diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a450d471d..1f9af83ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,20 +103,32 @@ few days to get everything set up.
       you want to stick with the previous version, as some of the packages
       might not have been updated in time.
 
-3. Update the docker image for the *CSC Notebooks*, and upload it to CSC’s registry.
+3. **Update the docker image** for the *CSC Notebooks*, and upload it to CSC’s registry.
    Create a *CSC Notebooks* ‘workspace’ and ‘application’ using the docker image.
    [Follow the instructions in the `Automating-GIS-processes/csc-notebook-dockerfile`
    repository](https://github.com/Automating-GIS-processes/csc-notebook-dockerfile)
 
-4. Set up Slack TODO
-
-5. Set up GitHub classroom TODO (make new org, create per-exercise repository)
-
-6. Update the course details defined in [`conf.py`](docs/conf.py). Things that
-change every year are set up as ‘substitutions’, variables that are replaced
-throughout all documents. Edit them to reflect this year’s course’s details
-(as of October 2022, this block is starting [at line 42 of
-`conf.py`](docs/conf.py#L42)):
+4. **Set up Slack**: Create a new Slack instance, e.g.,
+   ‘Automating-GIS-processes-2023’, and set up the channel structure such as in
+   previous years: `#general` and `#random` exist by default, create `#week1`
+   through `#week7`, as well as `#final-assignments`; create `#instructors` to
+   coordinate with the student tutors. *I (@christophfink) will leave the 2022
+   version around, drop me a line and I’ll add you there so you can see for what
+   we used Slack*.
+
+5. **Set up GitHub classroom**: register for GitHub Education
+   (https://classroom.github.com), create a new organisation for this year’s
+   exercise repository templates (see
+   [Automating-GIS-processes-2022](https://github.com/Automating-GIS-processes-2022),
+   and add the exercise repositories there, one by one, as the course advances.
+   For each exercise, create a classroom, and update the links in the respective
+   `docs/lesson-X/exercise-X.md` files.
+
+6. **Update the course details** defined in [`conf.py`](docs/conf.py). Things that
+   change every year are set up as ‘substitutions’, variables that are replaced
+   throughout all documents. Edit them to reflect this year’s course’s details
+   (as of October 2022, this block is starting [at line 42 of
+   `conf.py`](docs/conf.py#L42)):
 
     ```
     # The following are the main things that need to be updated every year
@@ -133,13 +145,6 @@ throughout all documents. Edit them to reflect this year’s course’s details
 
 <!--
 TODO: Add instructions for future teachers of this course:
-    - How to set up GitHub class rooms
-    - How to update the documents (including setting the
-      substitution-variable in conf.py)
-    - How to set up Slack, and where to change the links
-    - How to update the dependencies at the beginning of a new year,
-      and how to lock them to certain versions
-    - How to locally install the dependencies using a virtual env, or conda env
     - How to regenerate the docs locally
     - How to fork the repository, and use merge requests as a way to test
       changes before going live
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 12c65b463..7ebdb508f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
 project = "Automating GIS Processes"
-version = "2022"
-release = "2022"
+version = "2023"
+release = "2023"
 
 author = "Henrikki Tenkanen, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Håvard Wallin Aagesen, Christoph Fink"
 copyright = f"2016-{version}"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 # These variables are replaced throughout the course documents
 # (see the comment for the first item for an example)
 myst_substitutions = {
-    "year": "2022",  # use {{year}} in markdown files to replace it with the current value
+    "year": "2023",  # use {{year}} in markdown files to replace it with the current value
     "starting_date": "Tuesday, 1 November 2022",
     "lectures_weekday_time_location": "Tuesday, 15:15-16:45, Exactum C222",
     "work_sessions_weekday_time_location": "Friday, 12:15-16:00, Physicum A113+A114 (GIS lab)",
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index e03226012..5ae5dbd18 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -138,88 +138,88 @@ course-info/resources
 course-info/license
 ```
 
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 1
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-1/overview
-lessons/lesson-1/course-motivation
-lessons/lesson-1/geometry-objects
-lessons/lesson-1/exercise-1
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 2
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-2/overview
-lessons/lesson-2/key-concepts
-lessons/lesson-2/managing-file-paths
-lessons/lesson-2/vector-data-io
-lessons/lesson-2/geopandas-an-introduction
-lessons/lesson-2/map-projections
-lessons/lesson-2/exercise-2
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 3
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-3/overview
-lessons/lesson-3/geocoding
-lessons/lesson-3/geocoding-in-geopandas
-lessons/lesson-3/point-in-polygon-queries
-lessons/lesson-3/intersect
-lessons/lesson-3/spatial-join
-lessons/lesson-3/exercise-3
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 4
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-4/overview
-lessons/lesson-4/overlay-analysis
-lessons/lesson-4/vector-data-aggregating
-lessons/lesson-4/simplifying-geometries
-lessons/lesson-4/reclassifying-data
-lessons/lesson-4/exercise-4
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 5
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-5/overview
-lessons/lesson-5/static-maps
-lessons/lesson-5/interactive-maps
-lessons/lesson-5/exercise-5
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Lesson 6
-maxdepth: 2
----
-lessons/lesson-6/overview
-lessons/lesson-6/retrieve-data-from-openstreetmap
-lessons/lesson-6/network-analysis
-```
-
-```{toctree}
----
-caption: Final Assignment
-maxdepth: 2
----
-final-assignment/final-assignment
-final-assignment/final-assignment-grading
-final-assignment/final-assignment-hints
-```
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 1
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-1/overview
+%lessons/lesson-1/course-motivation
+%lessons/lesson-1/geometry-objects
+%lessons/lesson-1/exercise-1
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 2
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-2/overview
+%lessons/lesson-2/key-concepts
+%lessons/lesson-2/managing-file-paths
+%lessons/lesson-2/vector-data-io
+%lessons/lesson-2/geopandas-an-introduction
+%lessons/lesson-2/map-projections
+%lessons/lesson-2/exercise-2
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 3
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-3/overview
+%lessons/lesson-3/geocoding
+%lessons/lesson-3/geocoding-in-geopandas
+%lessons/lesson-3/point-in-polygon-queries
+%lessons/lesson-3/intersect
+%lessons/lesson-3/spatial-join
+%lessons/lesson-3/exercise-3
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 4
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-4/overview
+%lessons/lesson-4/overlay-analysis
+%lessons/lesson-4/vector-data-aggregating
+%lessons/lesson-4/simplifying-geometries
+%lessons/lesson-4/reclassifying-data
+%lessons/lesson-4/exercise-4
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 5
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-5/overview
+%lessons/lesson-5/static-maps
+%lessons/lesson-5/interactive-maps
+%lessons/lesson-5/exercise-5
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Lesson 6
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%lessons/lesson-6/overview
+%lessons/lesson-6/retrieve-data-from-openstreetmap
+%lessons/lesson-6/network-analysis
+%```
+
+%```{toctree}
+%---
+%caption: Final Assignment
+%maxdepth: 2
+%---
+%final-assignment/final-assignment
+%final-assignment/final-assignment-grading
+%final-assignment/final-assignment-hints
+%```
 
 % ```{toctree}
 % ---