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Course custom fields

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Description

Course custom fields allow you to add extra course information, for example skill level or hours of effort. Check Moodle documentation to know how to use course custom fields.

Moodle documentation: Course custom fields.

Additionally, in New Learning theme you can use dedicated custom fields to add course extra information to be displayed on:

Field - intro text

To add course intro text field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2intro and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Add your custom course intro text .

Field - skills

To add course skills field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2skills and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Type course skills on separate lines .

Field - requirements

To add course requirements field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2requirements and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Type course requirements on separate lines .

Field - web video

To add course web video (YouTube, Vimeo, aparat.com) field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type SHORT TEXT.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2video and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Insert a video URL into the video custom field .

Field - local video

To add course local video field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2video_local and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Insert a video into the local video custom field .

Field - image

To add course image field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2image and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Insert an image into the image custom field .

Field - section

To add course section field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type TEXT AREA.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2section and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Add a custom section text, for example course certificate information .

With the link field you can set custom link for the Enrol now button on a course enrolment page. This is a great feature if you want to redirect users to an external registration page.

To add course link field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type SHORT TEXT.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2link and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Add a custom link.

Field - badge

To add course badge field:

  1. Go to: Site administration → Courses → Course custom fields.
  2. Add a new custom field type SHORT TEXT.
  3. Set the Short name option to mb2badge and click the Save changes button.
  4. Then go to course and edit course settings.
  5. Add a course badge .