Managing Nodes on the Course Tree
The Course Tree is a drag-and-drop workspace where you can arrange and rearrange your course structure.
The Course Tree represents course content as a hierarchy of nested nodes. The appearance of each node denotes its type, the object type it holds, and the actions you can perform on it.
The first node on the Course Tree is the course node. When selected, you can change your course offering information in the selected node panel. You can also return to the Course Builder Welcome Page from the course node's context menu. Modules have a solid outline and a light gray background. When you select a node, its outline appears orange and its background color appears darker. Node icons indicate object and placeholder types.
Drop targets indicate where you can drag a particular module, placeholder, or object. If you drag an item over a node, that node appears orange to indicate whether you can drop it there.
If you drag an item above or below a node, a black line appears to indicate whether you can drop that item before or after the node.
Dropping an item on a module node or the course node automatically appends that item to the bottom of the parent node's hierarchy. This is helpful when adding many items after one another; instead of dragging each one to the bottom of a sizable hierarchy, you can simply drop items on the parent node.
Move a Node Up or Down
Use the move commands in a node's context menu as an alternative to dragging and dropping from one section in your course to another.
- Select the node you want to move.
- In the node's context menu, click Move Up or Move Down
Move a Node's Location Entirely
- Select the node you want to move.
- In the node's context menu, click Move To to change the node's location entirelyImage
- In the Select a location pop-up window, click on the module you want to move your object to
Cut and Paste a Node
You can also cut and paste a node as an alternative to dragging and dropping it from one section in your course to another.
- Select the node with the placeholder or structure you want to cut.
- In the node's context menu, click Cut
- In the context menu of the node or the closest node to the location you want to paste, click Paste After, Paste Before, or Paste As Child
Remove a Node
Note: When you remove a module node, its child modules and placeholders are also removed.
- Select the node you want to delete.
- In the node's context menu, click Remove.
Deleting or moving files, links, discussions, dropboxes and quizzes within their tools can result in broken objects. If an object breaks, Course Builder displays a broken link status icon within its node. The object becomes a placeholder retaining its name and notes.
To repair a broken object, simply drag an object from the toolbox onto the placeholder.
