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title: "Creating Course Categories"
slug: "creating-course-categories"
updated: 2025-05-22T21:25:59Z
published: 2025-05-22T21:25:59Z
canonical: "support.eduphoria.net/creating-course-categories"
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# Creating Course Categories

**Course Categories** allow course creators and managers to sort professional development options into easy-to-find sections. Course participants can use the sorting and filtering tools to find courses. The **Course Category Options** section includes **Add Standard Category** or **Add Group Category**.

- The **Add Standard Category** creates a single group of similar courses.
- The **Add Group Category** creates a collection of subgroups of similar courses.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/29213491002775.png)

## **Quick Guides**

### **Adding a Standard Category**

1. Select **Settings** from the main menu and then choose **Professional Learning Setup**.
2. Select **Course Categories** to expand the **Course Category Options**.
3. Select **Adding a Standard Category**.
4. Enter the **Category Name** under **Course Category Details**.
5. Enter a brief **Description** (optional). Descriptions appear with courses.
6. Enter an **Alternate URL** (optional). Alternate URLs can redirect registrants to an alternative registration site (i.e. regional service center, college, neighboring district, etc.).
7. Click **Set Category Image** (optional). Images appear with courses.
8. Click **Save Category** to list the category or **Delete Category** if a category is no longer needed.

### **Adding a Group Category**

1. Select **Settings** from the main menu and then choose **Professional Learning Setup**.
2. Select **Course Categories** to expand the **Course Category Options**.
3. Select **Add Group Category**.
4. Enter details under **Edit Group Category** or select a specific category to edit details.
5. Click the **Group Items** tab to enter subgroups to further define course categories.
6. Click **Save Group Category** to list the group or **Delete Category** if the group is no longer needed.

In the following screenshot, *Technology* is in the **Group Categories** container. Subgroups are found in the **Group Items** tab. In the screenshot, *Eduphoria.* and *Clickers* are all subgroups under the *Technology* **Group Categories**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/29213491005207.png)