How Do I Build a Course in My Mighty Network?

On the Courses plan and up, you will have access to the Course feature where you can build your Course.

First, you will want to create a Space and select a Course template.

A Cohort Course Template will include the features:

A Content Course Template will include the features:

By default, a new Space is set to "Only Logged in Members" can see the Space. This lets you create your Course privately and share them when you're ready.

When you first create your new Course Space, you'll choose your Space Name, Tagline, Collection it will live in and Privacy Level.

After you select "Create Space", you'll be prompted with three options:

Go to View this Space to add your Course Materials and adjust your Course Settings.

As you build your course, keep in mind that members can bookmark individual Sections, Lessons, and Quizzes directly from the Course.

You have four content types to build your Course in the Course feature:

To learn how to manage these, check out:

"What are Sections and Lessons in a Course?"

"What's the Overview?"

"How Do I Add a Quiz to My Course?"

You can tweak your Course Settings at any time. Here's a quick overview of some of your options:

On web and mobile, you can choose whether you would like your Course to display in a Thumbnail View, Simple View or Grid View.

To change the view go to the gear icon > Space Features > Course > Manage:

The thumbnail view will pull the default image for each Lesson, but you can easily change it to a custom thumbnail inside each of the Lesson settings:

The Simple View will show the Lessons and Sections in a simplified way.

If there is a video, you will see a play icon, if there is a quiz then you will see a quiz icon.

The Grid View will show a dynamic view of your Course content.

Note: this view looks best when you add multiple Lessons inside of Sections.

You can display your Course to people not yet in your Course. You can also preview Lessons or Sections. This will give people a sense of what material the Course offers. You can also allow previewing of Lesson or Section content by going to each Lesson or Section Settings page. The preview will be available regardless of the privacy setting of the Course: private, plan access etc...

When your Course is ready, you can change the privacy and even charge for access.

Note that your Mighty Network's overall privacy governs the visibility of any Space within it.

You can choose to have only Hosts and Moderators invite people to your Course or enable all members to invite. By default, all members can invite.

You have the same Course Member management features that you have in your main Mighty Network. From seeing all members to welcoming and messaging members, and downloading your Course member list. Go to the gear icon > Members.

To invite or manage Course members, see our article on invites.

Lastly, you can set up the option to charge for access to your Course by going to the Space gear icon > Plans > Plan List > + icon in the upper right corner. Check out this article to learn how to set up Plans.

If you're creating your first Course, don't worry about not having enough Course content or materials to get started.

There's a better solution built right into your Course.

Simply turn on the Feed feature as your main Course page, invite in a handful of students, and run your first Course "live."

Your Live Course has a simple structure. Each week, you take students through:

That's it. That's the Course.

You don't need months of proven Course materials with this approach. And your students will love it.

You can start with as few as 5 or 10 people and add your Lesson or Section at the end of the week with video replays from the sessions you run.