In this article you will learn:
How to create a custom course
Go to uLearn > Course Library.
Click + Create course in the top-right corner. This button is available from both the Catalogue and My Courses tabs.
This opens the uLearn – Create Course page on the Course tab. Fill in your course details here. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Course Title*: Give your course a name.
Course Description*: Give an overview of the course, so users know what it's about.
Source Language*: The main language of your course.
Additional Language(s): Any other languages users can select when taking the course. You can create slides in any supported language before adding it to this list.
Course Difficulty*: The level of the course.
Course Category*: The category the course belongs to.
Course Style: The style of the course.
Course Subject: The subject the course covers.
Course Icon*: Choose an icon from the list linked below the field, and enter the icon's ID (for example, vial), not its full URL or CSS class. If the icon is supported, a preview appears below the field.
Randomise Answer Order: Turn this on to show each question's answers in a random order.
Randomise Question Order: Turn this on to show questions in a random order.
You can change these details at any time, so don't worry if you make a mistake or want to update them later.
When you've finished, click Create Course at the bottom of the page.
Congratulations, you've just created a custom course! If you're a direct customer, skip ahead to How to add slides to a custom course.
To leave the page without creating a course, click Back to My Courses in the top-right corner.
How to give your customers access to a custom course
If you're an MSP or distributor, you can choose which customers have access to your custom course. On the uLearn – Create Course page, select the Access Control tab.
Select the checkbox to give all your customers access to the course, or choose specific customers from the drop-down list.
Customers you give access to will see the course in their My Courses tab, under Shared with you from [your organisation].
How to add slides to a custom course
After you create your course, you'll be asked whether you want to start creating slides.
Select No to save the course to My Courses, so you can come back and add content later.
Select Yes to go to the course content page, where you can start adding content.
To add content later, go to uLearn > Course Library > My Courses, find your course, and select Edit Slides.
On the course content page, click Add Content. A drop-down menu opens with the different types of content you can add. Select Material for now.
For more information, see uLearn custom course content types.
How to add content to custom course slides
Your course now has its first slide. Each slide has four buttons, which let you edit, preview, duplicate or remove it. Once you have more than one slide, you can use the drag handle to reorder them.
Click Edit to start writing content on your slide.
The slide editing screen
Write your course material here. Use the editing bar to format text and add images. Click Preview to see how the slide will look to learners.
Saving your changes
When you click Back to Course Content, you'll be asked whether you want to keep your changes to the slide:
Select Yes to keep your changes.
Select No to discard them.
Select Cancel to stay on the slide.
Adding questions
Next, add a question to your course.
Questions appear in the same way as slides. You can edit, remove or reorder them, and you can see each question's text and whether a correct answer has been set.
Click Add Content.
Select Question from the drop-down menu.
Click the Edit icon.
Type the question you want to appear on the slide.
Adding answers
Click Add Answer to add an answer option to your question.
In the Answer section, click Edit.
The Edit Answer window opens. Here you can:
enter the answer text
mark the answer as correct
add feedback, which is shown when a user selects that answer, whether it's correct or not
Publishing changes
Your changes are saved as you go, but users won't see them until you click Update. When you click Update, the course changes immediately for all users.