Creating Courses in Mindsmith

Courses in Mindsmith help you organize multiple lessons into a cohesive learning path. Whether you're delivering a full onboarding sequence or a structured training series, this guide walks you through the complete process of building and publishing a course.

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📘 1. What Is a Course in Mindsmith?

A course is a container for multiple lessons. Unlike standalone lessons, courses allow you to:

• Group related lessons together
• Set completion order
• Create a more comprehensive learning experience

Think of a course as a playlist of lessons with structure and flow.

Figure 1. Example of a course containing multiple lesson modules

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➕ 2. Create a New Course

To create a course from the dashboard:

1. Click the “Courses” tab.
2. Select “Create New Course”.
3. Add a course title, description, and thumbnail.
4. Click “Create Course” to start building.

Figure 2. Starting a new course from the dashboard

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🧩 3. Add Lessons to Your Course

Once inside the course editor:

• Click “Add Lesson”
• Choose from your existing lessons
• Drag and drop them into the order you want

You can organize lessons into modules or sections to help learners track progress.

Figure 3. Adding and organizing lessons inside a course

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🛠 4. Customize Course Flow

You can configure your course to control how learners progress:

• Set prerequisites between lessons
• Enable linear navigation or free navigation
• Customize section headers for better clarity

Figure 4. Adjusting the structure and navigation of your course

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🚀 5. Publish Your Course

Once your course is ready:

1. Click “Publish” in the top right corner
2. Set visibility (private, link-only, or public)
3. Copy the shareable link or embed code

Learners will access the entire course and progress through each lesson in order.

Figure 5. Publishing and sharing your finished course

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👥 6. Assign Courses to Teams (Pro)

If you have a Pro account, you can assign courses to team members directly from the Team Dashboard.

• Track completion
• Send reminders
• Monitor learner progress across all lessons

Figure 6. Managing team-based course access and tracking progress

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✅ Recap

Step	Action
1	Create course from dashboard
2	Add lessons and organize them
3	Customize flow and prerequisites
4	Publish and share
5	(Pro) Assign to team and track

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📽️ Video Walkthrough

Figure 7. This video is a Tutorial on How to Create A Simple Course

🎉 You Did It!

You’ve successfully created your first course in Mindsmith. Now that you know how to create both a lesson and a course, you should know how to publish both of them. In the next tutorial you'll learn how to successfully publish either a lesson or a course.