COURSE STUDIO

Start a course

A new course takes three short steps: the sources, the brief and a review. The better the brief, the better the course: Course Studio writes for the learners and the goal you describe.

Sources. Select New course and add your files.
The brief. Say who the learners are and what they’re working towards.
Review. Check the summary and select Start building.

Sources

Add a study text, a syllabus, or both: PDF, Word, text or HTML. You can add up to 10 files, each up to 50 MB and 200 MB in all. No files? Describe the course in the brief, and Course Studio works from that, so say more.

The brief

Field	What to write
Title	The course’s name, such as ICAN Financial Accounting.
Course id	Lowercase letters, numbers and dashes, such as `ican-fa`. Leave it empty to use the title.
Who are the learners?	Who they are and what they already know: “Accounts clerks in Lagos preparing for ICAN Foundation, comfortable with Excel”.
What are they working towards?	The exam, the job, or both: “Pass ICAN Foundation: Financial Accounting, and keep a small company’s books”.
We own this book	Tick only if you own the book or have the right to use its text. Then Course Studio may quote it and cut it into chapters. Otherwise the book is a source only, and everything is written in its own words.
Computer	Ubuntu for Linux, security and cloud; Windows for accounting, office work and exams; Mac for design and media; or let the engine pick from the subject. You approve it either way.
Chapters	Engine decides, or Set a number. You approve the outline either way.
Words the course may use	Comma-separated. Only for words the subject itself needs that Course Studio would otherwise avoid.

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New course

Sources › The brief › Review

Title

ICAN Financial Accounting

Course id

ican-fa

Who are the learners?

Accounts clerks in Lagos preparing for ICAN Foundation, comfortable with Excel

What are they working towards?

Pass ICAN Foundation: Financial Accounting, and keep a small company’s books

Computer

Ubuntu Windows · accounting, office, exams Mac Let the engine pick

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The brief for an accounting course.

Review and start

The review shows the sources, the brief, the computer, and whether the book may be quoted. Building uses your engine budget. Select Start building and the run page opens.

What happens after Start building.

Next: Follow a run.