Overview

Courses are broken into modules, which are the primary topics for the course. Users move through modules to access content and complete the course.

CYPHER for business defaults to the terms courses and modules. CYPHER for academia defaults to the terms classes and lessons. The terms courses and classes are interchangeable in this article. The terms modules and lessons are interchangeable in this article.

To view the modules for a course or class:

1. Access a course or class.
   
2. Click Modules (or Lessons) from the course/class navigation menu. 
   
3. Click the List view icon if you would like to view the modules in list view.

Modules are made up of sections, which can be pages, assessments, tools, web resources, and more.

1. Click a module tile.
   
2. If you are in list view, click the show section arrow.
   

1. Given: Indicates if assessments have been given to learners.
   
2. Submitted: Indicates the number of assessments submitted.
   
3. To score: Indicates the number of assessments that need to be graded/scored.
   

Adding modules

To add a module to a course or a class:

1. Access a course or class.
   
2. Click Modules or Lessons from the course/class navigation menu.
   
3. Click + Add. 
   

The Add module pop-up displays.

1. Click New to add a new module.
   
2. Click Library to to add a copy of one or more of your existing modules.
   

If you select New, the Add module pop-up displays. In the example below, the course is an Instructor led course.

1. Enter a module title.
   
2. Enter a module description (optional).
   
3. Add an optional location, date, and time.
   
1. If you uncheck the All day checkbox, a Duration option becomes available.
4. Select a Position to determine the order of the module in relation to other modules.
5. Click Save.
   

If you enter a date for the module, the module will appear in the course calendar.

1. The calendar entry includes a direct link to the module.
   

If you enter a location and/or time for the module, the information displays on the module's tile.

Editing modules

1. First, select a module tile, or select a module from the course table of contents.
   

1. Click Edit.
   
2. Make changes in the Edit module pop-up.
   
3. Click Save.

The Module overview has multiple tabs. The default tab that opens is the Sections tab, which displays each section in the module. With the Section tab you have multiple options:

1. To give an assessment, select the section and select Given.
   
2. To require a section, select the section select Required.
   
3. To hide a section, select the section and select Hide.
   
4. To change the indentation of a section and create a subsection, select a section and click the right arrow.
   
1. To change a subsection back to a section, select the section and click the left arrow.
5. To delete a section, select a section and click Delete.
   

The Module overview has multiple tabs that allow you to customize or edit the module.

1. Click the Skills tab to assign skills to the module.
   
2. Click the Completion tab to add completion requirements and completion actions.
   
3. Click the Visibility tab to adjust if the module is shown or hidden to users, and to add filters to determine who can view the module.
   
4. Click Locking to adjust if the module defaults to locked or unlocked. You can also set up rules so that the module is locked for specific users.
5. Click Tags to add tags to the module.
   
6. Click Notes to add reference notes that can be viewed by instructors and teachers of the course.

1. Hover over the module's tile and click the configure/cog icon.
   
2. Type a HEX color code or select a default color to add a color bar to the tile.
   
1. If no colors display, ensure Enable color bars for tiles is enabled on your platform. To learn more, visit the Color theme section of the Portal article.
3. Click Save.

To return to the primary Modules overview:

1. Click the  Return to modules overview icon or click Modules from the course navigation menu.
   

1. To reorder modules:
   
1. Hover on a module tile.
   
2. Click the move icon and drag and drop the module to its new location.
   
2. To delete a module:
   
1. Select a module.
   
2. Click Delete.

Configuring modules

As an instructor, there are multiple configuration options for modules. For example, you can adjust the way that modules display to learners:

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Modules from the fly-out menu.
   
4. In the Layout section:
   
1. Enable grid view for learners (default): This setting allows learners to view modules as tiles.
   
2. Enable row view for learners: This setting allows learners to view modules as a list.

If both views are enabled, learners can choose the view they prefer.

1. If users are viewing modules in the grid/tile view, they can click the List view icon to switch to list/row view.

To configure additional module settings:

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Modules from the fly-out menu.
   
1. Module descriptions: This setting allows you to enable or disable module descriptions.
   
2. Automatically number modules: If enabled, this setting will add numbers to all modules.
   
3. Show activity indicator on modules to learners: This setting allows you to enable or disable the activity indicators on module tiles, which indicate the current level of user activity.
   
4. Show all sections by default in row view: This setting displays all sections in row view by default.
   
5. Show legend: This setting enables or disables the module legend.
6. Display progress wheel: This setting enables or disables the module progress wheel.
   

Analytics

The platform tracks the first and last time a learner visits a particular module, as well as the total number of times they have visited the module on a particular day and the amount of time they have spent there. To view module analytics:

1. Access the Modules overview page.
   
2. Click Analytics. 
   

1. Click the Learners or Students tab from within the course.
   
2. The Time column displays the total amount of time spent in the course by each learner.
   
3. Click the Time link for a learner to see additional details.

1. Click the Learners or Students tab from within the course.
   
2. Click the More icon.
   
3. Select Activity from the drop-down list.

A detailed timeline of a learner's activity displays, including a record of when they visited each module.

Current module

If a course is not self-paced, you can set a module to be the current module for learners.

1. Select the checkbox on the module you want to make current.
   
2. Click Current.
   

There are multiple settings you can configure related to the current module:

1. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
2. Click Modules on the fly-out menu.
   
1. Only show modules up to the current lesson to learners: This setting will lock all modules past the current module.
   
2. Hide modules after the current one instead of showing them as locked: This setting will hide all modules past the current module.
   
3. Hide (instead of showing) all modules if no current lesson is set: This setting will hide all modules if you do not set a current module.
   
