Add new course

This page explains how you can create a new course area on the platform. You need to have Course or exam creator role in the organization you want to create the course material in.

How to add a course area

Go to page of the organization you want to create course in

1. Go to https://courses.mooc.fi/
2. Find the right organization and click on it.

3. Below the list of courses, click the _create _button

! NOTE: If you do not see the create button, ask the platform admistrators to give you the Course or exam creator role in your organization.

4. In the dialog that opens, fill in course details

• Name: Course name (specify academic year if relevant)
• Slug: Generated automatically
• Teacher in charge name: Name of the teacher responsible for the course. Also functions as the contact person for the administrators of the platform.
• Teacher in charge email: Contact email for the teacher in charge.
• Copy content from another course:

• Check the box if you want to copy another course material as the base for your new course material. For example, you can use the previous academic year's version of the course as the starting point.
• From the dropdown menu, select the course you want to copy

• Grant access to this course to everyone who had access to the original one: Select this if you want the same users to have access to the copy of the course material you create. If you do not select this option, only you and the platform administrators have access to the course area. You can also give access to users once the course area has been created.
• Course language: Select the language of the version of the course you will create first. You can add different language versions once the course has been created.

5. In the dialog, click the create button to create the course area. After this you can find the course area in your organization's page.