Create a child class
Creating a child class is an ideal way to manage multiple class sections of a large course by using content that's shared by all of the sections.
Child class — Class that inherits content from a parent class.
Parent class — Class that hosts the content that is inherited by child classes.
A featured class is a type of parent class.
Featured class — Specifically defined subset of classes whose content can be inherited by other classes in your organization.
The Content Repository (and therefore, units and activities on the Class Homepage) of the parent class is inherited by your child class.
These system roles have permission to create a child class:
Administrators
Instructors + create
Instructors
Child classes can be created from:
Featured classes
Non-featured classes
The Class Link is available after you've created your child class.
Child classes from featured classes
Child classes can be created by creating a new class and then selecting to inherit content from a featured class.
The selected featured class acts as the parent class and hosts the content that is inherited by your new child class.
To create a child class from a featured class:
Follow the instructions in Create a class to create a new class. At step 3, select a featured class from the Inherit content from drop-down list. This selected class hosts the content for your new class, making your new class a child class.
After completing the instructions for Create a class, your new child class is created and the selected featured class is listed as the parent class in the Parent Name field of the Class Details summary page.
Your new child class is also listed on your System Homepage, where the featured class you selected is displayed as the parent class alongside the name of your new child class.
Child classes from non-featured classes
To create a child class from a non-featured class, you have to be the assigned instructor of the non-featured class (or be your system administrator).
Creating a child class from a non-featured class is done from the Class Homepage.
To create a child class from a non-featured class:
Click Add Child Class on the Class Homepage of the class that you want to use as the parent class.
Follow the instructions in Create a class to create a new class. You won't be able to select a class from the Inherit content from drop-down list at step 3 because this autofills with the parent class used to create this new child class.
After completing the instructions for Create a class, your new child class is created and the parent non-featured class is listed as the parent class in the Parent Name field of the Class Details summary page.
After completing the instructions for Create a class, your new child class is also created and listed on your System Homepage, where the parent class is displayed alongside the name of your new child class.