Essential Course Settings

In setting up your course there are a handful of settings that are critical. The required fields are denoted in red followed by an *.  The course full name and the course short name are two of the required fields.

If you scroll through the whole settings page, you will notice that the only two required fields are the course short name and the course long name.  

You can rename your course to whatever makes the most sense to you.  The course short name is the name that appears in menus and the breadcrumbs at the top of the screen (see below).  Course ID number and course summary can be left blank.  If you want to put in a course summary you can, but it is not necessary.

These are the breadcrumbs.  They show the user where he or she is in the course.