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Edit courses

This article shows how to edit a course's information, and how to edit its content. This feature is for platform admins.

Edit the course information​

Go to the Courses page, then click Edit Course Details on the course.

The edit button on a course on the Courses page

The Edit Course Details window opens. It has three tabs:

  • Details.
  • Images & Video.
  • Actions.

The tabs of the Edit Course Details window

Details tab​

From the Details tab you can change:

  1. Name: the course name.

  2. Description: a short description of the course, 50 to 150 characters.

  3. Details: more details about the course.

    The course name, description and details fields in the Details tab

  4. Progression Behavior.

  5. Course options:

    • Add to homepage: the course shows to everyone on your platform home page.
    • Enable public signup: visitors can sign up for the course by themselves. If you turn this off, you need to add students by hand.
    • Show course outline to public: the course outline shows on the course page.
    • Show watermark on videos and slides: the student's name and ID show on top of lesson videos and slides.
    • Process applicant info before enrollment: a link the student is sent to after applying to join the course. The student then shows on the Applicants page so you can approve them by hand. This field only shows when Enable public signup is on.

    The progression behavior, homepage and public signup options

  6. Pick the default cohort: change the default cohort of the course.

  7. Course Highlights.

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You can also change the Categories and the SEO settings from the same tab.

When you finish your changes in the Details tab, click Update Course to save them.

The default cohort field, the course highlights and the Update Course button

Images & Video tab​

From the Images & Video tab you can change:

  • Thumbnail.
  • Cover Image.
  • Course Video (YouTube): a YouTube video link that shows instead of the cover image at the top of the course page.

When you finish, click Update Images & Video to save.

The images tab with the thumbnail and cover image fields and the save button

Actions tab​

From the Actions tab you can:

  • Make a copy of the course by clicking Clone Course.
  • Archive or delete the course by clicking Archive Course, or unarchive it by clicking Unarchive Course.

The Actions tab with the Clone Course and Archive Course buttons

The Actions tab of an archived course with the Unarchive Course button

Edit the course content​

Go to the Courses page, then click Edit Curriculum on the course.

The Edit Curriculum button on a course on the Courses page

From the course Curriculum page you can edit:

  1. Sections.
  2. Target groups.
  3. Targets.

The Curriculum page with the sections, target groups and targets

1. Edit sections​

Click the edit button next to the section.

The edit section button next to the sections list

Section Details tab​

From the Details tab you can:

  • Change the Section Name.
  • Add, change or remove the section opening date in Unlock section on.

When you finish, click Update to save.

The section Details tab with the Section Name and Unlock section on fields and the Update button

Section Actions tab​

From the Actions tab you can:

  • Merge the section into another section and delete it: choose the section in Delete & Merge Into, then click Merge and Delete.
  • Copy the section to another course: choose the course in Copy Into, then click Copy Level.

The section Actions tab with the merge list and the Merge and Delete button

2. Edit target groups​

Click the target group you want to edit to open Target Group Details.

A target group on the Curriculum page

From Target Group Details you can:

  1. Change the Title.
  2. Change the Description.
  3. Move the group to another section from Section.
  4. Archive or unarchive the group with Archived target group.

When you finish, click Update Target Group to save.

Target Group Details with the title, description, section and archive option

3. Edit targets​

Click the edit button next to the target you want to edit.

The edit target button next to its name in the target group

Details tab​

From the target's Details tab you can:

  1. Change the Title.

  2. Move the target to another target group from Target Group.

  3. Turn on Milestone target. If a target is a milestone, students cannot complete the course until they complete this target.

  4. Turn on Free preview, so visitors to your platform can preview this target for free before they enroll.

    The target Details tab with the title, target group and milestone fields

  5. Link the target to other targets from Are there any prerequisite targets?.

    The prerequisite targets list in the target Details tab

  6. Change how students complete the target from How do you want the student to complete the target?: Simply mark the target as completed., Visit a link to complete the target., Self-evaluation or Quiz., Submit a form to complete the target., or Advanced questions reviewed by coach.

  7. Change how teams handle the target from How should teams tackle this target?.

  8. Add instructions for students in Do you have any completion instructions for the student?. These instructions show close to where students complete the target.

  9. Change the Target Visibility: Live, Archived or Draft.

When you finish, click Update Target to save.

The completion methods, team options, instructions, target visibility and the Update Target button

Content tab​

From the target's Content tab you can edit the lesson content. After each change, click the save check mark The green save check mark to save it.

The content editor in the Content tab and the save check mark next to it

Versions tab​

From the target's Versions tab you can:

  • Save a copy of the target content by clicking Save this version.
  • Browse earlier versions of the content, and restore any of them when you need to.

The Versions tab with the versions list and the Save this version button