How to Create and Edit Categories

How to Create and Edit Categories

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Overview

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create categories to conveniently organise your courses.

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Step Tutorial

Create Categories


1. Hover your mouse over 'Courses' and then select 'Categories'.




2. This page contains a list of all available categories. Click either the 'Course' or 'Theme' button to view Course and Theme categories, respectively.




3. To add a new category, click the 'Add Category' button.




4. To create a course category, enter the name of the new category. 'Category Name' is a mandatory field. You may also click the 'drop-down' icon to select which course/s fall under this category. Click the 'Save' button once you're done.



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NOTE: Click the 'X' icon to remove a course.



Similar steps apply when you create a theme category.  Enter the name of the new category. 'Category Name' is a mandatory field. You may also click the 'drop-down' icon to select which theme/s fall under this category. Click the 'Save' button once you're done.




InfoNOTE: Click the 'X' icon to remove a theme.




5. Now you will see the category that you have created.





Edit Categories


1.  Click either the 'Course' or 'Theme' button to edit Course and Theme categories, respectively.




2. To edit a category, click the 'Actions' button, then choose 'Edit'. You may also select the 'Delete' button to delete the category.



InfoNOTE: Users can only delete a category if there are no courses or themes that belong to it.
Below is a sample of a course category that contains courses, showing that the 'Delete' button is unavailable.




3. To edit the details of the category, you may repeat step 4 of the Create Categories part of this tutorial.