Create a Course
In Portal Manager → Courses, create a course shell with title, description, cover from Media, and draft status—keep it unpublished until lessons exist; storefront pricing links through Digital Products, not the course form itself.
Start with a course shell—title, description, cover image, and draft status—before you build modules. Buyers should not land on an empty curriculum, so keep the course in draft until the first module is ready.
Prerequisites
Course admin → create course (from Portal Manager or the courses dashboard when enabled)
Cover image: Dashboard → Media
What you're looking at
Course form: title, slug, description, cover image, price or access tier, publish toggle.
Implementation steps
- Open course management and click create course.
- Enter the course title and a marketing description.
- Upload a cover image from Media.
- Set a readable slug such as
/courses/lighting-101. - Leave status as draft while you build content.
- Save the course shell.
- Open the course editor to add modules in the next article.
What you'll see
An empty course record with metadata and cover, ready for curriculum work.
Publishing too early
Live courses without lessons frustrate buyers—publish only after module one exists.
Changing the slug later
Enrolled students may have bookmarked the old URL—set the slug before you announce enrollment.
Verifying your setup
- Course exists with title, description, and cover.
- Status remains draft during build.
- Course editor is open for adding modules next.