If your school has turned this on, go to My Atlas > My Courses and select Edit Course Assignments to join, teach, create or edit your courses. If you do not see the button, your school has limited this to System Admins, so ask them to change your courses.
For teachers and Curriculum Developers whose school lets users maintain their own course assignments. This is an optional feature in Atlas.
| Button | What it does |
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| New | Creates a new blank course for you. You are assigned as both Teacher and Curriculum Developer. |
| Join | Adds the course to the courses you are developing (as a Curriculum Developer, who can edit unit plans and create lesson plans). |
| Teach | Adds the course to the courses you are teaching (as a Teacher, who can create lesson plans but cannot edit unit plans). |
| Edit | Changes the school, grade or subject, or, if enabled, adds and removes users from a course map. |
| Delete | Removes you as an assignee from the course. |
| View | Opens the curriculum map in a new tab or window. |
Open Edit Course Assignments
Go to My Atlas > My Courses.
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Select Edit Course Assignments.
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Use the buttons in the table above on any course.
Two lists of your current courses appear on the right. The top list shows courses where you are a Curriculum Developer. The bottom list shows courses where you are a Teacher.
Join or create a collaborative course
In My Atlas > My Courses, select Edit Course Assignments.
Select the School, Subject, Grade and, if you know it, the Course Title. Matching courses appear below the menus. If your school uses map types, the map type appears in brackets after the course title.
Select Join to join as a Curriculum Developer, or Teach to join as a Teacher.
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If enabled, you may be asked to send a request to one or more System Admins or other users on the course. Select one or more recipients. Only one needs to approve your request.
A course you asked to join does not appear in your course list until your request is approved.
Create a new course
If you cannot find the course title you need, you can ask for a new title to be added to your school's approved list.
In My Atlas > My Courses, select Edit Course Assignments.
Use the filters to find the subject, then select Create New Course Title?
Type the course title you want in the text box.
Select New to request the title and add it to the list of available course assignments.
Select Join (Curriculum Developer) or Teach (Teacher) to assign yourself.
The new course is available in My Atlas > My Courses while your System Admin reviews the request. They may change the title you suggested or choose a different title from the approved list. This does not affect the curriculum in your map.
No Create New Course Title? link? You do not have permission to create course titles. Ask your school's system admin. To find their email, select the life-saver icon next to your account name to open the Support tab, then select Your Support Team.
Which button should I use?
New creates a blank course and makes you both Teacher and Curriculum Developer. Join adds you as a Curriculum Developer. Teach adds you as a Teacher.