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Course Categories

Organize your courses by categories

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Course categories work to organize and orient the learners in the community. You can add up to 30 course categories to your dashboard, and when creating the courses, you simply select the category most appropriate to the course.

Each course must be assigned one category, and one category only.

Category Management in the Dashboard

Dashboard admins can create, edit, and delete course categories from the dashboard.

Create Course Categories

IMPORTANT: Categories must be created before you create courses, as you will select the category appropriate to the course when building out the course module.

  1. Navigate to the Courses tab in your dashboard

  2. Select the Courses tab and select the 'Category Settings' button in the upper right OR Select the Page Customization tab, scroll down to Categories and select the 'Edit' button at the base of the page

  3. Select the '+ Add Category' button in the upper right

  4. Title your category (it can be up to 30 characters long)

  5. Select Submit to save your work

    From the Courses Page:

From the Courses Page Customization Page:

Edit Course Categories

Change the name of a category

  1. Navigate to the Courses tab in your dashboard

  2. Select the Courses tab and select the 'Category Settings' button in the upper right OR Select the Page Customization tab, scroll down to Categories and select the 'Edit' button at the base of the page

  3. Select the edit icon in line with the category you'd like to change

  4. Re-title your category (it can be up to 30 characters long)

  5. Select Submit to save your work

Reorder the categories

If you'd like to reorder how the categories appear in the community, you can drag and drop them in the best order from the dashboard.

  1. Navigate to the Courses tab in your dashboard

  2. Select the Courses tab and select the 'Category Settings' button in the upper right OR Select the Page Customization tab, scroll down to Categories and select the 'Edit' button at the base of the page

  3. Drag and drop the categories into the preferred order

  4. Select Submit to save your work

Delete course categories

  1. Navigate to the Courses tab in your dashboard

  2. Select the Courses tab and select the 'Category Settings' button in the upper right OR Select the Page Customization tab, scroll down to Categories and select the 'Edit' button at the base of the page

  3. Select the trash icon in line with the category you'd like to delete

  4. Select Submit to save your work

Assign Course Categories

When creating the course, admins will select the category most appropriate from the list. Note that all categories must be created before they will appear in the picklist in course creation.

You can change the category assignment at any time from the specific course's dashboard.


Course Categories in the Community

Members can see the different categories from the Courses main landing page. They can also select categories to better filter their search to find the right courses.


I want to get started!

Courses are available as an add-on module so reach out to the Gradual team if you'd like to learn more.

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