can also choose to display additional information about the course using one or more widgets that will be displayed in the course player page or in the course overview page, depending on the course settings. To do so, while in the Training Material tab for e-learning courses and in the Sessions and Enrolments tab for classroom and webinar courses, click on the Add Course Widgets button and select one of the available widgets listed in the dropdown menu.

Let’s go through the purpose of each widget.

Course Description Widget

This widget is used to display the course description to learners. As an option, this widget can also show the course additional fields, if configured. In order to show them, once the widget is activated, press the cog icon in the widget area, then press Settings from the dropdown menu. Now, under the option to show the course description, type the additional fields that you want to show in the widget into the corresponding text box. When you’re finished, press Save Changes.

Forum Widget

This widget allows you to activate a Forum Area collecting one or multiple thread of discussion where learners can get in touch or contact the course instructors. Use the editing buttons plus, cross, and cog icons to create a new discussion in the widget, move existing discussions, edit and delete them. When creating a new forum, set its title and description, and identify whether the discussion is locked or not. A locked discussion is only accessible to the course instructors and tutors.

Using the arrow, edit, or delete buttons in the discussion’s row to reply, edit or delete the existing discussion. To create a new discussion, select the Start a new discussion button in the action bar at the top of the forum page. To block the answers in a discussion select Lock forum. You can re-open the forum at any time by clicking Re-Open Forum. By selecting each discussion, you can access and display the replies as well as the control panel.

Comments Widget

By activating this widget, learners will be able to post, comment, or ask questions on the course dashboard. This area can be used by the instructor to welcome course members, assign tasks, or give general feedback on the progress of course activities, as well as for showing the questions and answers posted in the forum widget.

Files and Links Widget

This widget allows you to activate a dedicated section in which you and other users can drop materials and make them available for download in order to create an independent section of material.

Supported file types are: zip, doc, xls, ppt, jpg, gif, png, txt ,docx, pptx, xlsx, pdf, flv, ods, odt, odp, csv.

Instructor Widget

This widget allows users to view the course’s instructors and to get in touch with them via email by clicking on the envelope icon.

Session Info Widget

This widget is only available for ILT Classroom courses or Webinar courses and displays the information related to the user progress in the course: enrolment dates, last access, certificate status, time spent navigating the course, and the percentage of completion.