Create a course
Click New course. The first question is Where will students take this course?
Then give the course a name and a short summary of what students will learn. Instructor,
category and a cover image are optional. A project with no domain yet starts on your own pages;
add a domain to use the course pages.
You can switch between the two later in the course’s Settings. Students, lessons and access
stay as they are when you switch.
The setup checklist
A new course opens on its Overview, with a checklist called Get your course ready:1
Describe the course
A name and a short summary are what students see first.
2
Add lessons
Group lessons into modules on the Curriculum tab. See Lessons below.
3
Choose what unlocks it
Link the products that enrol their buyers, or make the course free. See Access.
4
Preview as a student, or use it in your pages
On course pages, Preview as student opens the course the way an enrolled student sees it,
drafts included. On your own pages, this step shows the code to paste.
5
Publish
Students can open the course once it is published.
Lessons
On the Curriculum tab, the outline lists modules and their lessons. Drag to reorder them, and select a module or lesson to edit it next to the outline. A module or lesson needs a title; its description is optional. A lesson has:- Featured media (optional): a Video (a YouTube, Vimeo, Loom or Bunny link, an uploaded video file, or an embed code) or an Audio file or link with a cover image. Choose None for a written lesson, such as a short essay, a step guide or a file pack.
- Lesson: the body. Add images, numbered steps, a key details box, videos and embeds (YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Wistia, Bunny Stream, Miro) anywhere in the text.
- Files: downloads under the lesson, such as worksheets, transcripts and templates.
- Key takeaways: one line per thing to remember or do.
- Comments: follow the course setting, or turn them on or off for this lesson.
Access
Click Link a product (or Change under Unlocked by) to choose what unlocks the course:- Paid: only buyers of a linked product and students you add get in. A purchase of a linked product enrols the buyer, including when the product is bought as an upsell.
- Free: any signed-in visitor can enrol in the published course. Linked products still enrol their buyers.
The subscription rule is a project setting with three choices: keep course access until the paid
period ends, end course access right away, or keep course access. It sits in the project’s course
settings at
/{brand}/settings?tab=courses, under When a subscription is cancelled. Refunds and
chargebacks always end access, whatever this setting says.
Students
The Students tab lists everyone with access, with search and paging. Each student shows their progress, when they enrolled and their status: Active, Revoked (with the reason: refunded, chargeback, subscription cancelled or revoked by an admin) or Expired.- Add student gives someone access without a purchase, for example a partner or a past customer. They get the course welcome email with a sign-in link. Adding a revoked or expired student again reopens their access.
- Revoke access stops a student’s access and keeps them on the list. Restore access gives it back.
- Remove from course deletes the student and their progress.
Student emails
Every new student gets one welcome email. In the course’s Settings → Student emails:- Welcome email lists the course templates of your project: the two built-in ones (Course Enrollment and Course Magic Link) and their copies. Pick one, then Edit it, Send test to me, or Duplicate for this course to give this course its own copy.
- Emails a student can get lists the welcome and sign-in link email, the sign-in code and the reply to a comment, with the template each one uses.
The welcome email goes to new enrollments only. Students enrolled more than 7 days ago are not
emailed again.
Delete a course
Delete course (in the course’s menu on the list) asks you to confirm. Students lose access and the course leaves your list; their enrollments stay on record as revoked. If the course has its own pages (see Customize for this course), the dialog offers Also delete this course’s custom pages. Your shared course design is not touched.Related
Course pages
The course library, course page and lesson player on your domain
Courses on your own pages
Show a course inside your members area or app
Template reference
Every course function and the progress API
Course emails
Welcome, sign-in and comment emails