Adding Lessons and Video Content

A lesson is the smallest unit a student takes. Each lesson lives inside a module. You can mix lesson types inside the same module — a short intro video, a written page with the steps, a download with a worksheet, a quiz at the end.

The four lesson types

• Video. Upload a video file or paste a link from a hosting service. Best for explaining, demonstrating, and walking through a tool.
• Text. A formatted page with headings, lists, images, and links. Best for reference material, checklists, and step-by-step writeups.
• Download. A file (PDF, spreadsheet, image) students can save. Best for worksheets, templates, slides, and cheat sheets.
• Quiz. A set of questions students answer. See Quizzes and Assessments for details.

Adding a video lesson

1. Open the module where the lesson goes.
2. Click Add Lesson and pick Video.
3. Give the lesson a title and a short description.
4. Pick how the video gets to your students:
5. Upload — choose a file from your computer. MP4 is the safest format. Keep each file under 2 GB.
6. Link — paste a video URL from a hosting service. The player embeds inside the lesson.
7. (Optional) Upload a thumbnail image. If you skip this, a frame from the video is used.
8. (Optional) Upload a transcript or captions file. Both help students who skim and students who watch with sound off.
9. Click Save.

The upload runs in the background. You can leave the page and come back; the lesson shows Processing until the video is ready.

Tips that make videos better

• Aim for five to ten minutes per lesson. Long videos get skipped. Two short videos beat one long one.
• Lead with what students will be able to do. "By the end of this lesson, you will…"
• Use plain language. Imagine explaining to a friend over coffee.
• Show, do not tell. If you can demonstrate it on screen, do that instead of describing it.
• End with a single next step. "Now open the worksheet in the next lesson and fill in the first two rows."

Adding a text lesson

Text lessons are useful when video is overkill — a checklist, a reference card, an outline of a process.

1. Add Lesson → Text.
2. Use the editor toolbar to format headings, bullets, links, images, and code blocks.
3. To paste in formatted content from another source, use Paste as Plain Text and reformat in the editor. That avoids strange spacing and unexpected fonts.
4. Save.

Adding a download lesson

1. Add Lesson → Download.
2. Give the lesson a title and a one-paragraph explanation of what is in the file and how to use it.
3. Upload the file. Common formats — PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, PNG, ZIP — all work.
4. Save.

Students see the explanation and a Download button.

Rearranging lessons

Open the module, then drag and drop lesson rows into the order you want. The new order saves automatically.

To move a lesson to a different module, open the lesson, change the Module dropdown, and Save.

Hiding a lesson without deleting it

In the lesson settings, switch Active to Off. Students stop seeing the lesson immediately, but its progress data and any quiz attempts are preserved. Turn it back on whenever.

What students see

When a student opens a lesson, the player or page appears in the main area. The lesson list on the side shows their place. Once they reach the end of a video, finish reading a text lesson, open a download, or submit a quiz, the lesson is marked complete and the next lesson unlocks (unless you are using a drip schedule).