Add a Course Catalog
You can create a course catalog in NexPort.
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You can create a course catalog in NexPort.
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Step 1: Click Administration > Manage Campus > Organization Tools > Course Catalogs.
Step 2: The Course Catalogs page is displayed.
Step 3: Click New Catalog.
Step 4: A confirmation dialog box is displayed with the “What do you want to name the new Catalog?” message.
Step 5: Type the name for the course catalog, and then click OK. A new course catalog is created.
You can add sub-categories and rename the sub-categories. The Category Details area displays the list of assignments for the category. You can also add assignments by clicking Add Items. You can add multiple assignments to the course catalog, which can be shared with the students.
You can update the course catalog details related to the publishing model, pricing model, course access time limit, and others. The Publishing Model option allows you to make a catalog available to members, available to purchasers or hide a catalog from students. Membership based catalogs can be hidden. However, a Point of Sale (PoS) catalog is hidden if it has not been purchased. This is a catalog that has the Available to Purchasers option selected. Available to members describes an organizational catalog. The two publishing models are Point of Sale (PoS) and organizational.
Step 1: Click the Options tab.
Step 2: The Options tab is displayed.
Step 3: In the Name box, type a name for the course catalog.
Step 4: In the Description box, type the description for the course catalog.
Step 5: In the Publishing Model section, select the required publishing option. Do one of the following.
Available to members
This catalog is visible and available to members of groups that it has been shared.
To share this catalog you must go to the Sharing tab.
Available to purchases
Does not allow students to self-enroll in the sections or training plans in this catalog. Students must purchase through an invoice.
Hidden
This catalog is hidden from students. Administrators can still enroll students manually into any of the training plans or sections in the catalog, if the student has a membership in a group that the catalog is shared to.
Step 6: Click Save. The option details are updated and saved.
You can share course catalogs with a group or another organization. A student has access to a catalog only when the catalog is shared to a group to which the student has membership.
Step 1:** ** Click the Sharing tab.
Step 2:** ** The Sharing page is displayed.
Step 3:** ** In the organization tree, select the check box next to the organization, sub-organization, group, or sub-group.
Step 4:** ** Do one of the following:
Click Shared to share the course catalog with the selected organization or group.
Click Shared With New Descendants to share the course catalog with the selected organization or group and all its subordinate organizations or groups. This option automatically share this catalog to any new groups or organizations in the future.
Step 5:** ** Click Save. The course catalogs are shared with a group or another organization.
You can copy a catalog to another organization for which you have access permission. All the catalogs, sections (including assignments), training plans and certificates are copied. For media assignments the media continues to point to the original media item in the media library. Tests also continue to point to the original test definition.
Step 1:** ** Click the Copy Catalog tab.
Step 2: In the organization tree, click the box next to the organization with which you need to share the course catalog.
Step 3: Click Copy.
Step 4:** ** An email notification is generated that includes details of the operation both in case the copy operation is successful or unsuccessful. An email message is also sent to your account containing the notification.
In the Syllabuses section, click the icon to remove the syllabuses from the course catalog.
