Administrators add, modify and remove categories to the Course Catalog from the Manage Course Catalog page. Categories can be added within categories to create a nested outline structure with main categories and several deeper levels of subcategories. To update subcategories, click on a category for a page view that includes subcategories under the heading category.
Follow these steps to open the Manage Course Catalog page.
Step 1 Click Course Catalog from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.
Step 2 From the Course Catalog page, click Manage Course Catalog.
The table below details the functions available on the Manage Course Catalog page.
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To . . . |
click . . . |
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view and manage sub-categories |
the name of a category. If there are sub-categories, a new page view will appear. |
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add a category |
Add Category to add a category or sub-category to the course catalog. The category will be added at the current level. |
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modify a category |
Modify to make changes to a category. When changing the name of a category, the sub-categories beneath it remain the same. |
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remove a category |
Remove to delete that category from the Course Catalog. Any category links to courses will be removed.
Note: Also, any sub-categories and category links to sub-categories will be removed. |
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navigate to previous page views in the category hierarchy |
the navigation links that appear beneath the Add Category button. These links begin with Top, which will return to the page view that lists the first level of categories. |
A category, History, has numerous sub-categories including American History, Ancient History, and World History. Within the World History category, there are sub-categories including African, Asian, and European History. To add a category on South American history, click on the History category on the Manage Course Catalog page. Then click on the World History category. A Manage Course Catalog page with the sub-categories of World History will appear. Click Add Category to add the following category:
History
World History
South American History