You can create a new single section course with no scheduled
assignments the first time you teach a new class in WebAssign. After
you create the course, you can schedule assignments and add more sections if needed.
If you manage your K–12 course through
NGLSync, see
Create Course in NGLSync.
Note Do not use the same course across multiple academic terms.
Create a new course at the start of each term. If needed, you can copy one of your
previous courses.
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From the menu bar, click .
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When prompted, select Create a new course with no
assignments and click Continue.
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Type a Course Number.
- Optional:
Type a Course Title
for the course.
Best Practice Use Course Name and Course
Number in your Course Title, for example, MATH
110.
- Optional:
Type a Section.
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Select the primary Instructor.
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Select how to manage the course roster.
The available rostering options are set for each school. For more information, see Rostering Options.
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Select the Term, Start
Date, and End Date.
You can type the dates or use the calendar tool.
The grace period when students can access WebAssign
without payment is shown based on your entered start date.
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Specify when the Class Meets.
- Click the days on which the class
meets, and type the start and end times.
- If there are no scheduled class
meetings, select No scheduled class
meetings.
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Select the primary
Textbook for the course.
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Select a discipline to see the available textbooks.
- Optional:
To filter the list of textbooks, type part of the textbook author,
title, publisher, or edition.
Tip Combine multiple search terms with a comma. For
example, stewart,calculus,7 finds the
short list of textbooks that match all three terms.
Important
- You can only use a textbook's content in your assignments if you
adopt that textbook for your course.
- After you create a course, you cannot change its primary
textbook.
If you are not using a textbook, select No
Textbook.
- Optional:
If your textbook includes the Personal Study
Plan®
feature, select Enable Personal Study Plan to enable it
for your course.
If you are using a textbook bundle, selecting Enable Personal
Study Plan enables it for all textbooks in the bundle
that offer a Personal Study
Plan. You can enable or disable the Personal Study
Plan for an individual textbook after creating your
course.
- Optional:
If your textbook includes premade Course Pack assignments, select how you
want to add your first assignments.
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Select the check box certifying your use of the selected textbook in your
class.
- Optional:
Select free additional question sets or Personal Study
Plans for your course.
The availability of these resources varies by discipline.
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Click
Free Additional Content.
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Select the
resources you want to use.
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Click
Apply.
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Click Create Course.
If you selected I want to look at ready-to-use assignments as a starting
point, the available Course Pack assignments for your textbook are
displayed. See Add Course Pack Assignments.
If your school should be billed for WebAssign access — common
for high schools — set the student fee payment method for your new section to Bill
Institution.