# Create a course

> Start from one of the four built-in syllabi, or from an empty course. Either way you choose Part 61 or Part 141 once, and you get a single editable draft called Rev A.

Source: https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/create-a-course
Section: Training and curriculum. For: Owners, Admins.

`Training → Courses` (web console). **Start from a template** forks one of the four
built-in syllabi. **New course** gives you an empty one. Either way you get a single
editable draft version called Rev A, and the Part 61 or Part 141 choice is made once and
cannot be changed.

**Who can do this:** Owners, Admins, holders of the Configure training grant

## Decide Part 61 or Part 141 first

**Trained under** is the only field on a course that can never be edited afterwards, by
anyone, on any screen. Settle it before you type a name.

Templates are always created as **Part 61**. If you are running an approved Part 141
course, use **New course**, pick Part 141, and build the syllabus yourself. See
[Part 61 vs Part 141](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/part-61-vs-part-141).

![Training, Courses section](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training-courses-list.png)

## Start from a template

1. **Open Training**

   `Training` (web console) in the left rail, and stay on the **Courses** section.

2. **Click Start from a template**

   The picker lists the four shipped syllabi, each with its stage, lesson and requirement
   counts on the button.

   ![Start from a template dialog](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training-template-picker.png)

3. **Pick one**

   The course is created and the console opens its Syllabus tab straight away.

## What is in each template

| Template                                            | Notes                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Private Pilot, Airplane Single-Engine Land          | The requirement list has been checked line by line against §61.109(a). |
| Instrument Rating, Airplane (Part 61)               | Check the requirement list against the CFR before you rely on it.      |
| Commercial Pilot, Single-Engine (Part 61)           | Check the requirement list against the CFR before you rely on it.      |
| Flight Instructor, Airplane Single-Engine (Part 61) | Check the requirement list against the CFR before you rely on it.      |

Each one arrives with every stage, lesson, ACS-coded task and hour requirement already in
place, the **Credits toward** map wired up so hours actually accumulate, and the grading
scale set to S, U and I.

> **Careful:** Only the Private Pilot template's requirements have been verified against the regulation.
> The other three look equally authoritative in the picker and are a starting point, not a
> compliance document. Read them against the CFR before a student's graduation depends on
> them.

## Create an empty course

1. **Training → Courses → New course**

2. **Type a Name**

   What the students call it: "Instrument Rating", "Tailwheel endorsement".

3. **Choose Trained under**

   Part 61 or Part 141. Read the line underneath before you pick, because this is your only
   chance.

   ![New course dialog](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training-new-course-dialog.png)

4. **Click Create course**

   The console opens the new course's Syllabus tab.

## What you get: a draft called Rev A

Either route leaves you with one course holding one **draft** version labelled Rev A.
Nothing is published, so nothing is locked and everything is editable.

The header badge marks the version **Draft** and safe to edit while that is true. There is
no version dropdown in the header yet: it appears only once a course has more than one
version, so everything in the Syllabus, Requirements and Students sections is Rev A.

Next:

- [Add hour and landing requirements](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/add-hour-requirements) first, so the
  Credits toward box has something in it.
- [Build a syllabus](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/build-a-syllabus): stages, lessons and tasks.
- [Set the grading scale](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/set-the-grading-scale) if S, U and I do not suit
  you.
- [Publish the version](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/publish-a-syllabus-version) when it is finished.

## What the templates will not do for you

- **They are Part 61.** They cannot be converted.
- **The lesson sequence is not from any regulation.** It is a sensible order, not an
  approved one. Expect to change it.
- **They are not an approved Training Course Outline.** Approval is per school and per
  FSDO.
- **They do not know your fleet, your rates or your local airspace.** Objectives and
  completion standards are generic, and worth a read before your first student flies them.

> **Tip:** Forking a template and editing it down is usually faster than starting empty, even for a
> Part 141 school that has to rebuild in a Part 141 course. Fork one, read the lesson list,
> then copy what you want into your own course.