New Feature: Courses Tool
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Thank you Mark & Jon for clarifying this. Greatly appreciated. God bless you!Jon Bolin said:Richard Labelle said:Could someone tell me from where the # of courses come from!
We made learning plans that are heavily dependent on one resource (like Mobile Ed courses) unavailable to those who do not own that one resource. Hopefully this saves the frustration from having a bunch of courses in your tool that you can't use.
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Question about this tool. In addition to the Mobile Ed courses I'm seeing, I'm seeing a bunch of other "courses" that are listed from different people and a bunch of introductory "courses". What are these and how are they different from the Mobile Ed courses I own?
Thanks!
Nathan Parker
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They are basically reading plans on one or more books, sometimes traditional reading plans and sometimes created by the author.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Nathan Parker said:
how are they different from the Mobile Ed courses I own?
For one they are not videos with transcripts. IMO, They are similar to the required reading sections from Mobile Ed classes, being that they are selected readings which are geared to putting some great resources in order which discuss a certain topic in an intentional/systematic work flow.
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I should clarify, I'm referring to the topical courses, not the ones which are essentially readling plans for a single book.
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No need to clarify ... that is what I assumed. Open one and look.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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James Taylor said:Nathan Parker said:
how are they different from the Mobile Ed courses I own?
For one they are not videos with transcripts. IMO, They are similar to the required reading sections from Mobile Ed classes, being that they are selected readings which are geared to putting some great resources in order which discuss a certain topic in an intentional/systematic work flow.
The best analog is probably reading lists from topics.logos.com. In fact, we've discussed converting some reading lists into learning plans in the Courses tool.
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Richard Labelle said:
Thank you Mark & Jon for clarifying this. Greatly appreciated. God bless you!Jon Bolin said:Richard Labelle said:Could someone tell me from where the # of courses come from!
We made learning plans that are heavily dependent on one resource (like Mobile Ed courses) unavailable to those who do not own that one resource. Hopefully this saves the frustration from having a bunch of courses in your tool that you can't use.
In the future, we intend to bring all plans back, not just the ones that correspond to content you own. This will allow you to discover plans you might be interested in even if you don't yet own the content. But we don't want to clutter your experience with the tool. We need to provide a way to see which plans you can take without purchasing anything, and which plans are available and would require an additional purchase. We're working on that. Once it's in place, you'll start seeing all plans.
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Phil Gons (Faithlife) said:
We need to provide a way to see which plans you can take without purchasing anything, and which plans are available and would require an additional purchase. We're working on that. Once it's in place, you'll start seeing all plans.
Sounds good. Thanks Phil.
Now, go home. You posted this near midnight on a holiday weekend. Appreciate your dedication, but your family might like to see you before they need to look on the forum to remember what you look like. [:P]
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Thanks for the info! There's some interesting plans in there I'm sure to really benefit from and discover some new insights from my Bible study. Can't wait to try them out!
Nathan Parker
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How does one turn Popular Highlights off in the courses tool readings? Almost all of them have that annoying dashed underlying and I don't see an icon that allows me to switch it off like I do on other panels.
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Apologies if I missed the answer...I searched but didn't find it.
I have a Bronze level. Does the Courses tool create things based on your Library or does it not matter which Library you have?
AND, if it DOES base itself on your Library, what about resources you've hidden?
Thanks!!
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Michael Surtees said:
I have a Bronze level. Does the Courses tool create things based on your Library or does it not matter which Library you have?
AND, if it DOES base itself on your Library, what about resources you've hidden?
If your library contains resources for a course, that course will be shown, otherwise that course will automatically be hidden. The bigger your library, the more available courses you'd be able to see and complete.
I haven't tested it, but I suspect that if a resource is hidden, the course tool wouldn't show that course, as its required resource would be "missing" from your library.
(In the upcoming Logos 7.2 release, you will be able to see all courses, even if you don't have the required resources in your library. This will make it easier for you to obtain resources for courses you'd want to take.)
Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!
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Cool, thanks so much!!
Michael
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Michael Surtees said:
I have a Bronze level.
I believe most—if not all—courses recommend at least Platinum to get maximum benefit from the course. Note that "required" resources are not really necessary to take most courses. You can still watch the videos and read the lecture transcripts, but you will not be able to complete the recommended collateral readings.
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Hi Jacob
I am looking at upgrading to logos 7 from your post it would appear that there are plans included in the courses tool included in the price is that correct. I can see on your screen print that for example that there is one on the birth of Christ. Are these plans something one buys separately or are they a part of the tool itself all included with the download and not something i need to already have in my library.
Is there one on Matthew for example
Thanks very much
Ruth
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Ruth Colderwood said:
I am looking at upgrading to logos 7 from your post it would appear that there are plans included in the courses tool included in the price is that correct. I can see on your screen print that for example that there is one on the birth of Christ. Are these plans something one buys separately or are they a part of the tool itself all included with the download and not something i need to already have in my library.
Is there one on Matthew for example
If you have Logos 7, the tool will show you all available plans that you will be able to follow. Lots of the plans require certain resources. If you don't have any of those resources, the plan will be listed as unavailable. At least half of the courses require you to purchase a Mobile Ed course to follow them.
There is an "Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew" that is mostly made of resources that are often found in Logos libraries. That has 37 30-minute sessions. Most Bible books don't yet have courses, though. There looks to be about ten Bible books covered so far.
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Thanks Mark this is really helpful.
I was trying to get this information from the customer service staff but couldn't.
I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to my post.
As I probably don't have all the resources and I certainly don't have the mobile ed series it probably isn't worth me spending my money on it.
Thanks again
Ruth
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My son and I upgraded to Logos 7 without even knowing about courses. We had been firing emails back and forth as we both explored the new features. When I stumbled into the Courses Tool, I was really impressed. I immediately sent him an email. The response was a single word: Fantastic!
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