Creating a Course
Set up a new course with its title, description, thumbnail, level, and the way learners will take it.
A course is your main teaching unit. This page covers the basics — naming it, describing it, and choosing how learners will take it. Once the course exists, you fill it with content (see Course structure).
What you set up on a course
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Title | The course name learners see. |
| Description | A short summary of what the course teaches. |
| Thumbnail | The cover image shown in your catalog and on the course page. |
| Preview media | An optional intro video or image learners can watch before enrolling. |
| Difficulty level | Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. |
| Language | The main language of the course. |
| Tags | Keywords that help learners find the course. |
| Learning outcomes | A list of what learners will be able to do after finishing. |
| Requirements | What a learner should already know or have before starting. |
Choose how learners take it
Every course has one of two delivery modes:
- Self-paced — the course opens to a learner the moment they enroll, and they move through it at their own speed. There is no fixed start or end date.
- Cohort-based — learners join a scheduled group with a start and end date, and move through the course together. See Cohorts.
Pick the mode that fits your teaching. Use self-paced for an always-open class, and cohort-based when you want everyone to start on the same day.
How to create a course
- Go to Admin → Courses.
- Click New Course.
- Enter the Title and Description.
- Upload a Thumbnail and, if you have one, Preview media.
- Choose the Difficulty level and Language.
- Add Tags, Learning outcomes, and Requirements.
- Choose the delivery mode: Self-paced or Cohort-based.
- Click Save.
Your new course starts as a draft — only you and your team can see it. When it is ready, you publish it (see Publishing and the catalog).
Course statuses
A course is always in one of these states:
| Status | Who can see it |
|---|---|
| Draft | Only you and your team. Work in progress. |
| Published | Everyone. The course is live in your catalog. |
| Private | Hidden from your catalog. You enroll learners into it directly. |
| Archived | Retired. No longer offered to new learners. |
What the learner sees
Before enrolling, a learner sees the title, description, thumbnail, level, language, learning outcomes, and requirements on the course page. If you added preview media, they can watch or view it without enrolling.
Tips
- Write learning outcomes as clear promises: "Build a budget in a spreadsheet."
- A good thumbnail and a short preview video help learners decide to enroll.
- Keep the course in draft until the content is ready, then publish.
Next steps
- Course structure — add and organize content.
- Publishing and the catalog — settings for going live.
- How learners enroll — the enrollment experience.