Create tracks

Learn how to create tracks.

Overview

Generally speaking, there are four steps to creating a track:

1. Create the initial track (either from scratch, a template, or an existing track)

2. Add challenges and scripts

3. Test it

4. Publish it

Create tracks from templates

Creating tracks from templates can save you time because templates provide a pre-defined sandbox, and some challenges to build off of.

🌐 Web UI

1. Click Create track on the Content page, followed by Use template from the dropdown.

2. Click the template you wish to use.

3. Input a Track title and a Track slug.

4. Finally, click Create.

A track slug is a unique identifier for your tracks, often used in URLs.

💻 Instruqt CLI

1. Run the following command to create a track:

   instruqt track create

2. Input a track title.

3. When asked to select a build method, input 2 to select From a template.

4. When asked to select a template, input a number corresponding to the desired template.

Create tracks from scratch

Creating tracks from scratch lets you define every aspect of a track, from the start.

🌐 Web UI

1. Click Create track, followed by Start from scratch from the dropdown.

2. In the Settings section, click Edit.

3. In the Track name field, input the track name.

💻 Instruqt CLI

1. Run the following command to create a track:

   instruqt track create

2. Input a track title.

3. When asked to select a build method, input 1 to select From scratch.

Duplicate tracks

🌐 Web UI

1. Click ••• on the track you want to duplicate, followed by Duplicate track.

2. Input a track title and slug.

3. If you are a member of multiple teams, select which team you want to duplicate to.

4. Click Create.

💻 Instruqt CLI

1. Run the following command to duplicate an existing track:

   instruqt track create --title "Blah" --from <team>/<existing-track-slug>