.. _Manage Course Units: ######################### Manage Course Units ######################### .. tags:: educator, how-to .. contents:: :local: :depth: 1 .. _Create a Unit: ******************** Create a Unit ******************** You can create a unit from the outline or create a unit in the same subsection from the unit page. .. START CREATE A UNIT To create a unit from the outline, follow these steps. #. In the outline, expand the subsection in which you want to create a new unit. #. Select **New Unit** at the bottom of the expanded subsection. A new unit is created at the end of the subsection and the blank unit editor opens. .. image:: /_images/Educators_blank_unit.png :alt: A new, blank unit. #. Click the pencil icon to edit and enter the name for the new unit.A descriptive name can help learners locate content in the course. It can also help you select content when you analyze performance in reporting and analytics systems. #. :ref:`Add components` to the new unit as needed. .. END CREATE A UNIT To create a unit from a unit page, follow these steps. #. In the **Unit Navigation Bar** area, select **New Unit**. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/unit_location.png :alt: The Unit Navigation Bar on the Unit page. :width: 660 The unit page for the new unit opens automatically. #. On the unit page, the unit name is selected. Supply an identifying name. A descriptive name can help learners locate content in the course. It can also help you select content when you analyze performance in reporting and analytics systems. #. :ref:`Add components` to the new unit as needed. You must then :ref:`publish the unit` to make it visible to learners. .. _Edit a Unit: ************** Edit a Unit ************** You can edit a unit in the following ways. * Edit the unit name * Add components to units * Reorganize Components in Units When you make any of these changes, if you previously published the unit, the state changes to :ref:`Draft Unpublished Changes`. You must then :ref:`publish the unit` to make your edits visible to learners. If you are designing your course to :ref:`offer different content` to different groups of learners, you can also :ref:`Set access restrictions for the unit` to specify which learner groups a unit is available to. ============================== Edit the Unit Name ============================== To edit a unit name, on the unit page in Studio, select **Pencil Icon** next to the name. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/unit-edit-icon.png :alt: The Edit icon for the unit name with the mouseover help showing. :width: 300 The name field becomes editable. Enter the new name, and then tab or click outside of the field to save the name. ============================== Reorganize Components in Units ============================== You can reorganize components within a unit by dragging and dropping them to new locations. To change the location of a component, move your mouse pointer over the **Drag to reorder** handle on the component toolbar. The pointer changes to a four- headed arrow. You can then drag the component to the location that you want. In the image that follows, two handle icons are highlighted. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/unit-drag-selected.png :alt: A unit page with two components with the drag handle highlighted. A gray outline indicates where the component will land when you release the mouse button. For example, in the image below, the text component is being moved to the top of the unit. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/unit-drag-moved.png :alt: A component being dragged to a new location. .. _Delete a Unit: ******************************** Delete a Unit ******************************** You delete a unit from the course outline in Studio. When you delete a unit, you delete all components within the unit. .. warning:: You cannot restore course content after you delete it. To ensure that you do not delete any content that you need later, move the unit to a hidden section or subsection instead of deleting it. To delete a unit, follow these steps. #. On the course outline page in Studio, select the **Delete** option from the kebab menu of the unit you want to delete. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/unit-delete.png :alt: The Course Outline page with the Delete option for a unit highlighted. #. When you receive the confirmation prompt, select **delete** to confirm. .. _Preview a Unit: **************************** Preview a Unit **************************** You preview a unit to review and test the content before it is visible to learners. You can preview a unit before it is published and before the course is live. In a live course, after the unit is published and if there are no pending changes, previewing a unit is exactly the same as viewing the live version of the unit. To preview the unit, select **Preview** above the status panel in the Studio unit page. The unit opens in preview mode in the LMS. .. note:: When you are revising a previously published unit, it can be helpful to preview your changes in one browser window and :ref:`view the published unit` in a second window. For information about previewing and testing content, see :ref:`Testing Your Course Content`. .. _Publish a Unit: **************************** Publish a Unit **************************** Publishing a unit makes the current version of the unit in Studio available to learners. In an instructor-paced course, the release dates for the section and subsection must also have passed for learners to access a published unit. You publish a unit that has a status of :ref:`Draft Never Published` or :ref:`Draft Unpublished Changes`. When you publish a unit, the status changes to Published and Live or Published Not Yet Released. You can publish a unit from the unit page or the course outline. For more information about instructor-paced and self-paced courses, see :ref:`Course Pacing`. ======================================= Use the Unit Page to Publish a Unit ======================================= To publish the unit, select **Publish** in the status panel. ======================================= Use the Outline to Publish a Unit ======================================= To publish a unit from the outline, select the **Publish** option from the kebab (3-dot) menu of the unit. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/outline-publish-icon-unit.png :alt: The Course Outline page the publish option highlighted for a unit. .. _Discard Changes to a Unit: **************************** Discard Changes to a Unit **************************** When you modify a published unit, your changes are saved in Studio, though the changes are not visible to learners until you publish the unit again. If you decide that you never want to publish your changes, you can discard the changes so that Studio reverts to the last published version of the unit. To discard changes and revert the Studio version of the unit to the last published version, select **Discard Changes** in the status panel. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/discard_draft_changes.png :width: 300 :alt: The Course Outline page the publish option highlighted for a unit. .. caution:: When you discard changes to a unit, the changes are permanently deleted. You cannot retrieve discarded changes or undo the action. .. _View a Published Unit: **************************** View a Published Unit **************************** To view the last published version of a unit in the LMS, select **View Live Version** at the top of the page. The unit page opens in the LMS in Staff view. You might be prompted to log in to the LMS. If the unit status is :ref:`Draft Unpublished Changes`, you do not see your changes in the LMS until you publish the unit again. If the unit status is :ref:`Draft Never Published`, **View Live Version** is not enabled. For information about viewing and testing content, see :ref:`Testing Your Course Content`. .. seealso:: :ref:`Guide to Course Content Development` (reference) :ref:`Create a New Course` (how-to) :ref:`About the Course Outline` (concept) :ref:`Manage Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`Modify Settings for Objects in the Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`Publish Content from the Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`About Course Sections` (concept) :ref:`About Course Subsections` (concept) :ref:`About Course Units` (concept) :ref:`Manage Course Sections` (how-to) :ref:`Manage Course Subsections` (how-to) :ref:`View as Learner` (how-to) **Maintenance chart** +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+ | Review Date | Working Group Reviewer | Release |Test situation | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+ | 2025-03-19 | John (Curricu.me) | Sumac | Pass | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+