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.
Start the E-Commerce Service on your site. For details, see Start the E-Commerce Service.
In a browser on your E-Commerce server, go to
http://localhost:8002/courses/
to access the E-Commerce Course Administration tool.On the Courses page, select Add New Course.
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.
Select Create Course.