# Add a Course Catalog

## To add a course catalog

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 1:**</mark> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Administration**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">></mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Manage Campus**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">></mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Organization Tools**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">></mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Course Catalogs**</mark>.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 2:**</mark> The <mark style="color:blue;">**Course Catalogs**</mark> page is displayed.

![](/files/FAaPMbRfIFQk71Vm69eb)

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 3:**</mark> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**New Catalog**</mark>.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 4:**</mark> A confirmation dialog box is displayed with the “What do you want to name the new Catalog?” message.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 5:**</mark> Type the name for the course catalog, and then click <mark style="color:blue;">**OK**</mark>. A new course catalog is created.

{% hint style="info" %}
The <mark style="color:blue;">**Course Catalog**</mark> page displays <mark style="color:blue;">**Categories**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Options**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Sharing**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**Copy Catalog**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">**Prices**</mark>\*\* \*\* tabs.
{% endhint %}

## Add a sub-category <a href="#add" id="add"></a>

You can add sub-categories and rename the sub-categories. The <mark style="color:blue;">**Category Details**</mark> area displays the list of assignments for the category. You can also add assignments by clicking <mark style="color:blue;">**Add Items**</mark>. You can add multiple assignments to the course catalog, which can be shared with the students.

{% hint style="info" %}
Click the <mark style="color:blue;">**Remove**</mark> icon, to delete the sub-category and assignments.
{% endhint %}

![](/files/kjXN4USAdwgalksI1WsC)

## Modify option details <a href="#modify" id="modify"></a>

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.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 1:**</mark> Click the <mark style="color:blue;">**Options**</mark> tab.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 2:**</mark> The <mark style="color:blue;">**Options**</mark> tab is displayed.

![](/files/GXbO8mxtw8jIo4zr6npT)

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 3:**</mark> In the <mark style="color:blue;">**Name**</mark> box, type a name for the course catalog.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 4:**</mark> In the <mark style="color:blue;">**Description**</mark> box, type the description for the course catalog.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 5:**</mark> In the <mark style="color:blue;">**Publishing Model**</mark> section, select the required publishing option. Do one of the following.

| Field                                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <mark style="color:blue;">**Available to members**</mark>   | <p>This catalog is visible and available to members of groups that it has been shared.</p><p><mark style="background-color:yellow;">To share this catalog you must go to the</mark> <mark style="color:blue;background-color:yellow;"><strong>Sharing</strong></mark> <mark style="background-color:yellow;">tab.</mark></p> |
| <mark style="color:blue;">**Available to purchases**</mark> | Does not allow students to self-enroll in the sections or training plans in this catalog. Students must purchase through an invoice.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| <mark style="color:blue;">**Hidden**</mark>                 | 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.                                                                                                 |

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 6:**</mark> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark>. The option details are updated and saved.

{% hint style="info" %}
In the <mark style="color:blue;">**Syllabuses**</mark> section, click the ![](/files/btUMj4hU3pFxHxoUzkTS) icon to remove the syllabuses from the course catalog.
{% endhint %}

## Share a course catalog <a href="#share" id="share"></a>

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.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 1:**</mark>\*\* \*\* Click the <mark style="color:blue;">**Sharing**</mark> tab.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 2:**</mark>\*\* \*\* The <mark style="color:blue;">**Sharing**</mark> page is displayed.

![](/files/lzzNfxA6R99VpbbQxGrQ)

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 3:**</mark>\*\* \*\* In the organization tree, select the check box next to the organization, sub-organization, group, or sub-group.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 4:**</mark>\*\* \*\* Do one of the following:

> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Shared**</mark> to share the course catalog with the selected organization or group.
>
> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Shared With New Descendants**</mark> 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.

{% hint style="info" %}
The <mark style="color:blue;">**Share Descendants**</mark> automatically share with all current descendants without setting the option to <mark style="color:blue;">**Share With New Descendants**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">.</mark> This is helpful when you need to share to a large organization tree but do not need to share to all new descendants.
{% endhint %}

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 5:**</mark>\*\* \*\* Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark>. The course catalogs are shared with a group or another organization.

{% hint style="info" %}
Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Not Shared**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> if you do not need to share the page.

Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Unshare Descendants**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> to stop sharing the page with descendants.

Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Shared with New Descendants**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">,</mark> the page is shared with the new descendants.
{% endhint %}

## Copy course catalog <a href="#copy" id="copy"></a>

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.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 1:**</mark>\*\* \*\* Click the <mark style="color:blue;">**Copy Catalog**</mark> tab.

![](/files/zC4PuZtdnCx7FxSloMHs)

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 2:**</mark> In the organization tree, click the box next to the organization with which you need to share the course catalog.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 3:**</mark> Click <mark style="color:blue;">**Copy**</mark><mark style="color:blue;">.</mark>

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step 4:**</mark>\*\* \*\* 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.

{% hint style="info" %}
Pricing information is also copied when copying a catalog.
{% endhint %}

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