diff --git a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursecategory.html b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursecategory.html
index 4c776f230ee..c42929ee135 100644
--- a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursecategory.html
+++ b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursecategory.html
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Categories</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>课程分类</B></P>
 
-<P>Your Moodle administrator may have set up several 
-   course categories.
+<P>Moodle管理员应该已经设置了几个课程分类。
 
-<P>For example, "Science", "Humanities", "Public Health" etc
+<P>例如，理科，文科，公共卫生等等。
 
-<P>Choose the one most applicable for your course.  This 
-   choice will affect where your course is displayed on the 
-   course listing and may make it easier for students to 
-   find your course.
+<P>选择一个最适合你的课程的分类。你的选择决定了该课程在课程列表中的显示位置，以便于学生寻找该课程。
diff --git a/lang/zh_cn/help/courseformats.html b/lang/zh_cn/help/courseformats.html
index 2cc26c4ac05..2d6da41dfb9 100644
--- a/lang/zh_cn/help/courseformats.html
+++ b/lang/zh_cn/help/courseformats.html
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Moodle course formats</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Moodle课程显示格式</B></P>
 
-<P><B>Weekly format</B></P>
+<P><B>星期格式</B></P>
 <UL>
-The course is organised week by week, with a clear start date and a finish date.
-Each week consists of activities.  Some of them, like journals, may have 
-"open windows" of, say, two weeks after which they become unavailable.
+课程以每周安排的形式组织，有明确的起止日期。
+每周安排中包含一些活动项目。有些活动项目有一定的有效期限，比如两星期后就看不到了。
 </UL>
 
-<P><B>Topics format</B></P>
+<P><B>主题格式</B></P>
 <UL>
-Very similar to the weekly format, except that each "week" is called a topic.
-A "topic" is not restricted to any time limit.  You don't need to specify any
-dates.
+和星期格式很相似，只不过它不是以星期为单位，而是以主题为单位进行组织。
+所谓“主题”就没有时间限制，不需要特别指定日期。
 </UL>
 
-<P><B>Social format</B></P>
+<P><B>社区格式</B></P>
 <UL>
-This format is oriented around one main forum, the Social forum, which appears
-listed on the main page.  It is useful for situations that are more freeform.
-They may not even be courses.  For example, it could be used as a departmental
-notice board.
+这种格式以一个主论坛——社区论坛的形式组织，展示于首页。这种形式比较自由，甚至不必是个课程。比如可以作为一个系部的公告栏。
 </UL>
 
diff --git a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursefullname.html b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursefullname.html
index 171de93fac5..6d4a404d733 100644
--- a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursefullname.html
+++ b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursefullname.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Full name</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>课程全称</B></P>
 
-<P>The full name of the course is displayed at the top of the screen and in the course listings.</P>
+<P>这个课程全称将显示于课程网页的上方，和课程列表之中。</P>
 
diff --git a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenewsitems.html b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenewsitems.html
index a9c18ea8e10..630bbd7078d 100644
--- a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenewsitems.html
+++ b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenewsitems.html
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course News Items</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>课程新闻条目</B></P>
 
-<P>A special forum called "News" appears in the 
-   "weekly" and "topics" course formats.  It's 
-   a good place to post notices for all students
-   to see.  (By default, all students are subscribed
-   to this forum, and will receive your notices by
-   email.)
+<P>一个名为“新闻”的特殊论坛出现于“星期”和“主题”课程格式中。这是个发通知给所有学生看的好地方。（默认情况下，所有学生都订阅了这个论坛，他们的电子邮箱都将收到你发的通知。）
 
-<P>This setting determines how many recent items 
-   appear on your course home page, in a news box 
-   down the right-hand side.
+<P>这个设置将决定有几个最新新闻条目出现于你的课程首页的右边新闻栏中。
 
-<P>If you set it to "0 news items" then the news 
-   box won't even appear.
+<P>如果你设置为“0新闻条目”，那么新闻栏将不会出现。
diff --git a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenumsections.html b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenumsections.html
index c117bb77e39..ff5aec580fe 100644
--- a/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenumsections.html
+++ b/lang/zh_cn/help/coursenumsections.html
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course Number of Weeks/Topics</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>课程的星期/主题数目</B></P>
 
-<P>This setting is only used by the 'weekly' and 'topics'
-   course formats.
+<P>这个设置只用于“星期”和“主题”格式中。
 
-<P>In the 'weekly' format, it specifies the number of weeks 
-   that the course will run for, starting from the 
-   course starting date.
+<P>在“星期”格式中，它指定从课程起动日期开始，课程将持续几周时间。
 
-<P>In the 'topics' format, it specifies the number of topics
-   in the course.
+<P>在“主题”格式中，它指定在课程中的主题数目。
 
-<P>Both of these translate to the number of "boxes" down the 
-   middle of the course page.
+<P>它将显示为在课程首页的中央有几个方形版块。