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title: "Creating a Course"
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updated: 2025-06-13T15:53:09Z
published: 2025-06-13T15:53:09Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Creating a Course

Administrative users at the district level most often create courses. Once created, teachers link their plans to a corresponding course.

For example, when creating a fifth-grade social studies course, you link to the standard set that corresponds to fifth-grade social studies to the course. You can then add curriculum components, such as units, lessons, resources, and attachments. When you share the course with others, they can also add content, helping you take a more thorough and comprehensive approach to structuring your curriculum.

You can add a new course by creating one or more from scratch or by importing materials into Beacon. To learn how to import a course, see [Importing a Course](/v1/docs/importing-a-course).

## Quick Guide

1. Select **Courses** from the main menu.
2. Select the **New**button, and then select **Create Courses** to open a new window.
3. Title your single course, or select **Add Another Course** if you want to create multiple courses at once.
4. Select **Add Standard Sets** to link standards to the course.
5. Use the **Subject** and **Grade Level**drop-down menus or type in the **Search by course title** field to filter the list. Then, select the checkbox(es) for the standard set(s) to link to the course.
6. Select **Add** to continue.
7. Continue adding standard sets to all courses.
8. Confirm the details for your course(s). Select the **Trash Can** icon to delete any course you don’t want to create, or select **Done** to create them all.

## Illustrated Guide

**Step 1:**Select **Courses** from the main menu.

![Navigation menu highlighting the "Courses" section under the Library category.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/courses.png)

**Step 2:**On the **Courses** screen, select the **New**button. Then, select **Create Courses** to open a new window.

![Menu options for creating new courses in the Beacon platform interface.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/create courses.png)

**Step 3:** Title your single course, or select **Add Another Course** if you want to create multiple courses at once.

![Form for creating courses with fields for title and adding standard sets and more courses.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/create one or more courses.png)

**Step 4:**Select **Add Standard Sets** to link standards to the course.

![Creating a course titled 'Grade 5 Social Studies' with an option to add standard sets.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/add standard sets.png)

**Step 5:**Use the **Subject** and **Grade Level**drop-down menus or type in the **Search by course title field** to filter the list. Then, select the checkbox(es) for the standard set(s) to link to the course.

You can select one or more standard sets to link. For example, to create a course for fifth-grade social studies, you might link standard sets for both CCRS - Social Studies Standards, Grade K-12 and Social Studies, Grade 5 (2016).

![Selection interface for fifth grade social studies standards and course titles.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/standard set filters.png)

**Step 6:** Select **Add** to continue.

**Step 7:**Continue adding standard sets to all courses. The system saves the last filters you applied, making it easier and quicker to apply standard sets to courses with the same subject but different grade levels.

![Saved filters streamline the process of adding standard sets to multiple courses in a row.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/adding multiple standards to many courses.gif)

**Step 8:** Confirm the details for your course(s). Select the **Trash Can** icon to delete any course you don’t want to create, or select **Done** to create them all.

![Delete a course or select "Done" to confirm that you are creating them all.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/delete and done.png)

Now that you have created at least one course, continue building it by adding units, lessons, and resources. [Within the Editor](/v1/docs/using-the-editor) for the course, you can add a template if one is available. You can also [share your course](/v1/docs/sharing-curriculum-components) with others on your team so they can help you create course content.

A course is a structured program of instruction centered on a specific subject and grade level.