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Learn@UW - Finding a Course OU Number

Every course on all organizations has a OU (Organization Unit) number to uniquely identify it.

If you are in a course, the course's OU number is the number that appears at the end of the URL in your browser's navigation bar.

From the org. home page (My Home), you determine a course OU number from a course you are enrolled in displayed in "My Courses" by hovering your mouse over the course link in the list. The OU number will display in your browser's status bar.

If you have access to "Course Management" in the "My Admin Tools" widget, you can find a course's OU number by performing a search for the course. In the search results of "Find Course Offerings", you can see the course's OU number in your browser's status bar at the bottom by hovering your mouse over the course link.

The following method for finding a course's OU number can only be used by administrators who have access to the DOME tool. If a course isn't complete, for example, its template is missing, this may be the only way for finding a course's OU number.

1. Select "Search All Org Units" in the DOME tool.
2. Enter a search string.
3. Select "Course Offering" for the "Org. Unit Type".
4. Press Search.

Click the course offering name link to obtain information about the course offering, including the OU number.