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Manage courses

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Manage courses

Permissions required: Administrator

The Course admin tool lets administrators view course and group information, manage and organize courses, search and filter, batch import assignments into multiple courses at once, and enroll themselves in (or unenroll from) any course.

Open the Courses page

In Administration, select Courses. The page is titled Courses & Groups.

Courses and Groups page with the course list, the Columns and Filters controls, and the Add control

View course and group details

Each row shows a course across these columns: Name, Course Number, Sync ID, Course Type, Creator, Faculty, Assignment, Created Time, Start Time, and End Time. Courses connected to a Learning Management System through LTI show an LTI badge next to the name. Use Columns to choose which columns are shown.

Find a course

  • Search: type a course name or keyword to locate specific courses.
  • Filters: narrow the list by conditions such as course name, number, Sync ID, type, creator, faculty, and date ranges, then clear them to return to the full list.

Create a course

Select Add to open the course creation page and enter the details for the new course. For the full steps, see Create, edit, or delete courses.

Administrators also have an optional Sync ID field, used for integration. It must be unique across courses to avoid conflicts.

Create Course page with the Title, Course Number, Short Description, date and Sync ID fields

Batch import assignments to multiple courses

You can import the same assignments into several courses at once:

1. Select the checkbox for each course you want to include.

2. With at least one course selected, the Action control becomes available. Open it.

3. Choose Add Assignments to selected courses to go to the assignment selection page.

For the assignment selection steps, see Import assignments. A confirmation appears once assignments are imported.

Course list with two rows selected and the Action menu open showing Add Assignments to selected courses

Edit a course

Each row's Action column has an edit control that opens that course's settings.

Enroll yourself in a course

Open a course by selecting its name. If you do not have access, a prompt asks whether you want to add yourself as a faculty member to that course. Select Add to gain access. The course's People page then lists you with the Faculty role.

Prompt asking whether to add yourself to the course as a faculty member, with the Add and Cancel controls

Unenroll from a course

On a course you added yourself to, select Remove Me, then confirm to unenroll. This removes your access to the course.

Course home page showing the Remove Me control for a course you added yourself to