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Creating a Course

Abstract

This article will detail the steps needed to create a course in the Virginia Cyber Range. A Cyber Range admin will be required to approve a course before it is created.

Requesting a Course

  1. Click on the Create a Course Button

    Once you've logged into the Cyber Range for the first time, you will find an empty course listing:

    The Create a Course button is on the far right, below the header of the page.

    From here, you can click on the Create a Course button to request a new course.

  2. Submit the Course Request

    Once you click on the Create a Course button, you can fill out all the fields in the pop-up box shown below. The course name and description are what will be displayed to your students once you've enrolled them. Please set the course's expiration date to shortly after the conclusion of the course as this allows us to make efficient use of our resources and ensures that other instructors can be assigned the resources they require.

    In descending order, the fields on the form are Business Unit, Course Name, Course Description, Start Date, End Date, and "tell us how this course relates to Cyber Security.". The **Confirm** button is in the bottom right corner of the popup.

    Once you are satisfied with your course details, click on the Confirm button to submit your course request.

  3. Wait for Approval

    After you submit your course request within the Cyber Range, you will find your course pending approval:

    Once it is approved by a Cyber Range admin, you will receive a confirmation email and find the course accessible:

    Note

    Course approval usually happens the same day you put in the request, but could take several days depending on approval request loads.

  4. Create Exercise Environments and Invite Users

    When you click on your approved course, you will find the course details listed. Now you can create exercise environments and invite users to join your course.

    Please refer to the article titled Creating Exercise Environments to learn how to add exercises to your course, and refer to the article titled Inviting Users to Your Course to learn how to invite users to your course.

    Once the course is approved, reserved enrollments can be set while creating the course invitation code; this will create several pre-warmed exercise environments to reduce each environment's startup time. Please refer to the article titled Cyber Range Pool Model for more information.

Default Course Expiration Dates

Below are the default end dates for courses based on when the course is created:

Course Created In Default End Date
January May 15th
February May 15th
March May 15th
April May 15th
May Aug 15th
June Aug 15th
July Aug 15th
August Dec 15th
September Dec 15th
October Dec 15th
November Dec 15th
December 1st - 14th Dec 15th
December 15th - 31st May 15th of next year

Note

To learn how to change a course's expiration date, please refer to How Do You Change a Course Expiration Date? for more information.

Have a Question? Contact Support

Important

Students, please reach out to your instructor who can submit a ticket to our Support Team on your behalf.

We're here to help you. If you still have questions after reviewing the information above, please feel free to submit a ticket with our Support Team and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.