# Courseware Best Practices

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">Typically, you can approach courseware creation in a couple different ways. First is a chapter-by-chapter approach and the second is the complete course single file approach.</mark> <mark style="color:blue;"></mark><mark style="color:blue;">**Each approach is detailed below.**</mark>
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## <mark style="color:blue;">The Chapter-by-Chapter Approach</mark>

In this approach the course is separated into chapters or lessons. Each chapter will be given its own assignment listing in the course and can include a chapter test inside the same instructional file or utilize the **Question Bank** feature to create custom chapter tests.

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Advantages of the Chapter Approach**</mark>

1. <mark style="color:blue;">Updating a single chapter can be done easily</mark> <mark style="color:blue;"></mark><mark style="color:blue;">**without needing to update the entire course.**</mark>
2. <mark style="color:blue;">Chapter tests can be dynamically assigned using the question bank feature or updated without editing the course material.</mark>
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{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:red;">**Disadvantages of the Chapter Approach**</mark>

1. <mark style="color:red;">Can take longer to create the</mark> <mark style="color:red;"></mark><mark style="color:red;">**entire courseware material**</mark> <mark style="color:red;"></mark><mark style="color:red;">as it requires the creation of a separate file for each chapter.</mark>
2. <mark style="color:red;">Can take longer to create the entire course</mark> <mark style="color:red;"></mark><mark style="color:red;">**in the LMS**</mark> <mark style="color:red;"></mark><mark style="color:red;">as it requires the creation of an assignment for each chapter.</mark>
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<figure><img src="/files/GpWLwFUcSShSJQxFJYow" alt=""><figcaption><p>An example of the chapter approach to course creation with a separate chapter test.</p></figcaption></figure>

## The Complete Course Single File Approach


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