How to Create a Course Lesson

To build content into your Course to include a video, assessment, links, body of text, and/or downloadable files, you will need to create a Lesson. Learn to create a new Lesson in your Course Product.

Adding a new Course Lesson

Build your content into your Course Product with Course Lessons.

To add or create a new lesson:

Open the Products tab from your Dashboard.
Select the Courses and the Course you want to edit.
Click + Add Content next to the Module title.
Then, select Lesson.
Title your Lesson (Remember, your Lesson title can be updated later).
Click Create Lesson to keep your changes:

Click into your new Course Lesson to build your content.

Looking to reorder your Lessons and Modules? Learn more.

Want to use an existing quiz for your Course Product? Learn to import an existing lesson or quiz into your Course Product.

Tip:

Lessons are not automatically published after saving. In order for the Lesson to appear in the live Course, make sure to publish the Lesson.

Building your Course Lesson

Lesson Details

Edit your Course Lesson Details to communicate your content to your customers.

With Lesson Details:

Title your Course Lesson.
Assign your Course Lesson to your desired Module.
Include a description or additional content in the Body of your Course Lesson.

Unfamiliar with Lessons and Modules? Click here to learn more!

Media

Select the media you wish to attach to your Course Lesson.

Choose to attach:

None - Build your content into the Lesson Body
Video
Audio
Assessment

Note:

The Assessment feature inside of Courses has been sunset. This feature may still appear in older accounts. The Quizzes feature is now available inside of Courses and offers advanced functionality. Assessments can still be added to Web Pages.

Learn to upload media into your Course Lesson.

Downloads

Utilize the Downloads section to upload downloadable documents and resources that your customers can take with them.

Learn to add downloadable files to your Course Lesson for more details.

Downloads can include any downloadable resource such as:

Slide decks
Worksheets
Handouts
and more!

Automations

Automations are powerful tools that use when/then/if logic to help you streamline processes within your site and automate basic actions to help you scale your business.

Learn more about Automations in Course Lessons.

Status

Change the visibility of your Lesson:

Published to make your Course Lesson visible to your customers.
Draft to keep the Course Lesson unpublished and invisible to your customers until you are ready to Publish.
Lock encourages your customers to complete a specific Lesson before moving on to the next Module. Your customers will be able to move on to your locked Module when the specified Lesson has been marked "complete".
Drip is used to release content over time. Dripped content will be released based on the specified number of days from your customer's access date.

Lesson Image

Upload a thumbnail image that will appear to your customers when they are viewing the Course.

Comments

Your customers' Lesson comments can be configured to be visible, hidden, or locked per lesson when comments are enabled for your courses. Learn to manage comments in your Course Lessons.

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