How to Create a New Course

  1. As an Instructor, the easiest way to set up online homework for students is to start with a template course. Template courses are premade, customizable course shells. They include online homework assignments, ebook & video links corresponding to the table of contents for the selected course textbook. From the homepage, click “Add New Course”.

Image of instructor home screen showing Add New Course button.

  1. Choose “Copy from my, a colleague’s, or template course”:

Image of course creation screen showing that teacher must choose to either start with a blank course or copy from an existing course.

  1. Expand the “Template Courses” menu, and select the book in use, then click “Continue”:

Image showing the expansion of the Copy option, indicating that teachers should choose to copy from a Template Course.

Image showing the list of template courses indicating that teachers should choose which template they would like to use based on the book in use.

To copy a customized course made from a previous semester, use the “My Courses” menu.

Image showing the options if a teacher instead decides to copy from My Courses and choose a course they have previously taught.

  1.  Fill out the “Course Name” field, then click “Submit”:

Image of Add New Course screen where teachers should title their new course then choose Submit.

  1. The course ID displayed on the next screen is required for students to enroll in the course.  Please put this course ID on your syllabus and distribute it to students. To enter the course, click “Enter the Course”:

Image showing the main course page of the new corse including the calendar.

  1. This course will now be listed on the homepage, under “Courses you’re teaching.”

Image of instructor home screen showing the newly created course.