Sections are considered the building blocks of your courses and serve as headers for your course lessons. Sections are created and managed only from within the Course Builder. There are two ways to add a new section from the ADD ELEMENTS panel:

• CLICKING THE SECTION BUTTON: From the Course Builder window, locate the ADD ELEMENTS panel (far right) and click the SECTION button:

  

• DRAGGING AND DROPPING A NEW SECTION: From the Course Builder window, locate the ADD ELEMENTS panel (far right) and drag the SECTION button over the main Course Builder screen. As you drag, a blue guide will appear, marking spots where you can drop this item on the TOC:

  

Unlike sections, which primarily serve as headers, lessons contain the main content of your course. Just like sections, lessons can also be added and managed via the Course Builder. There are two ways to add a new lesson from the ADD ELEMENTS panel:

• CLICKING THE NEW LESSON BUTTON: From the Course Builder window, locate the ADD ELEMENTS panel (far right) and click the NEW LESSON button:

  

  A new lesson added via the NEW LESSON button will be placed at the end of the currently active section (an active section is indicated by blue text in the section title). If no sections are active, the new section will be added to the end of the last section in the course. To activate a section, click on SECTION in that section’s title.
• DRAGGING AND DROPPING A NEW LESSON: From the Course Builder window, locate the ADD ELEMENTS panel (far right) and drag the NEW LESSON button over the main Course Builder screen. As you drag, a blue guide will appear, marking spots where you can drop this item on the TOC:

  

Existing lessons are lessons that have been previously created in C4EBridge (i.e., for another lesson). From the Course Builder window, you have the option to add existing lessons to your courses.

Existing lessons have either been detached or have been created under All Lessons. For more information on All Lessons, visit the All Lessons section.

To add an existing lesson from the Course Builder window, locate the ADD ELEMENTS pane (far right) and click the EXISTING LESSON button:

From the ADD EXISTING LESSON pop-up window, use the search bar to browse/scroll through and select your existing lessons, or type to search for a specific lesson by name:

From this list, you can also choose to clone a lesson, which duplicates a lesson that is already attached to a different course. The attaching option just means that a lesson has been detached and you can reattach it.

If you do not see the ‘attach’ option it is because none of your lessons are detached.

EDITABLE TITLES

As you create new sections and lessons using the ADD ELEMENTS panel on the Course Builder screen, these items will appear on your TOC with generic titles of NEW SECTION or NEW LESSON. Clicking on this default text allows you to easily modify and customize your titles:

You can change the title names but without customized coding, it is not possible to change Section and Lesson names for example Section 1, Lesson 1.

As you edit the title in the text field, you can always revert to the previous title by pressing the Esc key before leaving this text field. Once your changes are complete, ensure you select the Save Changes button in the bottom right corner to save your progress:

The save indicator may display three different statuses depending on the state of your course:

• Saved indicates all changes have been successfully saved. In this state the Indicator button is disabled.
• Save Changes indicates there are changes that have not been saved. In this state you can click the indicator button to save your changes. If you wait, the unsaved changes will be automatically saved during the next Heartbeat Tick (more than likely within 30 seconds)
• Saving Changes indicates that data is currently being saved.

The system is not currently set up to automatically save changes. Please ensure you save changes as you make any new updates to your courses.

To quickly expand or collapse all of your sections, use the EXPAND ALL or COLLAPSE ALL buttons on the ADD ELEMENTS panel:

Or expand and collapse individual sections at a time by hovering over section titles and selecting the EXPAND SECTION/COLLAPSE SECTION options (+/- icons):

Sections and lessons can be easily reordered within a course TOC. From the Course Builder window, you can use the move icons for each item (for sections, SHIFT UP or SHIFT DOWN buttons; for lessons, MOVE TO PREVIOUS SECTION or MOVE TO NEXT SECTION buttons) or drag and drop your sections/lessons to different locations on the TOC. To move a section, hover over the section title, then select the SHIFT UP or SHIFT DOWN button to move this section up or down one place:

OR drag and drop by hovering to the left of the section title, selecting the drag handle and moving the section to the desired location on the TOC. As you drag, a blue guide will appear, marking spots where you can drop this item on the Course Builder window:

The section number will automatically renumber based on where you’ve dropped this item. To move a lesson, hover over the lesson title, then select the MOVE TO PREVIOUS SECTION or MOVE TO NEXT SECTION button to move this lesson to the previous or next section:

OR drag and drop by hovering to the left of the lesson title, selecting the drag handle and moving the lesson to the desired location on the TOC. As you drag, a blue guide will appear, marking spots where you can drop this item on the Course Builder window:

The lesson number will automatically renumber based on where you’ve dropped this item.

