Course: a collection of related topics that center around a common theme. For example. a course on Social Skills can include topics on emotional maturity, listening, self-awareness, etc.
Offering; a way or "offering" the course to prospective participants. An offering can be scheduled or self-paced. It can include a teacher or it can be entirely self-paced.
Section: a meeting online or in person, led by one or more instructors and presented either online using Zoom or in person. Every course has at least one section, but may have many sections. Each section includes one or more topics (or modules) that explore a specific topic and may relate or connect that topic with topics in other Sections.
Topic (also known as a Module): a series of images, videos text, exercises and recommended (or required) articles related to this topic.
Participant: someone participating in a course and playing a specific role.
Participant Role:
Student: someone who enrolls in a specific offering of a specific course. Typically, a student will pay for the righto be a participant.
Instructor:
Content Creator: someone who creates course materials.
Support Staff: someone who provides various forms of support of the delivery of a course offering.
Content Editor: someone who provides editing services to improve the course.
Registrar: manager of participant registrations and payment
Librarian: Keeper of the library of articles.
Assignment: an exercise or article that each participant is required to complete and submit.
Submission: what a participant submits for review by an instructor.
Payment: money paid by a student for this course offering.
Data Model
Relationships
Each Course has 0:m Offerings. A course with no offerings is a placeholder for a course that has not yet been developed.
Each Course has 1:n Sessions. A session defines wen participants and Instructors meet
Each Session has 1:n Topics. Each Topic corresponds with a Topic int the Library
Each Topic has 0:n Assignments. A Topic may include PowerPoint slides, Library Articles, exercises and may or may not include Assignments.
Each Offering has 0:n Participants
Each Offering has 0:n Instructors
Each Participant has 0:n Submissions; A Submission is a Participant's response to an Assignment.
Each Participant has 0:n Payments. The amount of the Payment is set by the Registrar but may be overridden by the lead Instructor
Instructors may offer personal tutoring or coaching to paying participants.
