Using the Courses Page

You can use features on the Courses page to create new courses and sections, make copies of courses or sections, or use a Cengage course template to create a course with prebuilt assignments. The Courses page also provides a Folders pane where you can create folders for organizing your courses and sections.

In the Courses and Sections pane, you can customize which columns of information are used in the table by clicking the link to Change Information Displayed Below and opening the Courses Page Display Options page. See Setting Courses Page Display Options for more information.

Basic Courses Page Features

This is the primary table on your Courses page. It displays information such as starting and ending dates, number of students enrolled, a list of actions, and the course or section number.

To differentiate between courses and sections, courses are indicated by a red "dot" appearing appended to their name, while sections are not marked. Any active column headings can be used to sort the table's contents. An arrow icon appears next to the heading to indicate if the sort order is ascending or descending. Simply click the heading again to reverse the order.

The name provided for your course or section. See Using the Course Information Page for information on editing the course or section name.

Displays the identifying number for your course or section. See Using the Course Information Page for instructions on editing the course or section number.

Use the links in the Course/Section Key column to Print the server-generated Student Registration Information page, Email the information as a PDF, or Copy the course link to your system's clipboard.

These are the start and end dates established for your course or section. See Using the Course Information Page for instructions on editing these dates.

The names of the instructor(s) assigned to the course or section. See the Enrollment Overview for details on manually enrolling and unenrolling instructors.

The number of students currently enrolled in your course or section. See the Enrollment Overview for details on manually enrolling and unenrolling students.

This pane displays the hierarchy of folders used to store your courses and sections, and provides you with an effective way to help keep your courses well organized. See Creating and Managing Course Folders for more information.

Click this link to go to the Archived Materials page, where you can manage the folders, courses, sections, and assignments that are stored and not currently in use. Archived courses are removed from the Courses page list but remain available for you to view, delete, copy, or you can use the retrieve option to return them to the Courses page. See Archiving Courses and Assignments for more details.

Click this link to open a page where you can edit the contents of the Courses and Sections information table. See Setting Courses Page Display Options for more details.

Click this button to open the course creation wizard where, depending on your CengageNOWv2 textbook, you can choose to create your course from three basic options.

° Build a Course Manually. Use this option to create a new course shell. You add your own assignments and enroll students later. For more details, see Building a Course Manually.

° Copy an Existing Course. Use this option to either create a course from a copy of an existing course or by using one of your textbook's template courses. During this process you can modify the course's basic information and dates. After the course is created, you have the option to add additional assignments. For more details, see Starting with a Course Already in Your Account or Modifying a Template Course Designed by Cengage.

° Import a Course via a File Previously Exported from CengageNOWv2. Use this process to import and adapt a previously exported course from another CengageNOWv2 account or institution. For details, see Importing a Course.