# Courses Category

All the courses on the website you can divide into categories. Course Categories can be created by both admins and instructors. 

## Add a new category from the admin panel

To add a new course category, follow **Dashboard > STM LMS Settings > Courses Category.** \
There are already lots of categories coming with the demo content that you can use for your courses such as Art, Music, Photography with a variety of subcategories. Or you can also create a new one. 

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Enter the name of the new category. You can also upload an image for it, select the icon and color, and provide the description.

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* **Name** - enter the name of the category
* **Slug** - enter the category's slug. The **slug** is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.
* **Parent Course Category** - Assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.
* **Description** - give the description to the group
* **Course Page Style**<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark> - you can change the single [**Course Page Style**](https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-theme-documentation/lms-settings/masterstudy-theme-manual-course#course-page-styles) for this category. **The none** option applies the [**selected course page**](https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-theme-documentation/lms-settings/masterstudy-theme-manual-course#course-page-styles) style for all courses globally in **MasterStudy LMS Settings > Course > Course Page Style.**&#x20;
* **Category Image** - indicate the image for the category that can be displayed in the **course categories widgets.**&#x20;
* **Category Icon** - indicate the icon for the category that can be displayed in the c**ourse categories widgets.**
* **Category Color** - indicate the color for the category that can be displayed in the **course categories widgets.**

<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>Here you can see the available single [**Course Page Styles:**](https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-theme-documentation/lms-settings/masterstudy-theme-manual-course#course-page-styles)

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Default" %}
The[ Default ](https://masterstudy.stylemixthemes.com/dark-lms-elementor/courses-archive/how-to-be-a-dj-make-electronic-music/)course style presents a balanced and user-friendly layout, designed to streamline navigation and deliver course content with clarity and accessibility

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{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Classic" %}
The [Classic ](https://masterstudy.stylemixthemes.com/ms-elementor/product/basic-time-management-course/)course style offers a clean and straightforward layout for easy navigation and a clear presentation of course content.

<figure><img src="https://2021837383-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2Fuploads%2FCORMnYN2FCZPziFwdGOT%2FClassic.jfif?alt=media&#x26;token=30218989-e980-4a0c-9d99-ca0061fd0341" alt=""><figcaption><p>Screenshot of the Classic Course Page Style</p></figcaption></figure>
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Industrial" %}
The[ Industrial ](https://masterstudy.stylemixthemes.com/udemy-affiliate/courses/the-complete-ios-10-swift-3-developer-course/)course page style features a modern and dynamic layout, tailored to accommodate complex course structures and engage learners with its visually immersive design.

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{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
If the Course Page style has been set in the [**course settings using Course Builder**](https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-theme-documentation/masterstudy-theme-manual-course-builder#course-page-style), **MasterStudy LMS** ignores the Course Page style that has been set in the Course Category.
{% endhint %}

Click the **Add New Course category** button to save the changes and add a new category.

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Also, you can create a new category directly from the course editing page.&#x20;

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## Add a new category from the instructor account&#x20;

Besides this, instructors are also allowed to add new categories for the courses. To enable this feature website admin need to go to LMS Settings > Course and enable the option Allow instructors to create new categories.

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After this, instructors will be able to add categories via Course Builder. Reveal the dropdown menu of the Category and choose the option **Add new category**.

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