.. _Manage Course Sections: ######################### Manage Course Sections ######################### .. tags:: educator, how-to .. contents:: :local: :depth: 1 .. _Create a Section: ******************************** Create a Section ******************************** To create a new section, follow these steps. .. START CREATE A SECTION #. Open the course outline in Studio. #. Click :guilabel:`New Section`. A new section is created at the end of the course content, with the section name selected. #. Enter the name for the new section. A descriptive name can help learners locate content in the course. It can also help you select content when you analyze performance in reporting or analytics systems. #. :ref:`Add subsections` to the new section as needed. .. END CREATE A SECTION If you do not change the :ref:`course start date` default value, ``1/1/2030``, when you create a new section, its release date will be ``Unscheduled``. If you have modified the course start date, when you create a new section, the default release date is the course start date. .. caution:: If the course start date is in the past, newly created sections are immediately visible to learners. It is recommended that you :ref:`test course content ` as you create new sections. ******************************** Change a Section Name ******************************** To edit a section name, move your cursor over the section name to show the **Edit** icon. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/section-edit-icon.png :alt: The Edit Section Name icon. :width: 500 Select the **Edit** icon next to the section name. The name field becomes editable. Enter the new name, and then tab or click outside of the field to save the name. .. _Set a Section Release Date: ******************************** Set a Section Release Date ******************************** To set the section release date, follow these steps. #. Select the **Configure** option from the kebab menu in the section box. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/section-settings-box.png :alt: The section settings icon circled. The **Settings** dialog box opens. #. Enter the release date and time for the section. .. note:: The time that you set is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You might want to verify that you have specified the time that you intend by using a time zone converter such as `Time and Date Time Zone Converter`_. #. Select **Save**. For more information, see :ref:`Release Dates`. .. _Publish all Units in a Section: ******************************** Publish All Units in a Section ******************************** To publish all new and changed units in a section, select the **Publish** option in the kebab menu for the section. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/outline-publish-icon-section.png :alt: Publishing icon for a section. .. note:: The **Publish** icon only appears when there is new or changed content within the section. For more information about statuses and visibility to learners, see :ref:`Unit Publishing Status`. .. _Hide a Section from Students: ******************************** Hide a Section from Learners ******************************** You can hide all content in a section from learners, regardless of the status of subsections and units within the section. For more information, see :ref:`Content Hidden from Students`. To hide a section from learners, follow these steps. #. Select the **Configure** icon in the section box. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/section-settings-box.png :alt: The section settings icon circled. :width: 500 The **Settings** dialog box opens. #. In the **Section Visibility** section, select **Hide from learners**. #. Select **Save**. Now, none of the content in the section is visible to learners. To make the section visible to learners, repeat these steps and deselect **Hide from learners**. .. warning:: When you deselect **Hide from learners** for a section, not all content in the section is necessarily made visible to learners. If you explicitly set a subsection or unit to be hidden from learners, it remains hidden from learners. Unpublished units remain unpublished, and changes to published units remain unpublished. ******************************** Delete a Section ******************************** When you delete a section, you delete all subsections and units within the section. .. 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. To delete a section, follow these steps. #. Select the **Delete** option from the kebab menu of the section that you want to delete. .. image:: /_images/educator_how_tos/section-delete.png :alt: The section with Delete button highlighted. :width: 500 2. When you receive the confirmation prompt, select **Delete** to confirm the deletion. .. seealso:: :ref:`Guide to Course Content Development` (reference) :ref:`Create a New Course` (how-to) :ref:`About the Course Outline` (concept) :ref:`Manage Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`Modify Settings for Objects in the Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`Publish Content from the Course Outline` (how-to) :ref:`About Course Sections` (concept) :ref:`About Course Subsections` (concept) :ref:`About Course Units` (concept) :ref:`Manage Course Subsections` (how-to) :ref:`Manage Course Units` (how-to) :ref:`View as Learner` (how-to) **Maintenance chart** +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Review Date | Working Group Reviewer | Release |Test situation | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | 07/07/2025 | Leira (Curricu.me) | Sumac | Pass | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | 03/05/2025 | Leira (Curricu.me) | Sumac |Fail (https://github.com/openedx/docs.openedx.org/issues/862) | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+