Creating a Course for an Organization or Group

Steps for creating a new empty course directly on Exercode. After creation, you can add classes and materials on the spot, which suits an operation style where you edit directly on Exercode.

If you want to import teaching materials from a GitHub repository, see Importing Materials.

Permissions Required

Organization administrator
Group administrator

How to Open the Course Creation Page

The course creation page is shared. It opens the same page regardless of which entry point you use. The scope of availability is determined by the Group selection on the page.

Opening from the Organization's Course List

Open Affiliations.
Open your organization name.
Open Courses.
Click Create Course.

When an organization administrator opens the page through this path, None (meaning available to the entire organization) is selected by default for Group.

Opening from a Group's Course List

Open Affiliations.
Open your organization name.
Open Groups.
Open the target group.
Open Courses.
Click Create Course.

When opened through this path, that group is preselected in Group. If you want to change it to a different group or make the course available to the entire organization, reselect it using the steps below.

Steps

Enter the Course Name.
Enter the Course Description.
Select a Group. This is where the course's availability scope is determined.
- Selecting a specific group: Only members belonging to that group can use the course.
- Selecting None (organization administrators only): All members belonging to the organization can use the course.
- Group administrators cannot select None. They must choose from the groups they manage.
Click Create.

Once creation is complete, you will be taken to the edit screen for that course, where you can continue adding classes and materials.

Concept of Availability Scope

Since most cases involve a limited audience such as a class or grade level, it is generally recommended to create courses by selecting a group. Making a course available to the entire organization by selecting None is safest only for courses that are appropriate for all members to access (such as university-wide common materials).

Notes

Created courses have a validity period and become view-only 15 months after creation (Course Validity Period).
Organization administrators can create courses for both the organization and its groups.
Group administrators can only create courses for groups they manage.