6.3.2. Create Course Seats
A course seat represents an enrollment track, sometimes called an enrollment
mode. For information about the enrollment tracks that edX offers, see
enrollment track.
You create course seats by creating a course on the Create New Course page
in the course administration tool, which is located at
http://localhost:8002/courses/
. After you create a course, the E-Commerce
service creates the course seats that are associated with that course.
To create a course seat, follow these steps.
- Follow the steps in Creating Products Overview to start your E-Commerce
server.
- In a browser on your E-Commerce server, go to
http://localhost:8002/courses
to access the Courses page.
- On the Courses page, select Add New Course.
- On the Add New Course page, enter the information for your course in the
following fields.
- For Course Type, select a course type and the options for that course
type.
- If you select Free (Audit), you must specify whether you want to allow
honor code learners to earn an honor code certificate. To do this, select
Yes under Include Honor Seat.
- If you select Verified, you must add the following information.
- Price (in USD)
- Upgrade Deadline
- Verification Deadline
- Include Honor Seat: This option grants honor code certificates to
learners who successfully complete the course.
- If you select Professional Education, you must add the following
information.
- Price (in USD)
- ID Verification Required?
- Upgrade Deadline
- If you select Credit, you must add the following information.
- Price (in USD): The price for a verified certificate.
- Upgrade Deadline
- Credit Provider
- Price (USD): The price for course credit.
- Credit Hours
- Upgrade Deadline
- Verification Deadline
- Include Honor Seat: This option grants honor code certificates to
learners who successfully complete the course.
- Select Create Course.