Set 'Priority' to display order of courses

Created by Carolina Martin, Modified on Wed, 20 Aug at 2:19 AM by Travis Clapp

Course priority helps control the display order of courses for learners and admins. By assigning a numeric value to each course, you can ensure high-priority courses appear more prominently—especially when using the "Priority Forced" sort option. This is particularly useful for spotlighting featured, time-sensitive, or compliance-mandatory courses.

Navigate to the Courses section.
Click on the Edit Course button for the course you want to prioritise.
Select the gear icon next to “Edit Course” to open advanced options.
Locate the Priority option in the dropdown menu.
Enter a numeric value in the Priority field:
Lower numbers = higher priority (e.g., 1 will be shown before 10).
Leave the value at 0 if no priority is needed.

Go back to the main Courses view.
Click the Sort dropdown at the top right.
Select Priority, and ensure the Forced checkbox is ticked.
This will override other sort orders and display courses based on the priority number you’ve set.

Take a look at the following articles in this section for more details:

Check out our Coursebox Demonstration Video Library for Tutorials.