Naming courses

Why is naming courses important?

The course names have to be clear and unique to help students discover and distinguish:

• Courses of (almost) the same name from different universities / projects
• Different (semester / year) implementation of the same course
• To prevent (accidentally or not) joining the wrong course (which may cause clutter for the course teacher).
  
  

Name the courses in the following way:

• Begin with the university / project identifier e.g. UEF or KiVAKO
• Then use a colon :
• Follow with the course name and the number of credits and / or the course level identifier (e.g. A1)
• End it with the year, academic year or semester and any course number or other identifier (e.g. 2019-1)
  
  

Abbreviation of the course

• Begin with the university / project identifier, e.g. UEF or KiVAKO
• The use a colon :
• Follow with the course abbreviation and a colon
• End with the year and the distinctive number or other identifier for the course

Examples

Course name	Course abbreviation (NOTE! No spaces)
UEF: Kaavaopin perusteet 1 op, 2019-2020	UEF:Kaavaoppi:2019-2020
UEF: Tähtitiedettä kaikille 3 op, 2019-1	UEF:Tähtitiede:2019-1

You can edit the course name and abbreviation on the course settings.