Quick-start guide

This quick-start guide takes you through the simplest route to build a course on OpenLearn Create and features a series of checklists of what you need to include. There are also links to the platform's more complex features. 

5. Adding your welcome text

Now it's time to add content to your course. 

First, delete the section of text with the heading 'Getting started'. Click on the three dots in the top right-hand corner of the box and select the Delete option. Now you have a blank space to start building your course.

Just above where the Getting started box was you should see three dots on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on the three dots to reveal a box with three options: View, Edit settings and Permalink

A drop-down box with three options: View, Edit settings and Permalink.

Click on Edit settings

This will take you to a new page, Edit section settings

The text you add here will be the first piece of text in your course that your learners will see. It will appear at the start of course's homepage, just below the course image.

Your course will need an introduction, so it's a good idea to add it here.

  • In Section name, add a suitable heading: it could be 'Welcome to the course' or 'Hello!'.
  • In Description, add some text that goes into a little more detail about what the course covers. Perhaps you could add some background about the topic. It should be longer than the course summary you previously created when you set up your course. 

Then click on Save changes.

You don't need to repeat the learning outcomes here – they'll also appear on the course's homepage, taken from when you added them in the course's settings. 

Before you move on
  • Have you deleted the Getting started box? If you don't it will appear at the start of your course.
  • Make sure you've added something suitable to the Section name and Description fields.