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title: "How to Create a Sandbox"
canonical: "https://help.cccs.edu/space/KnowledgeBase/34537721/How%20to%20Create%20a%20Sandbox"
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## Overview

The Sandbox tool allows for the creation of personal courses that allow a space for building and testing content and course settings prior to use in the official course.

## Instructions

1. Open the <u><span style="color: #0000ff">[Colorado Online Sandbox Creation Form](https://at.cccs.edu/colorado_online/instructors/sandboxes/create/)</span></u><u><span style="color: #0000ff">.</span></u>
2. Log in with your S number. The login page should display the following:
3. Once you have successfully logged in, review the Sandbox Creation Form and follow the instructions at the top of the page.

### Key Notes and Steps

- Home College should be listed at the top.
- Click on the grey button labeled "Start Process."
- Once you click the box it will then populate a Sandbox name, Sandbox OUID, and Date when created within a greyed out row under "Previous Sandbox Creations."

You have successfully created a Sandbox Course. You can now access this course by going to the [MyCourses login page](https://mycourses.cccs.edu/d2l/home).

## Support & Escalations

If your account cannot be located or you receive an error message, please submit a ticket to the Academic Technology Service Desk [at.support.online@cccs.edu](mailto:at.support.online@cccs.edu).