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Content tool overview

The Content tool in VIULearn is where the majority of your course content will be shared with learners. You can use Modules and Sub-Modules to organize your content and even link QuizzesAssignmentsDiscussions, and other activities into Content so that your learners can access all of their important course components all in one place.

Click on the info spots on the image below to learn more about the various elements of the Content tool.

Navigating content topics

Once you open a content topic, there are two ways to move through content.

Navigation arrows

On all content topic pages, there are navigational arrows on the top and bottom of the page. You can use these arrows to move from one topic to another. 

Table of contents

The table of contents stays on the left side of the page while you view content so you can move to any module or topic by selecting it from the table of contents. 

Keeping track of content viewed

The content tracking feature to help learners monitor their progress. This feature displays the number of unviewed content items and uncompleted activities for each module. Instructors can modify or completely disable this tracking for specific topics.

The options available for content tracking are listed below. In addition to content tracking, users can add bookmarks to important pages to help them navigate back in the future.

Automatic 

A content topic is marked as viewed when a learner navigates to the page. This is the default content tracking setting for VIULearn.

Manual

Learners must manually set the content to viewed