Skip to content

How to Create a Course - For Course Admins

Abstract

This article will walk you through the steps needed to create a course in the U.S. Cyber Range as a Course Admin. Please note that Course Admins have the ability to create courses directly and do not need to submit course requests in order to create a course.

If you would like to learn about how you can approve courses requested by instructors in the exercise area as a Cyber Range Course Admin, please refer to the article titled Course Approval.

Create a Course

  1. Navigate to the Courses page of the exercise area in the U.S. Cyber Range

    The button to navigate to the Courses page is underneath the Admin tab on the left side of the screen.

  2. Click on the + Create a Course button.

    The Create a Course button is on the right side of the screen.

  3. Enter the Course Details

    Please fill out all the fields in the pop-up box shown below. Your students will be able to view the course name and description once they've successfully enrolled in the course. Try to set the course's expiration date to shortly after the conclusion of the course as your organization will continue to be charged until the course expires.

    The course info form consists of a school or business unit, course name, description, and access start and end dates.

  4. Select an Instructor

    Click on the instructor drop-down to set an instructor for the course. You may set yourself as the instructor, select an existing instructor, or invite a new instructor to the course.

    The instructor drop-down is located near the bottom of the page above Payment.

    Note

    If you'd like for users to pay for the course, simply check the box next to "User Direct Pay" under "Payments".

  5. Click on the Confirm button

    Once you've verified that all the course details are correct, you can click on the Confirm button to create the course.

    The Confirm button is in the bottom right corner.

You should now be able to access your course.

You can view your course in the middle of the page.

Default Course Expiration Dates

To reduce your costs, we strongly recommend you set course expiration dates. Once your course expires, all enrollments and environments are deleted, and no further costs are incurred by your organization. Below are the default end dates for courses based on when the course is created:

Course Created In Default End Date
January May 15th
February May 15th
March May 15th
April May 15th
May Aug 15th
June Aug 15th
July Aug 15th
August Dec 15th
September Dec 15th
October Dec 15th
November Dec 15th
December 1st - 14th Dec 15th
December 15th - 31st May 15th of next year

Important

While you can extend a course beyond the default end date, you cannot extend a course past your organization's plan end date. If you are unsure of your organization's plan end date, please contact your organization admin.

For more information on how to extend a course access end date, please refer to our How Do You Change a Course Expiration Date? article.

Have a Question? Contact Support

We're here to help you. If you still have questions after reviewing the information above, please feel free to submit a ticket with our Support Team and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.