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title: "Creating a Basic Class"
slug: "creating-a-basic-class"
tags: ["NFR"]
updated: 2024-09-12T17:06:51Z
published: 2024-09-12T17:06:51Z
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# Creating a Basic Class

While scheduling a Class has many options available for you to revise, there are only four items you must set to create an instructor-led class using a custom virtual meeting. You must choose the course, set the meeting times, set the meeting place, and add your instructor.

## Create a Class

The basic necessities to create a class:

- Choose the course for the content and labs presented in the class
- Set the date(s) and times for the class to meet
- Add your virtual delivery URL
- Create a user account for your instructor and add your instructor to the class

From the **Site Administration** page’s **Classes** tile, select **Create** Class. This opens the Create Class page.

### Add a Course

In the **Basic Information** section, you will add a Course:

1. To add a Course, select the **Choose** button next to the **Course** field.
2. A **Choose Course** dialog opens, input part of the course **Name** and select **Search**.
3. Select the course from the search results and select **OK**. This brings you back to the Create Class page with the course added.

### Configure Session Times

Expand the **Session Times** section to set the dates and times for your class.

1. Select **Add Single Session Time**. The default time zone used is configured on the Organization that the class belongs to. If you would like to override the Organization time zone, specify the time zone of the class using the Time Zone drop-down menu.
2. Select the **Start date and time** for your class.
3. Select the **End date and time** for your class
4. Select **OK**.

### Select the Delivery Method

Expand the **Delivery** section to add your GoToMeeting access for your class.

1. For Delivery Type select **Virtual**.
2. A Virtual Meeting Host field appears with Custom Virtual Classroom as the selection and a URL field beside it. Input your streaming service's **meeting URL** in the URL field.

### Create an Instructor

Expand the Instructors section to create a user account for your instructor if it is needed and add them to the class. If your instructor is already in the Skillable TMS, skip to the Add Instructor instructions below.

1. Select **Create Instructor**. This opens a Create User page in a new tab.
  1. Input the user's information; required fields are:
    1. **First Name**
    2. **Last Name**
    3. **Primary Email Address**. Note: If you receive a message that the email address is already in use, then a user account already exists for the instructor. In this case, follow the instructions for Add Instructor.
    4. **Password/Confirm Password**
    5. **Save** the user account. The instructor role is automatically added when the user is created from the Instructor section.
  2. Return to the Create/Edit Class tab in your browser to add the instructor to the class.
2. Select **Add Instructor**.
3. Input part of the **Last Name and First Name** of the instructor and select **Search**. Select the **instructor' name** from the search results and select **OK**.

Select **Save** to create the class. To open the class you just created, select the **class name** at the bottom of the page.

A class is a scheduled instructor-led event with a start and end time/date. Typically, these include lectures and hands on activities such as labs.