Sections and lessons can be deleted directly from the Course Builder window. To delete a section or lesson, simply hover over the section/lesson title and click the TRASH icon to delete:

Sections must be empty before they can be deleted. In order to delete a section, you must first delete all of its lessons.

In order for a section to be deleted, not only do the contents in the section need to be deleted but the section must also be in the expanded position to see the delete icon.

Deletion of sections and lessons is permanent. Any deleted content is removed from the database and cannot be recovered.

Lessons are detachable elements in the C4EBridge Course Builder, meaning they can be removed from courses and still be used again later. To detach a lesson from a course, locate the desired lesson in the Course Builder window, hover over its title to access the tool options (to the immediate right), and select the BROKEN CHAIN icon:

Detached Lessons are moved into the LESSONS area ( COURSES > MANAGE COURSES > LESSONS ). Editing lessons can be done from the LESSONS area. To learn how to add a detached lesson to another course, visit the Existing Lessons section.

From the Course Builder window, hovering over any lesson title displays tool icons to the immediate right of the title, in addition to the static tools located below the title:

RIGHT-HAND TOOL ICONS

The right-hand tool icons offer several important functions to help you manage your course lessons. These tool icons are as follows:

• Open Lesson Settings: Opens the Edit Lesson Settings page, allowing you to make changes to the lesson settings.
• *View/Edit Lesson: This tool opens the Lesson Editor for this lesson. The Lesson Editor will open in a new tab.
• Shift up and Shift down: These options move your lesson up or down one within this section.
• Move to previous section: Repositions your lesson so that it is the last lesson in the previous section.
• Move to next section: Repositions your lesson so that it is the last lesson in the next section.
• **Detach Lesson: Detaches this lesson from the course.
• Trash Lesson: This tool permanently deletes your lesson.

*To learn more about the Lesson Editor, visit the Lesson Settings Section.

**Detached Lessons are moved into the LESSONS area ( CREATE COURSE > BUILD LESSONS > LESSONS SETTINGS). Editing lessons can be done from the Lessons area. To learn more about managing all lessons go to the Editing Lessons Section.

STATIC TOOLS BELOW LESSON TITLES

The static tools are located beneath any of the lesson titles

These tools offer the following options:

• • Add an assignment: Allows you to add an assignment to your lesson from the Course Builder window. If this icon is blue, this indicates that there are assignments in this lesson (a gray icon indicates there are no assignments). Upon clicking this icon, a side panel appears to the right of the screen, allowing you to create a new assignment or add an existing one.

To learn more about creating assignments, visit the Add Assignment section.

• • Add a quiz: Allows you to add a quiz to your lesson from the Course Builder window. If this icon is blue, this indicates that there are quizzes in this lesson (a gray icon indicates there are no quizzes). Upon clicking this icon, a side panel appears to the right of the screen, allowing you to create a new quiz or add an existing one

To learn more about creating quizzes, visit the Add Quiz section to learn more.

• Content: Displays whether your lesson contains any content. If this icon is blue, this indicates that there is content in this lesson (a gray icon indicates there is no content).
• Video: Displays whether your lesson contains any videos. If this icon is blue, this indicates that there are videos in this lesson (a gray icon indicates that there are no videos).
• Audio: Displays whether your lesson contains any audio tracks. If this icon is blue, this indicates that there are audio tracks in this lesson (a gray icon indicates that there are no audio tracks).
• *Enrolled Students Only: Indicates whether this lesson can be accessed by enrolled students only. If the icon is blue, this indicates that non-enrolled students cannot access this lesson.
• *Prerequisites: Indicates whether this lesson has any prerequisites. If this icon is blue, this indicates that this lesson has prerequisites (a gray icon indicates no prerequisites).
• *Drip: Indicates whether drip is enabled. If this icon is blue, this indicates that this lesson has drip enabled (a gray indicates that drip is not enabled).

*To learn more about Enrolled Students Only, Prerequiistes, and Drip visit the Edit Lesson Settings section.