A course is essentially an empty shell meant to contain learning activities and resources. Once a course has been created, you need to add activities and resources as a second step.
By default, a regular instructor can't add a course. To add a new course, you need to have Administrator or Course Creator permissions. If you do not have those permissions yourself, ask your administrator to create the course on your behalf and then make you the instructor for this course.
Step-by-step Guide
To add a course:
- Go to Site Administration > Courses > Add a new course
- Enter the course settings then click on the "Save and display" button
Important Notes
- If you are following the steps above as a Course Creator, you will automatically be assigned the role of Instructor for the course in question
- If you are following the steps above as a System Administrator, a screen will prompt you to specify who you would like to enrol in the course. If you will not be uploading the learning activities to the course yourself (e.g. the training videos, reading material, quiz, etc.), you should enrol one or more Instructors to the course by clicking on the "Enrol Users" button and selecting the role of "Instructor" (or "Teacher") in the "Assign role" dropdown menu. Aside from System Administrators, only Instructors are able to add learning material to a course.