Editions
Overview
In Forma, the idea behind editions is to have many separate issues of the same master course, with different start/end date and subscription groups.
All the editions of a course will inherit and share some features from the Master course:
To create a course with editions, you can select the desired course type upon course creation.
IMPORTANT:
Do not convert an existing elearning course to editions: it won't be possible to manage the original subscribers that weren't associated to any edition
Add and Manage Editions
Click on the “editions” column in course management to add and configure your editions
A list of the available editions will be displayed:
Elearning Editions
You can use Elearning Editions to manage recurrent elearning or assessment courses requiring a start/end date and separate subscription
All the editions will share the same course materials, configuration, and certificate template.
Classroom Courses
Classroom courses extend the elearning courses with the ability so define for each edition:
- Different dates and classroom schedule
- locations
- attendance
Dates Settings
First, in the edition configuration, select one or multiple dates for the classroom lessons:
Then in following page you will be asked to set for each date:
- Lesson hours
- Classroom Location
Attendance
Use the “attendance” feature to flag the student that were actually present at each lesson day:
