elefant/app-courses

E-learning platform for the Elefant CMS

Courses

A course builder and delivery app for the Elefant CMS. A free and simple way to publish and host your own courses that keeps you in control., _(*1)

Here is a screenshot of the course editor:, _(*2)

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Features

• Publish your own courses of any length
• Easy-to-use and powerful course editor
• Embed SCORM modules and other dynamic content into courses
• Courses can be free, paid, or private
• Easy learner account management
• Learner input and instructor feedback cycle
• Built on a fast, completely modern CMS platform
• Easy theming of your learner website
• Integrate with the Courses API

To do

Backend:, _(*4)

• See our Github issues

Email notifications:, _(*5)

• To instructor for new assessment input
• To instructor for new comments
• To instructor for new learner registered
• To learner welcome email

Documentation:, _(*6)

• How to use the Courses API

Installation

First, you will need to install the Elefant CMS. Once that is running, follow these steps:, _(*7)

1. From the root folder of the site run the following command:, _(*8)

php composer.phar require elefant/app-courses

This will also install the following apps that Courses depends on:, _(*9)

• Comments
• SCORM
• Stripe Payments

Note: You may need to add "minimum-stability": "dev" to your composer.json file in order for Composer to work correctly while Courses is still in development., _(*10)

Payments: Additional payment providers can be supported by implementing the payment handler interface found here. More documentation and examples still to come., _(*11)

2. Log into Elefant and run the Courses installer by navigating to Tools > Courses., _(*12)

3. Add the following line to the [Hooks] section of conf/config.php to enable email notifications of comments to course instructors:, _(*13)

comments/add[] = courses/hook/comments

4. Go to Tools > Navigation and add the Courses page to your site tree., _(*14)

You should now have a working installation., _(*15)

First steps

To create courses, go to Tools > Courses. To install SCORM modules for use in your courses, go to Tools > SCORM. To view the list of courses on your site visit the /courses URL and you will see any publicly visible courses listed there., _(*16)

Documentation

Documentation for the Courses app is managed here. A website for the documentation is coming soon., _(*17)