This help document outlines the various changes and updates you can make when editing an existing course. It includes links to other related Knowledge Base articles.


**NOTE** Your Walch courses cannot be edited or modified. In order to make changes to a Walch course, you will need to first make a copy of the course. You can then make changes or updates to the copied version. See Course Manager | How to copy an existing course.


Course Manager

 

Go to the Content menu at the top right of the screen and select the Course Manager option to open the course manager window.


 

You will see two tabs:

  • Courses assigned to me: These are the courses that have been assigned to you by the district.
  • Courses created by me: These are courses that you have created or copied from other courses.



Edit Course


Find the course that you want to edit and under the Actions column (located on the far right), click the pencil icon.



You will be prompted with a warning message letting you know that the course will be in draft mode until it is published. Click the YES button to continue with editing the course.



This will open the Course Editor window. There are five steps available when editing a course. The course editor will open to the first step: Set Properties.


 

Below is a summary of the five steps available when editing a course. Click on any of the topic headings to jump to the help document for that step. You do not need to go through the steps sequentially.


**NOTE** As the steps for editing a course overlap with the steps for building a new course, some of these help documents may refer to building a course rather than editing. In those cases, the steps are the same and can be used when editing a course as well.


Step 1: Set Properties. Use this step to update the parameters of your course, including the course name and type. Topics under this step include:


Step 2: Select Standards & Skills. Update the standards and skills, or the instructional objectives, that you would like to use for your course. Your selections, along with their respective prerequisites, will be displayed in the "Selected Standards and Skills" section. Topics in this step include:


Step 3: Specify Lesson Structure. This step allows you choose and arrange the learning object types that will appear in the lesson and their order, as well as specify lesson duration. Topics in this step include:


Step 4: Edit Course Content. In this step, you can create new lessons, organize your course content, add your own content, edit the instructional objectives, and more.


The primary topics in this step include:


Additional features and topics under this step include:


Step 5: View Pacing. This step is for informational purposes only. The pacing guide is a suggestion and may be edited at a later stage. See: Course Editor | Step 5: View your course pacing.


Once you have edited your course and the associated content, you are ready to preview, save as a draft, or publish it. For more information on these options, refer to the following articles:

 

**NOTE** For information on navigating the screens when editing a course, please see Course Builder | Navigation Tips.