1. Open up the Program Admin dashboard. If you do not have access to the program you need to create a cohort for, impersonate a user who does have access.

2. Go to the Cohorts tab and click on the "New Cohort" button. Select "Upload Multiple" to upload a CSV of cohort information.

3. Create a CSV file in Excel that follows the guidelines shown here. In addition to creating cohorts, you can also use this CSV to upload new students or managers.

4. In addition to the guidelines, add a column header for first_activation_date. The first_activation_date must be in ISO 8601 format. This follows YYYY-MM-DD (ex: May 1st, 2018 = 2018-05-01).

This is not a required field. If no date is entered for a user or manager, they will default to the contract's first activation date

5. Select a contract that any new users created by this CSV will be part of (if your program only has one active contract, it is selected by default). Check the box next to the course(s) those new users should gain access to. 

6. Upload the CSV and click on the "Upload" button. If you receive an error message, check your file for errors and try again.