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 Managing coursesThis flowchart outlines the process of course development as it relates to FirstClass ED.
 The FirstClass ED admin area will look something like this:
  Course TemplatesTo create a new course:
1 Open Course Templates.
2 Choose the type of course you want to create.
3 Fill in the form.
For field information, click here.
  NoteYou must complete the Grade and Subject category fields before adding members to the Development team. Otherwise they will not see the proper name of the course.
Sharing course planning
To add a teacher to the planning of this course:
1 Highlight Development Team in the left window pane.
2 Click Add Person.
3 Enter their name or part of their name in the Search field.
To narrow the search further, use the Show field to limit the Search to a particular group.
 4 Select the teacher to add and click OK.
5 Double-click his entry in the Development Team list to edit his information.
For field information, click here.
 An alias of the course will appear in the teacher's My Courses area.
NoteThe Course Content and Resources areas work exactly the same way here as they do for teachers.
To read more about the Course Content area, click here.
To read more about the Resources area, click here.
Once you've created a course, it is automatically added to the Courses in Development area.
Courses in DevelopmentThis area lists all of the courses in the system that have been created. Double-click any course to open it and view the current information.
 If you wish to assign one or more users to develop this area, simply alias it to their Desktop(s). Teachers who have a My Courses area inside My Classes can create new courses, which will then be added to the Courses in Development area.
Once a course has been fully developed and is ready for release, click Add to Course Catalog.
Course CatalogOnce a course has been fully developed, you can add it to the Course Catalog from the Courses in Development area. However, you still have the ability to reveal or hide the course from teachers using the associated toolbar buttons.
You can tell which courses have been revealed via the eye graphic in the first column.
To hide a course from teachers, click Hide Course. Teachers will not be able to see the course until you click Show Course.
To reveal a course to teachers through the Course Catalog, click Show Course. This lets teachers select the course to add to their classrooms (My Classes area).
 To modify the course information listed in the various columns, click Update Catalog Columns.
Obsolete coursesOnce you've decided that a course is no longer going to be used, open the Course Catalog, select the course, and click Move to Archive. The course will move to the Course Archive container.
All ClassesThis area displays a list of all the Classes that any of the teachers have added to their My Classes area.
 You can open any of these classes by simply double-clicking them.
You can sort by any of the column headings simply by clicking on the desired heading (for example, Teacher, Location, Start Time, Grade, Subject).
FCED Templates and FCED ScriptsThese areas are for FirstClass Professional Development Services to use. Do not touch.
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