A Learning Module must be added to a Content Area. Similar to a Content Area, it can hold many kinds of content—static material such as web pages, links, and media; active material such as tests; and social material such as wikis and forums.
You can think of a Learning Module as a Content Area inside a Content Area.
A Learning Module can require the student to complete its material in a sequential order. This is one of the features that we will see in this section.
If you have a Content Area that has a lot of material, you can use Learning Modules to organize the Content Area into smaller sections. For example, in our course about the world's oceans, we could have a Content Area for The Five Oceans. Then, within that Content Area, we could create a Learning Module for each of the five oceans.
If your course is very long, consider using Learning Modules to organize the course. Also...