Editing Course Maker

In each of the ''Super Mario Maker'' games, the Course Maker has the following features:

*A clapper board, which switches between the test-play mode and the Course Maker. When [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and [[Toadette]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'') loses a life in the test-play mode, it immediately switches to Course Maker. It can also be activated with {{Button|Switch|Minus}} in ''Super Mario Maker 2''.

*The course theme menu, which can change the level's appearance into six different themes: Ground, Underground, Underwater, Ghost House, Airship and Castle. ''Super Mario Maker 2'' adds Sky, Desert, Forest, and Snow themes, and can also switch between the day and night modes after placing the [[Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)|Moon]] for the first time.

*[[Mr. Eraser]], who can erase existing course elements on the main field. He can also be activated with {{Button|Switch|L}} or {{Button|Switch|R}} in ''Super Mario Maker 2''.

*[[Undodog]], which undoes an action, based on the undo function in ''[[Mario Paint]]''. He can also be activated with {{Button|Switch|B}} in ''Super Mario Maker 2''.

*[[Soundfrog]], which brings up the sound effect menu. Based on one of the icons representing the default songs in ''Mario Paint''{{'}}s Music Mode. In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', they are organized in five categories similar to the course elements: feelings, stingers, reactions, animations, and music, and the Soundfrog icon initially appears as [[Partrick]], which switches to Soundfrog when the sound effect menu is selected.

*A timer, which can adjust the level's [[Time Limit|time limit]] from 10 to 500 seconds in 10-second increments, and enable or disable the auto-scrolling function. The auto-scrolling option also has three speed modifiers, each represented by a turtle, a rabbit, and a cheetah; this is a reference to the mouse speed option in ''Mario Paint''. In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', the auto-scrolling options have been separated from the timer, and also adds a Custom Scrolling option (represented by a bird), which can set the scrolling direction and speed to change when reaching a certain point of the level.

*An area icon, which switches between the main and sub-areas. It can also be activated by putting Mario into a [[Warp Pipe]], though the player needs to place an exit Pipe first.

*[[Coursebot]], which saves the currently-editing level into the Coursebot menu. The player may also use this feature to load an existing saved course.

Certain course elements can be modified to another form if shaken, such as green [[Koopa Troopa]]s becoming red ones. Most elements can also be given [[wings]] and made enlarged with a [[Super Mushroom]], and starting with the version 1.20 update of the original game, a Super Mushroom can be placed on any non-Super Mushroom power-ups to make it a progressive power-up (i.e. if Mario is in his [[Small Mario|Small form]], it becomes a Super Mushroom, and if Mario is in his [[Super Mario (form)|Super]] or higher forms, it spawns the original power-up). Elements can be inserted on blocks, Pipes, [[Bill Blaster]]s or [[Lakitu]]s, or directly granted to Mario in case of power-ups, which can be removed by shaking them. In addition, the player can adjust the lengths and heights of some elements such as [[Semisolid Platform]]s and Bill Blasters by dragging them, and elements that have movements such as [[Lift]]s and [[Fire Bar]]s, as well as elements that can appear either vertically or horizontally like [[One-Way Wall]]s and [[Burner]]s can adjust the direction they move or they are placed with tapping the yellow icon with an arrow.

While editing a level in Course Maker, more ambient arrangements of the level's music that varies depending on the game style and course themes play; for example, the Underground theme in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style plays a {{wp|jazz}}-style [[:File:SMM SMB Underground Edit.oga|acoustic variant]] of the [[:File:Under Ground Theme SMB.oga|original underground theme]], and the Castle theme in the ''Super Mario World'' style plays an [[:File:SMM SMW Castle Edit.oga|orchestra/synthesizer-mixed variant]] of the [[:File:Sub Castle Theme Super Mario World.oga|castle/fortress theme from the original game]]. These music themes are played with multiple channels, randomly fading in and out to that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix. When placing an object, a vocal sound effect exclaiming the name of objects (e.g. "[[:File:SMM Voice Ground.oga|Ground]]") plays, with its pitch and length shifting accordingly to the music's main melody.

*A context menu for Mario and course elements, replacing the shaking option and the wings element from the first game and also adding [[Parachute (object)|parachute]]s for some elements (although Super Mushrooms can also be selected, the player can still enlarge enemies or combine the power-ups by placing a Super Mushroom on them).

*The player can zoom in or out the camera with pressing {{Button|Switch|RightStick}}; while the camera is zoomed out, the maximum selectable range of the Multigrab function extends slightly.

The Course Maker returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' with a complete overhaul. In the February 2019 Nintendo Direct, when the game was first revealed, the redesigned Course Maker was first shown off (with some pre-release differences to the final release) alongside the addition of [[slope]]s.<ref>[https://youtu.be/SCME2yPJKWk Nintendo Direct 2.13.2019]</ref> The biggest change in the new Course Maker is the addition of course elements being selected from several scroll wheels organized into categories instead of rows. Touch controls can still be used, but button controls can also be used to place course elements and navigate the UI.