eModules
Topics within MedLearn allow for the creation of structured eLearning content that tracks the progress of students as they read through the provided material. Topics work on a three level structure, the naming of which can be configured in the dashboard for your MedLearn site. As an example, you might wish to name level 1 as Topic, level 2 as Session and level 3 as Page.
Below is an example of how the top level, Level 1, of topics appear.
How to Edit eModule sites in Medlearn
In the dashboard of your MedLearn site, click Topics in the menu bar on the left and then click Add New Topic. You will also see any existing topics here if you wish to rename them.
You can then Name the topic and set a Featured Image. Once you have set these, click Publish.
Please note that while you get the full text editor like you would get on a normal page, you don’t need to add any content here as it will be auto populated once you create sessions (level 2) and pages (level 3) contained within this topic.
In the dashboard of your MedLearn site, click Topics in the menu bar on the left and then click Add Session for a specific topic.
You will then see the editor which provides options to Name the session, write an introduction that students will see and provide the Learning Outcomes.
On the right side of this page, there are some extra configuration boxes that allow you set the session date and duration, attach slides and control the availability of the session.
Once you’ve set everything, click Publish.
In the dashboard of your MedLearn site, click Topics in the menu bar on the left and then click View Sessions for a specific topic.
You will then see a list of all sessions added under a topic, click Add New Page for a specific topic.
You will then be presented with the normal text editor as if you were editing any regular page on MedLearn. Once you have created your content, click Publish.
In this support material we’ve been the using the terms Topic, Session and Page to describe levels 1, 2 and 3 of the topic function within MedLearn. However, this terminology, or nomenclature, is configurable within the dashboard for your MedLearn site.
If you wish to use different terminology for this, you can change it by going into the dashboard for your site, clicking Topics in the menu bar on the left and then Settings. This page also allows you to make the overview page for a session (Level 2) skipped by students. This means any text and learning objectives listed won’t be seen by students and instead they’ll jump straight to the first page (Level 3) for that session.
Once you have created your desired topics and given them content, they need to be made available to students. This is done by creating a page in your MedLearn site and adding [imperial-topics] as the content. There’s no need to add anything else, the page will automatically populate based on the topics you’ve created in your site.
