How to create a New Unit

Creating a new unit in Nimbu allows you to organise learning content and assessments into smaller, manageable components. You can create both accredited and non-accredited units.

In this article, we will cover the following points.

The steps for creating accredited or non-accredited Unit

Step 1 - Navigate to the Courses Page

From the Nimbu dashboard, click on Units in the left-hand menu under the Curriculum section.

Step 2 - Add a New Unit

In the top-right corner of the screen, click the red Add button. A pop up of for your selection whether the course is Accredited or Non-Accredited or Cluster will appear


Step 3 - Fill in Course Details

If you are creating an accredited course, enter the official National Code and National Title. For non-accredited courses, you'll need to enter Code and Title.

Next, Click to the "Add Content" to select the existing content or create new one. You can switch the togle to turn on/ off option require trainer to activate manually

If you choose "Add Existing": All the created Contents are ready, simply tick to the box your choice and Press "Add" to finish your selection

Other hand, if you choose "Create New": It will take you to a new screen where you can continue working with a list of options, including: Assessment/ Practical/ Observation Task and Learning Resourse/ Materials

For more detail of each, read more at series of "How to Add/ Edit Learning Resource/ Materials"


Same with the section "Learning Resource/Materials", it's similar with the "Assessment/Practical/Observation Task"

  • Click to the "Add Content" to select the existing content or create new one. You can switch the togle to turn on/ off option require trainer to activate manually
  • If you choose "Add Existing": All the created Contents are ready, simply tick to the box your choice and Press "Add" to finish your selection
  • If you choose "Create New": It will take you to a new screen where you can continue working with a list of options, including: Assessment/ Practical/ Observation Task and Learning Resourse/ Materials

Step 4 - Save as Draft and Publish

Once you have completed all the details, click the Publish button in the top-right corner to make the course live.

You can also click Save as Draft if you want to finish the setup later.


If you have any further questions about adding, editing or configuring pre course material, please don't hesitate to contact us. Our support team will happily assist you with all your concerns.

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