Courses

A course is a set of lessons buyers work through inside Sorai. They sign in to watch on any device and continue from where they stopped. Buyers get every published lesson.

You build it in the Course content card on the product. Lessons sit inside sections, and buyers see both in the order you set.

Add sections and lessonsCopy Anchor Link

1. Open the course product and find Course content.
2. Type a title in New section title and choose Add section.
3. Under the section, choose Add lesson.
4. Pick the lesson Type, give it a Title, and add its content.
5. Choose Save lesson.

Use the move buttons to reorder sections and lessons. To change a lesson, choose its edit button.

Lesson typesCopy Anchor Link

• Video: upload a video, or paste a link. See below.
• File: a file buyers download, such as a worksheet.
• Text: a page you write in Content. Markdown works.

Length in minutes is optional. It shows on the product page and is used to mark the lesson as watched.

Upload a video or paste a linkCopy Anchor Link

Under Where the video comes from, pick one:

• Upload a file: stored with Sorai, and only buyers can open it. It counts against your storage.
• Paste a link: a YouTube or Vimeo address. It uses none of your storage, but anyone holding the link can watch it, and Sorai cannot lock a video it does not host. An unlisted video works; a private one does not.

Most buyers watch on a phone over mobile data. A 720p export looks as good there, uploads faster and starts playing sooner.

The top of Course content shows how much storage the course uses and the largest file you can upload. Both depend on your plan.

Publish lessonsCopy Anchor Link

A lesson buyers can see is Published. Turn off Published to keep a lesson hidden while you work on it; it shows a Draft badge.

A course needs at least one published lesson before it can go live, or buyers would open it and find nothing to watch.

Turn on Free preview to let anyone open a lesson from the product page without buying. It shows a Preview badge.

Delete a section or lessonCopy Anchor Link

Deleting a section deletes its lessons too. Deleting a lesson removes it from the course for buyers, along with any progress they recorded on it.

See how far buyers getCopy Anchor Link

The Engagement card shows, for each lesson, how many buyers Opened it and how many Completed it, and how many buyers have opened at least one lesson. It fills in once a lesson is published and buyers start watching.

Engagement needs permission to view orders. See Members.

When a lesson shows a warningCopy Anchor Link

• Upload processing: the upload hasn't finished yet.
• Upload too large: the file is over your plan's per-file limit. Upload a smaller one.
• Media missing: the lesson has no file to play. Edit the lesson and upload one.
• We could not open that video: check the link works and the video isn't set to private.