Garmin® Training Video - Creating a course using Garmin Connect™ Web 

This is great for simple activities. But a more in depth video might be needed for more detailed help. For example, the race i'm running in on the 14th of August we run in a short tunnel and garmin doesn't see the tunnel as a possible route. However the points don't add up correctly on Strava so I had to re-create my run in Strava using manual mode for the tunnel. Then sync it to my connect app again. Even after all that I can't save my run with any POI for some reason.

Google maps doesn't have national forest trails....so freaking lame...garmin needs to figure out how to get trail maps onto connect. this is worthless for backpacking without trail maps.

Good starting video to get me up to speed on making a course.

Great tool, I use it to create cycling courses. The problem I have is that sometimes it looks like the course tool thinks i'm in a car. For example, if I'm on a cycling path and want to cross the street parallel to the cycling path to get to another street, I sometimes get redirected to the next intersection to make a U-turn. I've had this behavior from the tool a couple of time. When it happens, it's impossible to write the course the way I want, I always get redirected to make a u-turn.Are they other videos on how to edit, delete, add segments?

It's a good app but has a lot of room for improvement. Some refinement would really make this a great app. The web portal is slow and crashes, you have to spend forever correcting bad routing, and some functions (like adding route points) doesn't always work. On the mobile app, every time you add a route point, it zooms out as far as it can, so you have to sit there and zoom back in. The app crashes, especially if your phone goes to sleep - I plotted a dozen route points, then it crashed and I lost all my work. You can't add the point to its physical location, you can only add the marker on the route. Example: if there's a gas station nearby, I can't add the marker to the station location, I can only put a pin on the route near it. It'd be great to tag food/fuel/service/other places to visit at their physical locations, and then have the computer give you the option to deviate to those points if you need to. If you spin the map, there's no way to reset the orientation - Google Maps has a button that resets the view to "North is up," this app desperately needs that. You can't zoom in far enough when planning to accurately pick points in congested areas (ex: Washington DC). The devil is in the details - this app (web and mobile) is frustrating to use. A little fine-tuning would be great.

Can I record my riding and then take the course that I want to create? It is very difficult and even impossible to mark trails in a forest or an unmarked place ...

It doesn't look like this anymore. And how do you draw freehand?

I do a lot of off road enduro riding. Nowhere near any road or path. This app refuses to let me create a course off road !!?? WTF waste of money this watch better to simply use my cell phone?

How do I forced the route (Custom) to follow the roads? That is important when the roads are not straight. To get around it I use multiple waypoints. It would be nice to have an easier way.

How do you re-order course points? For example, in case you need to add an additional midpoint. Instead of putting this point all the way to the end of the route, I want to see a list of the points that I have created so that I can easily move them around. I am having difficulty finding the list of route points that I have created on the web brower. Thanks.

thank you for the video. However, it is not intuative that round trip should auto generate a course for me.

interesting tho, still dont see the way to add it into the calendar.

I wish it had "Current Location" button and suggested addresses drop down.

That’s really helpful to make a route

Thank you for course training. Would you training for set up music too?

Awesome! So excited to customize routes. I hate having to use my phone because it’s dangerous to be on my phone while pedaling. Does this work on a mobile browser or computer only?

can you guys can put on the next Garmin update that we can send routes to your watches that means all Garmin forerunners need to have. My forerunner 55 doesn't support routes and plis fix this problem in next update.

Thanks a lot, After send to device, how to use this course in device?

This is really great!

How come there is not option to group courses in folders? And in Polish translations there are many errors in translation.

How can I plan the route to go on a road or trail that isn’t a public road. It won’t let me

this product is not for mountain bikers, i can't even find my favorite trails on it. Returning it asap.

Nah.....you guys need to post a ton of more video details about the "Routing Features" here. There are WAY TOO MANY frustrating details in using the "Custom Course" options.

Where do I see the waypoints I choose? How can I shift them? The course builder as is, is a totally stupid tool. I have to use Komoot to properly build courses. Shame.

Thank you for the video! A quick question on Garmin Connect web/PC version. When creating a course, how can I get a more detailed map (with more info on trails, etc.), if the google map is not detailed enough? Thank you so much!

if i put in a starting point and just an end point will garmin connect plot a course for me? Thanks

hi! can you tell me, how to import and export track file with course points included?

Is there a way, when using Garmin Connect website, to show my current location? When trying to create a cycling course the website defaults my location near Kansas City and I live in Kentucky.

Website failure - try : 1) Select create route. 2)Route type (run here - possibly other types affected). 3)Drawing method user defined. 4) User defined drawing method "Freehand". 5) Draw route on map 6) Save new route Attention, please remember exactly where the red destination symbol is currently ! AND remember the indicated route length ! 7) Edit menu 8) Add route point 9) Save point 10) Menu item "Save changes 11) Menu item "Edit“ 12 ) Now, Connect has moved the destination. But the route length has remained the same. -- 13) The problem does not always occur the first time you open the file. In this case, repeat point 11 again (i.e. click on "edit" again). Possibly also 3 or 4 times this point repeat. At some point, however, it happens that the route changes on its own, without you having done anything yourself.

Which watches are compatible with courses? Is Forerunner 245 compatible, or should I choose another watch?

How do you change miles to Kilometer?

How do you multiple laps of route?

Is like 0 its bring me in another direction and a paid a lot of money , still cannot use gps

How do you edit a course that has been previously saved? Thanks

ghod awful Garmin

absolute garbage.... you can't do this on a PC. The map does not move with the route design... I think your overpaid IT and developers need to out their coffee cups and muffins down... BTW you cannot plan a round trip either... go figure...