Creating a Course

This task is a step in Example Process of Managing a Course.

Only three fields are required when creating a course: the Name, Status, and Owner fields. You can make additional fields mandatory through configuration. Complete the following steps to create a course.

To create a course

1. Navigate to the Course page, and create a new course

2. Specify the details for the course as follows:

   1. Type a name for the course.

      The name must be unique and is case-sensitive.

   2. Modify the status to an appropriate value, if necessary.

      The default status is Draft.

   3. Select the primary product only if you believe that this course is mainly targeted at a single product. If this course is appropriate for several products, then leave this field blank.

   4. Select the primary product category only if you believe that this course is mainly targeted at a single product category. If this course is appropriate for several product categories,then leave this field blank.

   5. Select the Available From and Available Till dates, if known.

      These two dates determine the Recently Introduced Courses and Retiring Courses lists on the course home page.

   6. Enter all the known details about the course, such as the duration, course fee, format, and so on.

   7. In the Contact Information Section, specify the point-of-contact for the course. Do one of the following:

      • If the point-of-contact already exists as a contact in Oracle CRM On Demand, then use the Contact drop-down list.

      • If the point-of-contact is not defined in Oracle CRM On Demand, then enter the details using the text fields, such as First Name, Last Name, and so on.

   8. The default value for the owner is your user name. If you want to make some other user the owner of the course, then specify that user name in the Owner field.

3. Save the course record.