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title: How to Create Courses Programs?
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# How to Create Courses Programs?
## What is a Program?
A Program lets you group related courses into a certification pathway or credential bundle (e.g., a *Data Science Professional Certification* composed of 4 individual courses). It simplifies cross-course progression and automatically delivers a master certificate when a student completes all required courses.
**Tip:** Before continuing, ensure your individual course components are fully published in Studio, configured in E-commerce (and marked paid if applicable), and formally imported into your WordPress storefront catalog.
### Step 1: Create the Program Container
With your isolated core courses pre-indexed, you can combine them into a unified track.
**Procedures:**
1. Log in to your WordPress-powered **Discovery Site Administration Panel (`/wp-admin`)**.
2. From the left-hand navigation sidebar menu layout, click on the **Programs** tab.
3. Click the **Add New Program** button situated at the top of the interface.
4. Fill out the comprehensive program configuration properties fields:
- **Program Title:** Input the official public name for the full certification track.
- **Program Description:** Write a marketing outline, clear learning objectives, and enrollment criteria for the bundle.
- **Associated Courses:** Use the search-and-select multiselect box to add the individual course components that comprise this program sequence.
5. Click the blue **Publish** button located in the upper-right configuration sidebar.
***Note**: Because the data must map across system indices, it can take **15–30 minutes** for the newly published program tracking keys to finish background database indexing and render on the live student LMS.*
## Step 2: Create the program certificate
After publishing the program, create a certificate template that defines the credential learners receive upon completing all courses. Use the **Programs Certificate** tab in your dashboard and follow the steps below.
**Procedures:**
1. From your dashboard navigation sidebar, click on the **Programs Certificate** tab.
2. Click the **Add New Program Certificate** button.
3. **Link to Program:** In the program search field, type your program name and select the program you created in Step 1.
4. **Configure Signatories:** Input the names, institutional titles, and digital signatures of your designated academic sign-off authorities (e.g., *Dean of Engineering*, *Lead Content Director*). This binds official verification credentials to the digital document canvas.
5. Click the blue **Publish** button.
***Note**: Just like the program container, background processing require **15–30 minutes** for the program certificate data rows to update server-wide.*
### Learner Perspective and Certificate Delivery
When a student completes all courses in a program, the platform automatically checks that passing credentials exist for every linked course. Once confirmed, it compiles the signatory data configured in Step 2 and delivers the Program Certificate to the student's profile dashboard.
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