Create a Course in an Organization or Group

These are the steps for creating a new empty course on Exercode. After creating it, you can immediately add lessons and materials and edit them directly on Exercode.

If you want to import course materials from a GitHub repository, see Import Course Materials.

Permissions Required

• Organization administrator
• Group administrator

How to Open the Course Creation Page

The course creation page is the same regardless of the entry point. The visibility scope is determined by the Group selection on the page.

Open from the Organization's Course List

1. Open Affiliations.
2. Open the organization name.
3. Open Courses.
4. Click Create Course.

When an organization administrator opens the page this way, None (= visible to the entire organization) is selected by default for Group.

Open from a Group's Course List

1. Open Affiliations.
2. Open the organization name.
3. Open Groups.
4. Open the target group.
5. Open Courses.
6. Click Create Course.

When opened this way, Group is preselected with that group. If you want to change it to a different group or make the course visible to the entire organization, reselect it in the following steps.

Steps

1. Enter the Course Name.
2. Enter the Course Description.
3. Select a Group. This determines the visibility scope of the course.
   • Select a specific group: Only members belonging to that group can use the course.
   • Select None (organization administrators only): All members of the organization can use the course.
   • Group administrators cannot select None. They must choose from the groups they manage.
4. Click Create.

Once creation is complete, you will be taken to the course editing screen, where you can continue adding lessons and materials.

Concept of Visibility Scope

Most courses are intended for a limited audience, such as a class or grade level, so we recommend selecting a group when creating a course in principle. Selecting None to make a course visible to the entire organization is safest only for courses that are fine for all members to access, such as university-wide common materials.

Notes

• Organization administrators can create courses for both the organization and groups.
• Group administrators can only create courses for the groups they manage.

Related Links

• Import Course Materials
• Add a Course to an Organization or Group