Courses & programs · Course building
How courses and programs work
Courses are guided, multi-day programs members follow from start to finish — built from your existing videos, with progress saved automatically. Learn what courses add on top of your library and how to switch them on.
What a course is
A course (also called a program) is a structured sequence of content — videos and text lessons grouped into days — that members work through in order. Where your Library is a browse-anything catalog, a course says: start here, then do this next. That structure is what turns a pile of classes into a 30-day challenge, a beginner series, or a certification track.
Each course has its own page with a cover image, description, instructor, and a day-by-day content list. Members press Start, and the platform remembers exactly where they are — showing a progress bar and a 'Continue with day N' button every time they return.
Turning courses on
Courses are controlled by a single switch: go to Settings, open Pages and sections, and turn on Courses. This adds a Courses page to your members' menu where they can browse, search, and filter your programs by category and instructor.
Courses without any content are hidden from members automatically, so the page never shows empty cards while you're still building.
What members see on course cards
Each course card shows the cover image, category, instructor, a short description, and a badge with the number of days. If your content isn't really day-based, your site can be configured to show the number of videos on the badge instead — useful when a 'course' is really a themed library of classes.
Members filter the Courses page by category and search by title or instructor, so set those fields on every course to keep the catalog explorable.
What you can layer on top
Once the basics are in place, you can add drip scheduling (unlock days over time), free preview days for non-members, quizzes with pass-to-continue gating, completion certificates, learning paths that chain courses together, and points-and-badges gamification. Each of these is covered in its own article in this section.
You can also ask the AI assistant (Benny by default — you can rename it) to build or edit courses for you, and everything here is available through the developer API too.
Related articles
Create your first course
Set up a new course from scratch: title, descriptions, category, instructor, cover images, and visibility — then add the daily content. Takes about ten minutes with videos you've already uploaded.
Add days to a course and attach videos
Days are the building blocks of a course. Add each day with a title, description, and a video from your library — members then work through them in order with progress tracked automatically.
Add text lessons and chapter headings between videos
Courses aren't only video. Insert written lessons — instructions, theory, worksheets — between classes, and group content into chapters with headings so long courses stay organized.