Creating a unit
To create a unit in FLEX, complete the following steps:
- From the menu, click on the 'Add unit' button.
- Fill in the following mandatory fields: Unit code, unit name, amount of students*, unit length in weeks*.
- Once finished, click on 'Save'. Your unit will now appear in the unit list. You can check it from the Menu in 'View units'.
* Notes:
- In various instances, some units are taught a few times throughout the academic year. Please indicate a realistic estimation of how many students in total would attend that unit throughout the year. For example, if your academic year has 3 trimesters and the unit is taught once per trimester, and if 25 students attend the unit for the first trimester, then you can indicate 25 x 3 =75 students for this unit. This information can be changed anytime during the year. We use it to distribute more accurately the royalties to the authors and creators of the work that are being used.
- The unit length is the length in weeks of the course for one term only. This information is used for the distribution of royalties to the copyright owners of the material used for this unit. This information is not an expiry date of the link you create. Links don't expire and are rolled over from one year to another.
Deleting a unit
To delete a unit, complete the following steps:
- From the menu, click on 'View units'.
- On the 'View units' page, find the unit you want to delete.
- Select the unit you want to delete in the table by ticking the check box on the left and click on the 'Delete' button. A pop-up window will open to ask you to confirm you want to delete this unit. Click on 'Yes'. Note: this action cannot be undone. Alternatively, if this unit will be taught again but not this academic year, you can archive it, with the possibility to reinstate it later.
Add an educator to a unit
To add an educator to a unit, complete the following steps:
- From the menu, click on 'View units'.
- On the 'View units' page, find the unit you want. It will appear as a line in the table.
- Click on the 'Update' button
- It will open the unit configuration page. At the bottom, in the section 'Lecturer information', click on 'Create new educator' and indicate the educator's name and email.
- Click the 'Save' button at the bottom of the page.