> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Write the course outline

> Write a course’s week-by-week plan of topics, readings and work on its Outline tab, with images and attached files.

The outline tells students what the course covers and when: the topics, readings and work for each week. Each course
has one. The course's **Owner** and **Teachers** can write and edit it. Everyone else on the course, students included,
can read it.

> [!NOTE]
>
> At a K-12 school the tab is **Scheme of Work** and its button says **Add scheme**. Everything else works the same.

## Add the outline

**1. Open the Outline tab**

Open the course and choose **Outline**. You can do this while the course is still a draft.

**2. Start it**

Choose **Add outline**. The editor opens.

**3. Write it**

Type in the editor, or paste from a document you already have. Use the toolbar for headings, lists, links and
images. A heading per week, such as "Week 1: Research methods", makes it easy to scan.

**4. Attach files, if you like**

Choose **Attach files** below the editor and add files students should have with the outline, such as the full
syllabus as a PDF.

**5. Save it**

Choose **Save**. Students see it on the course's **Outline** tab.

## Change it

Choose **Edit outline**, make your changes, and choose **Save**. **Cancel** leaves the outline as it was. To remove the
outline, delete everything in it, attachments included, and save.

## Good to know

* **Each image or attached file can be up to 10 MB.**
* **Assistants and student assistants can read the outline but not change it.**
* **Search finds outlines.** Choose the **Outlines** filter in [search](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/find-anything.md) to find a topic across
  your courses.
* **The outline can come along when you duplicate a course.** Tick **Course Outline** in the
  [duplicate](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/end-a-course.md#duplicate-a-course) dialog.
* **Once a course has ended, its outline can't be changed.** Students can still read it.

## Troubleshooting

> [accordion] “File too large”
>
> The image or file is over 10 MB. Make it smaller, or split it into parts, and try again.

> [accordion] I can’t see Add outline or Edit outline
>
> Only the course's owner and teachers can edit the outline. If you're an assistant, ask the owner to make the change.
> Once a course has ended, no one can edit its outline.

## Next

> [card] [Add study materials](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/study-materials.md)
>
> Upload the readings your outline points to.

> [card] [Schedule your classes](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/calendar.md)
>
> Put the course's class times on the calendar.


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