Creating a course
The course onboarding flow — details, positioning and your first draft.
01Start a new course
In the studio, choose New course. The onboarding asks for the essentials up front: title, a short description that sells the outcome, category, level, and language. You can refine everything later — the goal of this step is a solid draft, not perfection.
02Position it for a specific student
Courses that promise a concrete outcome outsell courses that cover a topic. “Build a shop website from zero” beats “Web development explained”. Write the description as what the student will be able to DO at the end, and pick the level honestly — a mislabelled level is the top source of refund requests.
03Set the price
Price in XAF. Look at comparable courses in the catalog before deciding; students compare. You can change the price of a draft any time, and of a published course with a note to the review team. The pricing and earnings guide explains exactly what you keep per sale.
04Draft state
A new course is a draft: invisible to students, editable in every way, safe to experiment with. Nothing you do in a draft can break anything public. Only when you submit for review does the course enter the publishing pipeline.