4. Automatically set current module by date: This setting will automatically set the current module based on the date of the module(s).

For more information on current modules, visit the Configure article. 

Sections

Module content is made up of sections, which can include pages, SCORM packages, HTML packages, documents, video files, web resources, tools, and more.

Skills

If the course has skills, you can tag a module with the specific skills it teaches. To assign skills to a module:

1. Access the module.
   
2. Click the Skills tab.
   
3. The skills assigned to the module display.
   
4. Click Edit.

1. Select the skills that are taught within the module.
   
2. Click Save. 
   

Module visibility

Manual personalization 

1. Access a module.
   
2. Click the Visibility tab.
   
3. Determine if you want the module to be Shown or Hidden by default. 
   
4. To display the module to selected users only, click + Add in the Filter section.
   
1. Define the filter.
   
2. Click Save.
   
3. To learn more about how to define filters, please visit the Filters topic.
   
5. To hide the module from selected users, click + Add in the Hidden section.
   
1. Use the people picker to select learners.
   

Dynamic personalization

Dynamic personalization of modules allows you to use automation to personalize messages and filters for modules that are shown/hidden from specific learners.  

Note - To use automation to dynamically personalize modules, Adaptive learning must be installed on your site. To learn more, visit the Adaptive learning article.

1. Access the module or lesson.
   
2. Click Automation from the secondary navigation menu.
   
3. Click the Module tab.
4. Click Edit.
5. Click + Add below the module you want to show or hide to users.
   
6. Click Hide module or Show module.
   

1. Select the module from the dropdown.
   
2. Choose to add a canned or custom message.
   
1. You can also choose not to send a message.
   
3. Click the + icon to add a filter.
   
1. Filters allow you to add the show or hide action based on account type, location, organization, language and more.
   
4. Click Save to add the action.
   

1. Access the module.
   
2. Click the Visibility tab.
   
3. In the Shown section, you can verify if the learner was added manually or via automation in the Added column.
   

Note that if you delete a Show/Hide action, it automatically removes the Show/Hide entry from the associated module. If you delete a module, when it's cleared out of the trash, its associated Show/Hide actions are also deleted.

Lock/Unlock modules

To customize module access, you also have the ability to lock and unlock modules for users.

You can also use automation to determine when modules are locked/unlocked in a course. To automate module locking settings:

1. Select a module from the dropdown.
   
2. Select when you would like the module to lock or unlock.
   
1. The default is to lock or unlock the module immediately, but you can also designate a specific date and time.
3. Click Save to add the action.

1. Access the module.
   
2. Click the Locking tab.
   
3. In the Locked section, you can verify if the learner was added manually or via automation in the Added column.

Module Completion

By default, a course is considered complete when all its modules are completed. If you would like to make a module optional for course completion:

1. Access a module.
   
2. Click the Completion tab.
   
3. Deselect the Require this module to be completed for course completion checkbox.  

Please note that if you mark a module as not required for course completion, it will not block access to other modules even if the "Require modules to be completed in order" option is enabled at a site level.

If a module is optional, "Not required" will display on the module tile for instructors and learners. 

The Completions tab allows you to add Completion actions, which occur when the user has completed the module. For example, you can add actions that award game points and badges to learners when they complete the module. To begin adding a completion action:

1. Access a module.
   
2. Click the Completion tab.
   
3. Click + Add in the Completion actions section.

The Add action pop-up displays. Note that there are multiple tabs of actions.

1. Click an action to add it to the module. Available actions include:
   
1. Add to group: Add the learner as a member of a specific group.
2. Award badge: Award a badge to the learner.
3. Award certificate: Award a certificate to the learner.
4. Award coupon: Award a coupon to the user.
5. Award points: Award points to the learner.
6. Enroll in a course: Enroll the learner into a specific course.
7. Enroll in a path: Enroll the learner into a specific path.
8. Lock module: Lock a module. Click here for more details regarding drip content. 
9. Send custom notification: Send a custom notification to the learner.
10. Remove from group: Remove the user as a member of a specific group
11. Unlock module: Unlock a module.
12. Webhook: Invoke an API.
13. xAPI: Invoke an xAPI.
    
14. And more! 

Additional completion requirements

Like courses, you can also add specific completion requirements to a module.

To add a completion requirement to the module:

1. Access the module.
   
2. Click the Completion tab.
   
3. Click + Add requirement in the Completion requirements section.
   

The Add completion requirement pop-up displays.

1. Select the number of optional sections a learner must complete to complete the module.
   
2. To designate which optional sections qualify for the requirement, you can use tags. If you want to use tags to designate specific sections:
   
1. Type in a tag name.
   
2. You can add multiple tags by using a comma between tags.
   
1. Please note if you use multiple tags, all of the tags must be present on the module.
3. Click Save.
   

You can add multiple completion requirements.

1. Click Edit to edit a requirement.
   
2. Click Remove to remove a requirement.
   

Note that if you add more than one completion requirement, they all have to be satisfied for the module to be considered complete.

Tagging a section

1. Access a section.
   
2. Click the Tags tab.
   
3. Click add.

1. Type a tag name into the text box.
   
1. Use a comma to create additional tags.
   
2. If you want to remove a tag, click the X icon on the tag.
   
3. Click save when you are finished adding tags.
   

Please note that when copying modules, tags are also copied.

Instructor notes

Instructor notes can be added to modules to share anecdotes, analogies, and other aids between instructors.

1. Access a module.
   
2. Click the Notes tab.
   
3. Click + Add.
4. Use the HTML editor to add a note.
   
5. Click Save.