Creating a space

Find out how to create a space on OpenLearn Create for your course or resource.

Initial settings

You will need to complete the Resource metadata form to create your space.

Setting Comment
Type of resource ‘Course’ is the default option. Other options in the drop-down list include ‘Materials’, ‘Handbook’, ‘Guide’ and ‘Competition’.
Course full name The title of your course. Ideally your title should accurately describe your course. We recommend a 50-character limit – any longer and it will not display well in the free courses list.
Course summary The purpose of the summary is to attract interest in the course. It is a short overview of the course’s content – we recommend that it is 30 words or fewer. The course summary appears in the free courses list and will be truncated if it is too long. You can expand on this summary after you have created your course space is created.
Primary subject Choose the primary subject for your course from the drop-down list.
Other subjects This optional setting means that your course can be associated with other subject areas. You can choose more than one subject from the list.
Primary skill Choose the primary skill for your course from the drop-down list.
Other skills This is optional and allows your course to be associated with other skill areas. You can choose more than one skill from the list. This optional setting means that your course can be associated with other skill areas. You can choose more than one skill from the list.
Provider

This optional setting usually relates to an organisation providing several courses. If you’re not creating a course on behalf of one of the organisations in the drop-down list, you can ignore this.

If you would like a provider to be added, please email openlearncreate@open.ac.uk to ask the OpenLearn Create team.
Course identifier The ID number of a course is only used when matching the course against external systems and is not displayed anywhere on the site. If the course has an official code, it can be added here; otherwise the field can be left blank.
Educational level

Choose the level that is most appropriate for your content from the drop-down list.

Level 0: Beginner is equivalent to up to high school level.

Level 1: Introductory is equivalent to advanced high school or early university undergraduate study.

Level 2: Intermediate is equivalent to university undergraduate level study.

Level 3: Advanced is equivalent to postgraduate university study.
Copyright

Assuming you don’t select ‘Public domain’ (no copyright) or ‘All Rights Reserved’ (your copyright) from the drop-down list, there are various OER and non-OER licences to choose.

OER licences:

  • Attribution: CC BY: Others can use, share, change, or build on your work, including for commercial purposes. They just need to give you credit.
  • Attribution-ShareAlike: CC BY-SA: Others can use, share, change, or build on your work, including for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and share their new work under the same licence.
  • Attribution-NonCommercial: CC BY-NC: Others can use, share, change, or build on your work for non-commercial purposes only. They must credit you, but they don’t need to use the same licence for their versions.
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA: Others can use, share, change, or build on your work for non-commercial purposes only. They must credit you and share their new work under the same licence.

Non-OER licences:

  • Attribution-NoDerivs: CC BY-ND: Others can copy and share your work (for commercial or non-commercial use) if they give you credit, but they cannot change it.
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs: CC BY-NC-ND: Others can only download and share your work if they credit you. They cannot change it or use it commercially.
Duration This advises learners of how long you might expect them to spend studying the materials. Enter duration in whole hours.
Teaching Language

Please select the language in which your course will be taught. For example, if the primary language of your course is Spanish, select Spanish. If you are teaching a language (e.g. German) but the primary language used for explaining and teaching is a different language (e.g. English), then select the primary teaching language (English) rather than the language you are teaching (German).

Note that this field is used for categorising your course in searches; it does not automatically translate headings and buttons. To do that, you will need to apply a language pack (which is set in the Appearance section under Force language).

For more information about the language packs on OpenLearn Create see ‘Language: can I change the language of my course navigation menus to the language of my choice?’ in the FAQs.
Show enrol button for this course? The enrol button enables users to participate in various aspects of a course like quizzes and forums. Disabling it is only suitable for courses that do not contain social or interactive tools.
Course collection

Similar to the Provider option above, if you’re not creating a course that is part of a larger collection, you can ignore this.

All courses are by default OER. If you create more than one course you can email openlearncreate@open.ac.uk to ask the OpenLearn Create team to set up a collection for your courses.

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