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.
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.