Chapter 9: Course Solutions

By default, every course has a Topic 0, at the top of the course's home page. This topic is intended to hold information about the course. We usually begin adding the content of the course with Topic 1. For example, if a course uses a Weekly format, every topic will be assigned to one week, but Topic 0 will not have a date. If your course uses the Topics format, Topic 1 and onwards will be numbered, but Topic 0 will not be numbered. This indicates to the student that Topic 0 is not part of the course flow.

There are several kinds of information that fit well into Topic 0 of your course. In general, this is information that you want the student to see as soon as (s)he enters the course. Remember that the student won't see Topic 0 until after being enrolled, so don't include any information that the student might need before enrolling, such as the course description and prerequisites.