Lesson management
Learn how to create, edit, and organize the content of your lessons.Lesson types
Video lesson
Main content with integrated player
Text/Article
Written content with rich editor
File
Downloadable materials (PDF, code, etc.)
Live lesson
Real-time lessons with interaction
Inline quiz
Quick learning verification
Creating a video lesson
Video upload and integration
Vimeo (recommended)
Advantages:- HD/4K quality preserved
- Privacy controls
- Customizable player
- Detailed analytics
- No ads
- Connect your Vimeo account in Integrations
- Upload the video to Vimeo
- Copy the video link
- Paste it in the lesson
YouTube
Advantages:- Free and unlimited
- Automatic captions
- Wide reach
- Less privacy control
- May have ads
- Requires public/unlisted video
Other services
Support via iframe- Paste embed code
- Works with Wistia, Loom, etc.
- Check compatibility
Rich text editor
For text-based lessons: Available features:- Formatting - Bold, italic, underline
- Headings - H1, H2, H3 for hierarchy
- Lists - Numbered and bulleted
- Links - Hyperlinks and anchors
- Images - Upload or URL
- Code - Code blocks with syntax highlighting
- Tables - Structured data
- Videos - YouTube, Vimeo embeds
- Quotes - Blockquotes
- Dividers - Horizontal lines
Supplementary materials
Add extra resources:- Files
- Links
- Inline quiz
Downloads for students
- PDFs, slides, handouts
- Sample code
- Spreadsheets, templates
- Images, diagrams
Advanced settings
Access control
- Scheduled release - Lesson available on a specific date
- Prerequisites - Must complete previous lessons
- Conditional lock - Based on quiz grade
- Lifetime access - Or time-limited
Progress tracking
- Completion criteria
- Watch X% of the video (default: 90%)
- Minimum time on page
- Answer quiz correctly
- Download file
- Mark manually
Comments and discussion
- Enable comments - Students can comment
- Moderation - Approve before publishing
- Highlight - Pin important comments
- Notifications - Receive alerts for new comments
Organizing lessons
Reorder
- Drag and drop - Visual interface
- Move to another module - Reorganization
- Auto-number - 1.1, 1.2, etc.
Duplicate
Reuse lessons:- Click “Duplicate lesson”
- Choose the destination module
- Edit as needed
Archive
- Hide without deleting
- Useful for outdated content
- Can be restored later
Transcriptions and captions
Video captions
Benefits:- Accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users
- Study in noisy environments
- Better comprehension
- SEO and searchability
- Manual upload
- Auto-generated
- Create an .SRT or .VTT file
- Upload to the video platform
- Automatic sync with video
Text transcription
Provide the full video text:- Pasted in the lesson editor
- Searchable by students
- Useful for quick review
Best practices
Ideal duration
Ideal duration
Short and focused lessons:
- 5-10 minutes - Simple concepts
- 10-15 minutes - Medium content (ideal)
- 15-20 minutes - Complex topics
- 20+ minutes - Split into parts
Clear structure
Clear structure
Organize each lesson:
- Introduction (30s) - What will be learned
- Main content - Teaching the concept
- Practical example - Application
- Summary (30s) - Recap
- Next steps - What comes next
Visual appeal
Visual appeal
Visual engagement:
- Use slides when necessary
- Practical demonstrations
- Avoid just a “talking head”
- Good lighting and framing
- Edit to remove long errors
Supporting materials
Supporting materials
Always provide:
- Lesson summary in PDF
- Links mentioned in the video
- Code and examples
- Practice exercises
- Supplementary reading
Lesson analytics
View metrics per lesson:- Total views - How many times the lesson was accessed
- Completion rate - % who finish
- Total comments - Interactions on the lesson
- Total reviews - Number of lesson reviews
- Engagement - Calculated score based on views, comments, and reviews
- Lessons with low completion → Simplify or split
- Many comments/questions → Explain better
Next steps
Create quizzes
Assess knowledge with quizzes
Grade questions
Evaluate essay responses