Create Course Seats

6.4.2. 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 E-Commerce 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.

  1. Start the E-Commerce Service on your site. For details, see Start the E-Commerce Service.

  2. In a browser on your E-Commerce server, go to http://localhost:8002/courses/ to access the E-Commerce Course Administration tool.

  3. On the Courses page, select Add New Course.

  4. On the Create New Course page, enter the following information for your course.

    • Course ID

    • Course Name

    • Course Type

    • Course Seats

    • Bulk Enrollment Code Yes/No

    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

      • Verification Deadline: This option is required if you select Yes for ID Verification Required?

    • 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.

  5. Select Create Course.