Create a subcategory
    • 19 Oct 2022
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    Create a subcategory


    Article Summary

    If you have already created some categories for your courses, you can create subcategories to further organise your learning content.

    Follow these steps to create a new subcategory:

    1. In the quick-access menu go to Courses and categories > Create new category.
    2. Set the parent category for which you want to create a subcategory.
    3. Give your subcategory a name.
    4. If you need to match this subcategory against an external system, set a unique ID.
    5. Optionally enter a description for your new subcategory.
    6. Click Create Category.

    Alternatively, you can find the category you want to add a subcategory to, click the cog icon (Icon

Description automatically generated) and select Add subcategory.

    Next steps

    C007 - Courses and categories(2)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Courses and categories in Totara. Here you can see best practice, learn more and give it a go yourself.

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