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# How to Add a Section to a Pathway

# How to Add a Section to a Pathway

**In this article:**
* Overview
* Add a section
* Add steps to a section
* Rename or configure a section
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Sections let you group related steps inside a Pathway so learners see a clear structure — for example "Week 1", "Onboarding basics" or "Assessment". A section is a heading that holds one or more steps beneath it, and you can collapse, reorder and configure each section just like a step.

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## Add a section
1. Open your Pathway in the builder. The steps panel runs down the left-hand side.
2. At the bottom of the steps panel, click **Add Section**.
3. A new section is added to the bottom of the Pathway, titled **New Section**.

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## Add steps to a section
Once a section exists, you can fill it with steps in two ways:
* Hover over the section header and click the **+** (add) button, then choose **Add Content**, **Add Event**, **Add Form** or **Add Text** to add a new step directly into that section.
* Drag an existing step from elsewhere in the Pathway and drop it under the section.

> **Note:** A section can't contain the same Content, Event, Form, Pathway or Knowledge step twice — if you try to add a duplicate to a section, SuperPath keeps the original in place and lets you know.

## Rename or configure a section
* Click the section header to open it, where you can edit its **title**, cover and description.
* Hover over the section header and click the **cog** icon to open the section's settings — from here you can mark the section as required, set a prerequisite, add a start or due date, and show or hide its cover.
* Use the **chevron** on the section header to collapse or expand its steps while you build.

## Things to keep in mind
* A section is itself a type of step, so it appears in the Pathway's step order and can be reordered like any other step.
* Deleting a section also deletes every step inside it — see *How to Delete a Step or Section From a Pathway*.
* Adding a section is one of the changes that returns a published Pathway to a draft (unpublished) state, so you'll need to publish again once you're done.

## FAQs
**Can a step belong to more than one section?**
No. A step sits under a single section (or none). Move it by dragging it into a different section.

**Do I have to use sections?**
No. Sections are optional — a Pathway can be a flat list of steps with no sections at all.

**Can I have steps outside of any section?**
Yes. Steps that aren't dragged into a section simply appear on their own in the Pathway.

## Who can do this
**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can add and configure sections in a Pathway. **People Managers**, **Employees**, **Members**, **Volunteers** and **Restricted** users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot.