Assigning a course to a credit

Students must have a credit to access a course's learning activities. Credits can be issued to students automatically during purchase or manually by an administrator. 

After configuring the Course Status and Course Visibility, the course must be added to either an existing credit or a new one before students can take it. 

Follow the steps below to add a course to a new credit:

1. Navigate to Settings on the course menu and select the Credits tab.
2. Click the Assign Credit button.
3. Select Create New Credit to open the drawer on the right side of the screen.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Enter a Name for the new credit.
5. Enter a value in the Hours field if this is an hour-based credit (commonly used for Continuing Education courses.) Hour-based credits give students a bank from which hours are deducted as they complete courses.
6. Enter a value in the Time field if you want the credit to expire for students in a set number of days (for example, 365 days from the date of purchase.) Or, enter a value in the Expiration Date field if you want the credit to expire on a specific day and time (for example, the course should expire for all students on December 31, 202X at midnight.) Additionally, leave both fields black if you do not want course access to expire. 
7.  Enter a description for the credit that will help other admins identify it.
8. Under Course Access, select which course or courses this credit should grant access to. Credits can also grant partial access to specific sections or activities within a course. Double-click the course from the list to select sections/activities for partial access. 
   
   
   
   
9. Click the Save button when you're finished.

Alternatively, the course can be added to an existing credit by selecting Assign Existing Credit in step #2. 

Partial credits can be used to give students a course demo or free trial. For example, you can configure a partial credit to give a student access to the first chapter or section of a course. When the student completes those activities, they'll be prompted to return to your store to purchase full access. See this article on Custom Course Messaging and Requires Purchase Message to learn more.