'Create a course w/ one item in the persistence store using the given course & item location.'

def _create_course(self, course_key, asides=None):

    with self.store.bulk_operations(course_key):
        self.course = self.store.create_course(course_key.org, course_key.course, course_key.run, self.user_id)
        if isinstance(self.course.id, CourseLocator):
            self.course_locations[self.MONGO_COURSEID] = self.course.location
        else:
            self.assertEqual(self.course.id, course_key)
        chapter = self.store.create_child(self.user_id, self.course.location, 'chapter', block_id='Overview', asides=asides)
        self.writable_chapter_location = chapter.location
