From 28af88f364121306be40844acd9ef72f6e2f6726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Neis Araujo <danielneis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:31:50 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-62334 admin: add a new course link on admin/search

---
 admin/settings/courses.php | 6 ++++++
 course/edit.php            | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/admin/settings/courses.php b/admin/settings/courses.php
index 64ef1506a61..cf9b286ea8c 100644
--- a/admin/settings/courses.php
+++ b/admin/settings/courses.php
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ if ($hassiteconfig or has_any_capability($capabilities, $systemcontext)) {
             array('moodle/category:manage')
         )
     );
+    $ADMIN->add('courses',
+        new admin_externalpage('addnewcourse', new lang_string('addnewcourse'),
+            new moodle_url('/course/edit.php', array('category' => 0)),
+            array('moodle/category:manage')
+        )
+    );
     $ADMIN->add('courses',
         new admin_externalpage('restorecourse', new lang_string('restorecourse', 'admin'),
             new moodle_url('/backup/restorefile.php', array('contextid' => context_system::instance()->id)),
diff --git a/course/edit.php b/course/edit.php
index 727a1f70c82..81626d8f87a 100644
--- a/course/edit.php
+++ b/course/edit.php
@@ -103,8 +103,13 @@ if ($id) {
     $PAGE->set_context($catcontext);
 
 } else {
+    // Creating new course in default category.
+    $course = null;
     require_login();
-    print_error('needcoursecategroyid');
+    $category = core_course_category::get_default();
+    $catcontext = context_coursecat::instance($category->id);
+    require_capability('moodle/course:create', $catcontext);
+    $PAGE->set_context($catcontext);
 }
 
 // Prepare course and the editor.