Merging of Courses (Moodle)
- Orin Parris
In the delivery of a course there are situations where there are multiple courses that a lecturer may want to teach together as one class. The idea is placing students from multiple classes/courses into one class. The options for this are as follows:
Merging/Moving a course’s students from one course in Campus A into another course in Campus B. This scenario can be as granular as a course group that the student(s) is a part of. Merging to the level of course group often results in a merge that is not persistent but rather only occurs when the merge operation is actioned. When a merge is done as per the course level then that merge is persistent.
Persistent means that students who join the course at a later date in the semester ultimately are moved to the destination campus and course automatically.
Merging/Moving a course’s students from one course to another within the same campus. This scenario again can be as granular as the course group that the student(s) is a part of. The same caveat of point 1 is true of this point. Persistence is affect when the the merge is made at the course group level of granularity.
How do I request a merge?
Requesting a merge is simple. Send an email to the SSETA Helpdesk at helpdesk.sseta@uog.edu.gy with the following details.
The course code of the source course (the course that the students need to be moved from).
The course group of the source course to be merged.
The course code of the destination course (the course that the students need to be moved to).
The course group of the destination course to be merged into.
Carbon copy (CC) the head of department (HOD). This only applies if you are a lecturer for the course and not the HOD.
Additional Details
These requests are usually made by the HOD.
If you are making a request it is advised that you check with your HOD first as they may have made the request before or be privy to details that can influence whether a merge should be done or not.
As an HOD making this request, kindly check with the lecturer of the course before merging as their preference for or against a merge usually influences whether a merge is needed an even done.