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The following changes are examples of major online course changes which require you to reversion the course:
- Replacing a segment of the course
- Making substantive updates to the course content
- Modifying the course structure, such as by adding or removing a SCO (Sharable Content Object)
- Adding or removing a quiz
- Removing or adding resources such as audio, video, animations, pdfs, etc.
Note: This list of examples is not an exhaustive list of changes which necessitate a new online course version. Any update which causes a change to the course file size, type, or file structure forces you to reversion the online course.
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Major Changes |
Reversion the online course
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Holly, an instructional designer and learning administrator at Ventonix, is responsible for creating online courses and uploading them to her organization's portal. Following a quarterly release, Holly needs to update a collection of online courses about Ventonix's product in order to keep the courses up-to-date. She needs to replace the quizzes in two classes, add a few lines of audio to one course, and add sections to two more courses.
Once Holly makes all these changes to her online courses, each class' files structure is changed from its original structure and she is required to reversion each of the five courses. She uses the Create Version option on the Course Console pages for the courses, uploads her new course files, configures versioning options, and decides who will receive the new course versions on their transcripts, ensuring that people continue to receive accurate information from the online course collection.
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The following changes are examples of minor online course changes which can be accomplished using the option to modify the course:
- Fixing typos in the online course closed captioning
- Removing background noise from an audio clip
- Making minor edits to a slide's graphics or text
Note: This list of examples is not an exhaustive list of changes which allow you to use the Modify Content process instead of reversioning the online course. A modification is qualified as a minor change if the course files are the same size and type as the original set, and the file structure is the same (i.e. contains the same number of SCOs)
Note: Any changes made to the metadata of the online course via the Course Catalog or Course Console, such as description, keywords, and subjects, DO NOT trigger a new version of the class.
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Minor Changes |
Modify the online course |
Andy, an instructional designer and learning administrator at ACME Corp, is responsible for creating online courses and uploading them to the portal. He has just noticed a typo in the closed captioning text for one of the slides in his Employee Benefits online course. He wants to quickly fix this minor typo without having to create a whole new version of the online course.
Andy incorporates the fix into his course files and then navigates to the Course Console for the course and clicks the Modify Content option in the Content section. He is then able to upload his zipped files and seamlessly fix the course typo without generating a new version.
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