# Course editor

URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/course-editor
Tab: Scheduling & Courses
Category: Creating
Updated: 2026-10-08

Build and edit lessons, tasks and attachments in the course editor.

The course editor is where a course's lessons live. It has two modes: **Entry Mode** for hand edits, and **AI Mode** for building lessons with the help of an agent.

Video: https://openskyvideo.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/edit+course.mp4

## Opening the editor

- For an enrolled course: open the student's **Enrollments** tab and click the list icon on the course row, or choose **Edit lessons** from its menu.
- For a template: open **Courses** in the sidebar, go to **My Templates** and click the template.

When you edit a template, a banner reminds you that changes do not reach students already enrolled.

## Entry Mode

1. Click **Add** and pick **Folder**, **Lesson**, **Quiz**, **Test**, **Lab** or **Activity**. Folders group lessons into units or chapters and can nest. FYI you cannot do these in AI mode.
2. Select a row to edit it on the right: title, type, **Directions** (click **Edit**), **Tasks**, and **Resources** (click **Add Resource**).
3. Click **Save**.

Drag a row by its handle to move it, including into or out of a folder. The row menu also offers **Move up**, **Move down**, **Duplicate**, **Wrap in folder**, **Promote out of folder** and **Delete**.

Tasks must be checked off before a lesson can be marked complete. Files and links come from the Resource Library; see [Resources](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/resources).

![The course editor in Entry Mode](https://opensky-public-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/supportimages/scheduling/course-editor-1.png)

## AI Mode

1. Switch to **AI Mode** at the top of the editor.
2. Under **Add Course Table of Contents**, drag in photos or PDFs (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or PDF, up to 10MB each), or paste text and click **Add text**.
3. Click **Process with AI**. The settings icon beside it chooses what to extract: **Extract Lesson Titles and Order**, **Extract Page Numbers**, **Extract Directions as Text** and **Extract Directions as Tasks**.
4. Ask the **OpenSky Agent** for changes in the chat, such as renumbering lessons or adding tasks to every lesson.
5. Click **Save** to keep the result, or **Discard** to throw it away.

AI Mode works in a sandbox. New lessons appear in the tree marked **+ NEW** and nothing is written to the course until you save. Switching modes with unsaved work asks you to **Save & switch** or **Discard**. If a save would remove lessons that already have grades or completion history, OpenSky lists them and asks you to confirm.

## Course details and settings

The pencil beside the title opens **Edit course details** for the title, publisher, subject, grade range and description. **Settings** opens **Course Settings**; see [Managing courses](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/managing-courses).

## Need more help?

Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.