Using the Course Information Page
The Course Information or Section Information pages allow you to establish and edit the properties for your course or section. It's required that you fill out this page during the creation process. However, once you have a course and/or section established in your account, you have the option to return to this page to update its name, number, and other information as needed.
Note: The descriptions below are from the perspective of the course creation and editing process. When working with a section, the labels you see on this page are labeled Section Name, Section Number, etc.
To manage course and section information
Unless otherwise noted, all instructions apply to both courses and sections.
- 1. Go to the Courses page and click the Edit link in the Actions column for the appropriate course or section to open the Course Information page.
- ° Parent Course. The name of the parent course for a section (not editable - appears for sections only).
- ° Textbook and Digital Product. The Cengage products selected to provide content for this course (not editable once the course or section is created).
- ° Institution. The name of the institution associated with the course or section (not editable).
- ° Course Name. Update the course or section name.
- ° Course Number. Update the course or section number.
- ° Course starts on/Course ends on. Edit the course or section start and end dates.
- ° Syllabus. Provide the course or section with a document or URL to use as a syllabus.
- ° Allow student to send emails to the instructor while taking assignments. Enable or disable the ability for students to send an email during an assignment take.
- ° Enter Instructor Emails. Add or remove email addresses in a recipients list for student inquiries from an assignment take.
- ° Require students to provide a student ID on login. Enable or disable the requirement that students create a Student ID before entering your course or section.
- 2. Depending on your process, you click either the Save or Create Course button when you are finished. This opens the Course Summary page, where you can review your changes.
Before creating a course, you may need to change institutions. New courses are associated with your active institution in Cengage. After switching to the appropriate institution, you can return to CNOWv2 to resume creating your course. See Managing Multiple Institutions for more details.
Note: New sections are automatically associated with the parent course institution.
Note: If your class has students enrolled, you can no longer edit the start date.
