How e-learning course versioning works – Brasil

Objective, scope, and limitations:

Explain how e-learning course versioning works, detailing which settings or changes are retroactive and which are not. In addition, it aims to provide practical recommendations to avoid issues in the participant experience, ensuring proper management of changes in course content and settings. This article is intended for e-learning course administrators and creators who want to manage course versions efficiently.

E-learning course versioning

Versioning in e-learning courses is a key feature to ensure that changes made to a course do not affect participants who have already started it, while making sure that new participants work with the latest available version of the content. Below, we explain how it works and which settings are retroactive and which are not.

What happens when a course is published?

Every time the content or settings of an e-learning course are edited and you click “Publish”, a new version of the course is generated. This new version:

Will only be visible to participants enrolledafterthe publication.
It will also apply to those who, although already enrolled, have not yet started the course.

💡Important: Changes made to a course will not be retroactive for participants who have already started it, except for certain specific settings described later.

Settings that are NOT ⛔ retroactive:

Changes to the following settings and content will only affect new participants or those who have not yet started the course:

Content changes: Replacing videos, assessments, PDFs, etc.
Unit and chapter names.
Order of units and chapters.
Optional topics.
Disabling the fast-forward content feature.
Final course assessment.
Maximum number of attempts in assessments.
Assessment weighting.
Actions upon completing surveys.
Requiring course completion in order.
Passing criteria.
Minimum passing grade.

Settings that ARE ✅ retroactive:

Some settings affect both new and existing participants, regardless of whether they have already started the course:

Course information.
Instance dates. (The course end date defines until when participants can access the content and assessments.)

📣Recommendations

1. Avoid changes once the course has started:

Making modifications toretroactivesettings can negatively affect the experience or results of participants who have already started or completed the course.

2. Review content and settings before publishing:

Conduct a thorough review to ensure everything is ready before generating a new version of the course. To do this, you can “Preview” the course to see the “draft version” before publishing and enrolling participants.

Example: If you modify the end date of a course instance, all enrolled participants (whether they have started or not) will see the new end date reflected on their platform.

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