.. _Pub Creating and Announcing a Course:

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Creating and Announcing a Course Using Publisher (edx.org Courses)
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.. note::
  This process applies to courses on the edx.org site. If your course will run
  on Edge, you create the course and the About page in Studio. For more
  information, see :ref:`Creating a New Course` or :ref:`Creating a Course
  About Page`.

Publisher is a companion to Studio. The topics in this section provide an
introduction to the Publisher tool and describe the Publisher process, from the
time when the course team creates a course to the time when the About page is
published on edx.org.

When you are ready to create a course and course run on edx.org, you add
information in the Publisher tool. The information that you enter depends on
your goal.

* **If your goal is to enter course content in Studio immediately**, you enter
  a small amount of specific course and course run information in Publisher.
  EdX will then create a Studio URL for a course run, and you can add content
  and modify settings in Studio. For more information, see :ref:`Pub Access a
  Course Run in Studio`.

* **If your goal is to create a course About page**, you enter all required
  information in Publisher. EdX then creates an About page for your course run
  and publishes the About page on edx.org.

For more information, see the following topics.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   pub_introduction
   pub_create_edit_course/index
   pub_create_edit_course_run/index
   pub_publish_about_page
   pub_add_about_video
   pub_update_course_run_info
   pub_change_publisher_settings