Create Course Seats

Create Course Seats#

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Warning

This service is deprecated and was last tagged for the Redwood release. We are not fixing bugs or developing new features for it. For updates, follow along on the DEPR ticket

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.

  1. Start the E-Commerce Service on your site. For details, see Start the E-Commerce Service.

  2. In a browser on your E-Commerce server, go to http://localhost:8002/courses/ to access the E-Commerce Course Administration tool.

  3. On the Courses page, select Add New Course.

  4. On the Create New Course page, enter the following information for your course.

    • Course ID

    • Course Name

    • Course Type

    • Course Seats

    • Bulk Enrollment Code Yes/No

    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.

  5. Select Create Course.

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2025-03-09

Sarina Canelake

Sumac

Deprecated