.. _Short Description:

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Create Short Description in OLX
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.. tags:: educator, how-to

.. note::

  This page describes how to create the Short Description section for
  a course, provided the Open edX instance the course is hosted on is using the default
  Open edX course catalog. Some Open edX instances might utilize a different
  way of publishing and advertising courses.

A short description of the course appears at the top of the Course About page.

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Create the Short Description File
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Create an HTML file called ``short_description.html`` in the ``about``
directory.

The short description is limited to 150 characters.

Within that limit, any text and HTML markup to the short description file can be added.

.. seealso::

  :ref:`What is Open Learning XML?` (concept)

  :ref:`Example of an OLX Course` (reference)

  :ref:`Getting Started with OLX` (quickstart)

  :ref:`OLX Directory Structure` (reference)

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