.. _Short Description: ################################# Short Description ################################# Optionally, you can define a short description for your course. Students see the short description when they move their cursors over the course image in the catalog. ********************************************* Create the Short Description File ********************************************* You create an HTML file called ``short_description.html`` in the ``overview`` directory. The short description is limited to 150 characters. Within that limit, you can add any text and HTML markup to the short description file within that.