Create or add more Sections

If your course does not have any Sections yet, the Create Sections button appears on the Manage Sections page. Clicking the Create Sections button allows you to define section properties at the same time as you create them. If you are adding Sections to a course with existing Sections, the Add Section button appears on the Manage Sections page instead. The Add Section button allows you to quickly add more Sections with pre-defined properties. To edit the properties of existing Sections, click the Edit Overall Section Properties link.

  1. On the navbar, click Course Admin.
  2. In the Learner Management area, click Sections.
  3. On the Manage Sections page, click Create Sections.
  4. From the drop-down list, select an Enrollment Type.
  5. Enter information in the Number of Sections field or the Number of Users field depending on the Enrollment Type chosen.
  6. To enroll new users automatically, select Auto-enroll new users.
  7. To enroll users in sections randomly, select Randomize users in sections. If you don’t select this check box, users enroll in sections alphabetically.
  8. To create section-specific discussion topics inside a forum, select Set up discussion areas.
    If you select Set up Discussion areas when creating sections, you are automatically taken to the Create Restricted Discussion Areas page. On this page, you can create a separate topic for each section within an existing or new forum, complete with automatically configured restrictions for each section.
  9. Click Create.