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Courses (online lessons)

GrandNode has a small learning module for selling online courses: a course is a set of lessons - text, video and downloadable attachments - that customers get access to after they buy the product the course is linked to. Use it for workshops with a video companion, training for B2B customers, or paid how-to series.

Where to find it

Content → Course has two entries: Course level (Beginner, Intermediate...) and Manage courses.

The course Level list with Beginner and Intermediate, display order and Edit and Delete buttons
Content → Course → Course level.
The Manage course list with KB Bike Maintenance Basics, published and display order
Content → Course → Manage courses.

Create a course

  1. First create the product customers will buy - usually a virtual product (no shipping) with the course price. See Products.
  2. Add the levels you need under Course level.
  3. In Manage courses click Add new. On General info enter the Name, Short description, Description, a picture, the Level, and choose the Product that grants access. Tick Published.
  4. Fill in the SEO tab - the course has its own page and address - and save.
Editing KB Bike Maintenance Basics: tabs General info, SEO, Subjects, Lessons and User fields; name, short description, description editor, level Beginner and published
The course editor.

Subjects and lessons

Subjects group the lessons into chapters ("Getting started", "Drivetrain and brakes"). On the Lessons tab click Add new lesson and enter:

  • the Name, Short description and the lesson text (Description);
  • the Subject and Display order;
  • a video file uploaded to the store, a picture, and an attachment - a download such as a checklist or a PDF;
  • Published.
The Lessons tab of the course with four lessons: Tools you need, Cleaning the frame, Chain care and Adjusting the brakes, and an Add new lesson button
The lessons of a course.

Who can open a course

  • A customer who has bought the linked product sees the course in My account → Courses and can open its lessons. Each lesson can be marked as finished, so the customer sees their progress.
  • Guests - visitors who are not signed in - cannot open courses.
  • Staff with the course permission can open unpublished courses to check them.
  • The My account tab can be hidden with Hide 'My courses' tab in the customer settings, for stores that do not sell courses.

Tips

  • Large videos make the database and backups big; for long video courses, host the videos on a video platform and embed them in the lesson text (YouTube and Vimeo are allowed embeds).
  • Sell a course in a bundle with a physical product - for example a workshop kit - using a bundled product (see Product types).

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