---
title: "Add a course tag"
slug: "add-a-course-tag"
tags: ["Site Administrator", "Content Creator", "How-to", "Totara Platform"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:26Z
canonical: "totara.help/add-a-course-tag"
---

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# Add a course tag

You can add [tags](/19/docs/what-are-tags) to your course whilst creating or editing the settings for it. The instructions below focus on editing a course to avoid detailing the steps for creating a new course.

1. Go to the course you wish to add the tag(s) to.
2. From the **Administration** block go to *Course administration >* *Edit settings.*
3. Scroll down to the **Tags** section.
4. You can either:
  - Type a new or existing tag into the **Enter tags...** text-input box.
  - Click **Manage standard tags** which will give you the option to edit the **Default collection** (Site Administrators only).
5. Click **Save and display**.

If you are a Site Administrator then any tags you create will be 'standard' tags, meaning they can be used by anyone on the site.

## Next steps

- [Tag settings](/19/docs/tag-settings)
- [AI course tag recommendations](/19/docs/ai-course-tag-recommendations)
- [Add tags from site administration](/19/docs/add-tags-from-site-administration)
- [Add hashtags](/19/docs/add-hashtags)
- [Edit a tag](/19/docs/edit-a-tag)
- [Add a tag collection](/19/docs/add-a-tag-collection)
- [Enable tag areas](/19/docs/enable-tag-areas)

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