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Getting started

Here's how to set yourself up as a trainer or instructor in online:academy and create your first course.

Signing in

Just like every other user, you'll receive an invitation email. Click the link and set your password. Your account is marked as a trainer from the start; after logging in you'll see additional areas that regular learners don't see.

Completing your profile

  1. Avatar in the top right → Profile.
  2. Upload a profile picture — learners see your picture on courses you support, as well as on comments and peer-review feedback.
  3. Check your display name.
  4. Optional: a short self-description — e.g. your professional background, certifications.

A complete trainer identity boosts your learners' trust.

Trainer areas you now also see

In the main navigation, as a trainer you'll see the following in addition to the regular areas:

  • My courses — courses you've created yourself, with an edit action
  • Enrollments — an overview of everyone taking your courses
  • Analytics — statistics on your courses (progress, drop-off rates, quiz scores)

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Main navigation with the additional trainer entries highlighted

Creating your first course

Ready to create your first course? It pays to sort out a few things beforehand:

  • What should learners be able to do after the course? — formulate the learning objectives
  • How long should the course be? — typically 30 min to 4 h
  • What content do you already have? — videos, PDFs, slides, your own texts
  • How do you check that the content has stuck? — quiz, peer review, free-text task

Once that's reasonably clear, continue here:

→ Creating a course

What else you should know

  • Saved drafts are only visible to you — learners see a course only once you publish it.
  • Two publishing modes: only for your company or globally (provided your account is allowed to — when in doubt, ask the platform manager).
  • Aids for course quality: the AI quality check and the AI tutor are interesting both for you as a trainer and for your learners.
  • Co-authors: multiple authorship for a course is currently not supported in the UI — if you write as a team, coordinate that organizationally.

Help & support

  • This collection of guides — see the topic overview on the trainer index page
  • FAQ for trainers — the most common questions from practice
  • For technical problems or questions about the feature set: contact your company's platform manager