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.
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 toolbar, 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 — if any — 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.
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Specify when the Class Meets.
- Click the icons to select the days on
which the class meets, and type the start and end
times.
- If there are no scheduled class
meetings, for example, for online-only courses, select No
scheduled class meetings.
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Select the primary
Textbook for the course.
- You can filter the list of textbooks by selecting a
discipline.
- You can search for a textbook by typing part of the textbook author,
title, or publisher.
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
- To use textbook questions in your assignments, you must select
the textbook from which you want to use questions.
- You are allowed to use textbook questions in your assignments
only from the textbook you have adopted for your class.
- You cannot use WebAssign to change the selected textbook after
any students have paid for WebAssign access to your course. If
you need to change your selected textbook after students have
registered, submit a request to Customer
Support.
If you are not using a textbook, select the
No Textbook check box.
- 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.
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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.
A panel might be displayed indicating that a Course Pack is available for your textbook. You can click More
Information to preview the available Course Packs, or you can dismiss the panel. See 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.