The e-Course is the central core of the Open eClass platform. Each course is an autonomous entity within the platform, integrating a series of tools. Essentially, the e-course is a modular structure, organized and managed by the teacher, depending on the available material and the e-learning model they choose to adopt (ranging from a simple informative website to a fully dynamic educational environment).

Course Home Page

The e-course includes a series of tools managed by the course teacher. Among these are various tools (Announcements, Documents, Exercises, Assignments) and various tools such as course statistics, users, and user access to the course. Also, on the course's home page, a series of buttons provide the course teacher with several capabilities, such as:

• Number of registered users in the course
• Course statistics
• Course bibliographic reference
• Enable - Disable course notifications via e-mail
• Display course access type (Open, Open with registration, Closed)
• Course settings

Course functions

Particularly important among the aforementioned functions is Enabling - Disabling course notifications via e-mail. By pressing the corresponding button, you have the ability to enable or disable this specific function.

Enable/Disable lesson notifications via e-mail

Enable/Disable lesson notifications via e-mail

Another important function among those mentioned is course statistics. Here, the instructor has the ability to view a series of statistical data related to the specific course, e.g., the total course visits, the number of views, and the duration.

Course statistics

Course statistics

Another available function for the course instructor is the display of registered users in the course. To view the users registered in the course, simply click the corresponding icon as shown in the image below.

Registered users in the course

Registered users in the course

Also, if you need to make a bibliographic reference related to your course, you just need to copy the link obtained by clicking the corresponding icon and paste it into the document where you wish to make the reference.

Bibliographical reference of the course

Furthermore, to see the course type, simply hover your mouse cursor over the corresponding icon and you will receive the relevant information, as shown in the image below.

If you wish to make any changes or settings to your course, you should select the icon with the “key”. In the displayed form, you have a series of settings for the specific course that you can modify or change.

The e-course supports a variety of display formats. Specifically, it supports:

• Simple format
• Course in sections (weekly, thematic)
• Wall format
• Flipped Classroom model