.. _Edit the Course About Page: ############################# Edit the Course About Page ############################# .. tags:: educator, how-to The course About page, sometimes called the course summary page, provides information about your course to learners. Learners can see the About page before they enroll in the course. For more information, see :ref:`Guide to Course About Page`. .. _Describe Your Course: ********************** Describe Your Course ********************** .. youtube:: ruXRjT176Cs Learners see a description of your course on the course About page, under the heading "About this course". The course description contains the following information about your course. * The long course description. This description contains 150-400 words. * Names of course staff, together with short bios and images. For best results, course staff images should be 110 x 110 px. Additionally, a course description can contain the following information. * Skill and knowledge prerequisites. * Frequently asked questions. * Available languages for text, videos, and video transcripts. For more information about creating an effective course description, see :ref:`Course Description `. To provide a description for your course, follow these steps. #. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. #. In the **Introducing Your Course** section, locate the **Course Overview** field. This field contains a raw HTML template with placeholders for your course content. #. Overwrite the placeholder content with information for your course, following the directions in the template. Do not edit HTML tags. If you want to include information that does not have a specific section in the template, such as languages, you can add this information in the "About This Course" section. #. Select **Save Changes**. #. To test how the description will appear to learners, locate the text that follows the **Course Overview** field, and then select **your course summary page**. .. _Add a Course Image: ****************************** Add a Course Image ****************************** For more information about effective course images, see :ref:`Course and Program Images and Videos `. To add a course image in Studio, follow these steps. #. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. #. In the **Course Card Image** section, complete one of the following steps. * If you have not yet :ref:`added the image to the course`, select **Upload Course Card Image**, and then follow the prompts to find and upload your image. * If you have already :ref:`added the image to the course`, locate the text under the **Course Card Image** field, and then select **files & uploads**. #. In the panel at the bottom of the screen, select **Save Changes**. #. View your dashboard to test how the image will appear to learners. .. _Add an About Video: ****************************** Add a Course About Video ****************************** To upload a course About video, follow these steps. #. Upload the video file to YouTube. When the file is uploaded, copy the code that appears between **watch?v=** and **&feature** in the URL. This code is the YouTube video ID. For example, in the following URL, **B-EFayAA5_0** is the code. :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-EFayAA5_0&feature=you.tube #. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. #. Scroll down to the **Course Introduction Video** section. #. In the field below the video box, enter the YouTube video ID that you copied in step 1. When you add the code, the video automatically loads in the video box. #. When you make changes, a **Save Changes** option appears at the bottom right of the page. Select **Save Changes** after you add the course video. #. View your course About page to test how the video will appear to learners. .. _Set Course Effort Expectations: ****************************** Set Course Effort Expectations ****************************** The estimated effort that the course requires appears in the course About page. To set the hours per week week estimate in Studio, follow these steps. #. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. #. In the **Requirements** section, locate the **Hours of Effort per Week** field. #. Enter the number of hours you expect learners to work on this course each week. When you make changes on this page, a panel with options to save or cancel your work appears. #. Select **Save Changes**. #. View your course About page to test how the requirements will appear to learners. .. seealso:: :ref:`Guide to Basic Course Details` (reference) :ref:`Edit Basic Course Details` (how-to) :ref:`Guide to Course About Page` (reference) :ref:`Set Course Pacing` (how-to) :ref:`Set Course Schedule` (how-to) **Maintenance chart** +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Review Date | Working Group Reviewer | Release |Test situation | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 03/19/2025 | John (Curricu.me) | Sumac |Pass | +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 03/05/2025 | Leira (Curricu.me) | Sumac |Fail (https://github.com/openedx/docs.openedx.org/issues/859)| +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+