Create New Courses in Moodle based on existing templates using Course Creator plugin

Moodle LMS is one of the most wonderful and easily customizable learning management system in the world. The use of Moodle plugins allows you to extend the features in many areas from themes, blocks, course formats, authentication, enrollment etc. In this post we will see about the Course Creator Moodle plugin which allows you to create new courses based on the previous courses or templates.

The Course Creator Moodle plugin offers you a quicker way to create courses based on existing (course) templates. It also gives the ability to group templates based on schools, departments, users, etc. Courses can be created based on an existing course within the category, based on a template that is added in any category and as a blank course.

Course Creator Moodle plugin can be downloaded from the official Moodle plugins repository here. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a new Moodle plugin. Once installed, let’s see how you can use the Course Creator plugin.

  • Navigate to Site Administration > Plugins > Local > Course Creator to configure the plugin.
  • You can add schools/templates here.
  • Now Go to the Course Category where you want to add the new courses. You will see the ‘Course Creator’ under the primary navigation or course category management menu.
  • Choose Blank, Template or from a previous course
    Course Creator
    Course Creator

     

This seems to be a very good plugin which addresses the Teacher’s problems at the beginning of an academic year or a programme. As a teacher you can easily create new courses for new session using this plugin using the previous courses as templates.

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