Manage Course Outline#
Course authors build a course outline on the Course Outline page in Studio. Learners see this course outline in the LMS.
You can add content in the course outline by creating a new section, subsection, or unit, or by duplicating an existing unit, subsection, or section.
To view the course outline in the LMS, go to the Course Outline page in Studio, and then select either Preview or View Live.
Open the Course Outline#
To view the course outline, follow these steps.
Sign in to Studio.
On the My Courses page, select the course you want to develop.
The course outline opens by default when you open a course.
To open the outline when you are working in a course, from the Content menu, select Outline.
The first time you view an outline for a course, it contains no content. The following message is visible.
You haven't added any content to this course yet.
To add content, you create a section.
Navigate the Course Outline#
In Studio, you navigate the course outline by expanding and collapsing sections and subsections. Use the “drop-down” icon next to a section or subsection name to expand or collapse its contents.
When you expand a subsection, all units in the subsection are visible.
Select the name of a unit to open the unit page.
Add New Sections, Subsections, or Units#
To add a section to the outline, select New Section. This option appears at both the top of the page and below the current sections in the outline. For more information, see Create a Section.
To add a subsection to the end of the section, expand the section and select New Subsection.
To add a unit to the end of a subsection, expand the subsection and select New Unit. The unit page opens.
Duplicate Existing Sections, Subsections, or Units#
To add a section, subsection, or unit by duplicating content that already exists in the course outline, select the Duplicate icon for the item that you want to duplicate. You see a Duplicating indicator at the bottom of the Studio page.
Duplicated items are added to the course outline immediately below the original item, with the name “Duplicate of <original item name>”.
Note
Duplicated items inherit the release date of the item that they are duplicated from, but you must explicitly publish duplicated subsections and units before they are visible to learners. For more information about release statuses and visibility of sections to learners, see Sections and Visibility to Learners.
Reorganize the Course Outline#
You can reorganize your course content by dragging and dropping sections, subsections, and units to new locations in the outline.
You can reorganize components by dragging and dropping them within the same unit, or by moving them from one unit to another unit. For more information, see Reorganize a Component.
To drag a section, subsection, or unit to another position in the course outline, move your cursor over the handle on the right of the object’s box until the cursor changes to a four-headed arrow. For example, in the image below, the handle for the subsection Lesson 1 - Getting Started is selected.
Then, select and drag the object to the location that you want.
If you expanded the section or subsection you are moving the object to, when you move the object, a blue line indicates where the object will land when you release the mouse button. For example, in the image below, the subsection Lesson 1 - Getting Started is being moved to the end of the section Introduction.
If you did not expand the section or subsection you are moving the object to, the outline of that section or subsection turns blue when you have moved the object to a valid location. You can then release the mouse button. For example, in the image below, the subsection Lesson 1 - Getting Started is being moved to the collapsed section Introduction.
Note
When you move a subsection to a different section, the release date and time for that subsection does not change.
Delete Content in the Course Outline#
You delete sections, subsections, and units from the course outline.
Warning
You cannot restore course content after you delete it. To ensure you do not delete content you may need later, you can move any unused content to a section in your course that you set to never release.
Select the Delete icon in the box for the object you want to delete.
You are prompted to confirm the deletion.
Note
When you delete an object, all objects that it contains are deleted. For example, when you delete a subsection, all units in that subsection are deleted.
See also
Guide to Course Content Development (reference)
Create a New Course in Studio (how-to)
About the Course Outline (concept)
Modify Settings for Objects in the Course Outline (how-to)
Publish Content from the Course Outline (how-to)
About Course Sections (concept)
About Course Subsections (concept)
About Course Units (concept)
Manage Course Sections (how-to)
Manage Course Subsections (how-to)
Manage Course Units (how-to)
View As Learner (how-to)
Maintenance chart
Review Date |
Working Group Reviewer |
Release |
Test situation |
03/05/2025 |
Leira (Curricu.me) |
Sumac |
Pass |