# Is anyone using Discourse in higher ed for courses?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-using-discourse-in-higher-ed-for-courses/59132 "2017-03-15T03:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Pasch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jeff_pasch/32/121152_2.png) [@Jeff\_Pasch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Pasch)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-using-discourse-in-higher-ed-for-courses/59132/1 "2017-03-15T03:52:19Z")

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Hi there. I work for a university in IT. We’d like to create private discourse categories (which would map to courses), where only members of the course and the instructors would have access.

Wondering if anyone else is doing this currently and could share their experiences. Thanks!

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