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Creating Categories and Courses<br />

6. The full name of the course appears at the top of the page when viewing<br />

the course, and also in course listings. The short name appears in the<br />

breadcrumb, or trail, at the top of the page. In the following example, the full<br />

name is Basic Botany in Plain Language and the short name is Basic Botany:<br />

The full name also appears in the page's title and meta data, which influences<br />

its search engine rankings. Here's the HTML code from the example above:<br />

Course: Basic Botany in Plain Language<br />

<br />

Notice the full course name in the and tags. Many search<br />

engines give a lot of weight to the title and keywords tags. Choose your<br />

course title with this in mind.<br />

7. Enter a Course ID Number.<br />

Chapter 2 describes how to use an external database for enrollment<br />

information. The ID number that you enter into this field must match the<br />

ID number of the course in the External Database. If you're not using an<br />

external database for enrollment information, you can leave this field blank.<br />

8. Enter a Course Summary.<br />

The Course Summary is displayed when a reader clicks on the information<br />

icon for a courser, and when the course appears in a list. In the following<br />

screenshot, the user is clicking on the information icon for a course. The user<br />

will be shown the course summary after clicking on the information icon:<br />

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