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• Go to the OpenEdX CMS site (e.g. http://ece-openedx-01.eng.uwaterloo.ca).

• Login with the administrator account previously created.

• Click on the New course button.

• Enter the course information:

  • Course name: In general, use the course name from the UW Academic Calendar.

  • Organization: A short, all caps, abbreviation for the organization. For example, UW or ECE. CAUTION: The programming for this field is buggy. It interferes with the activation of the Create button. After typing in this field, use the mouse to click to the next field. Do not use the drop-down selection. Do not use the TAB key to move to the next field. Failure to follow this may result in the Create button not activating and it being impossible to click it. This requires restarting the new course creation page from scratch.

  • Course number: The course code, without spaces. For example, ECE106.

  • Course run: The year and term the course is being run. For example, 2025_1W.