Get started with eLearning

Make your first course, add lessons and a quiz, publish it and share it - then follow your learners. The everyday steps, in order.

Ellibo eLearning runs online courses from start to finish: lessons with videos, articles, PDFs and quizzes, a learner site people sign in to with an email link, and - when you need them - certificates, exams, assignments, paid courses, learning paths, SCORM packages and staff training.

1. Make the course

Go to Courses and click New course (or the + next to Courses in the menu).

Course name - what learners see in the catalogue.
Kind - Training (lessons in order, with progress, quizzes and a certificate) or Documentation (a library of pages people read in any order).
Who can join - anyone for free, people who ask (you approve), only people you add, or people who pay (Standard and up).

Click Make the course. It opens on its Content tab as a Draft: nobody can see it yet.

2. Add lessons

Each course starts with a section. Click Add a lesson under it and pick the kind - an article, a video, a PDF, a picture, a download, a web link, a quiz, an exam, an assignment, a live class or a SCORM package. See Lessons and content.

Add more sections with Add a section (for example "Week 1", "Week 2"), and drag lessons to change their order.

3. Fill in the details

On the course's Settings tab: one line about it, the description, what learners will learn (one point a line), the level, a cover picture, topics, who can see and join, the price, the certificate and more. Click Save.

4. Publish it

Click Publish at the top of the course. The course is on your learner site and people can join. More > Back to draft hides it again; learners keep their places. Preview opens the lessons as a learner sees them.

The Share tab has the course page link, sharing buttons, a QR code and a card for your own website. See Your learner site and sharing.
Or add people yourself on the Learners tab: Add learners, type their emails, and each gets a sign-in link. See Learners and places.
For your own team, use Staff training. See Staff training.

6. Follow their progress

Home shows your learners and what is waiting for you, such as hand-ins to grade. Each course's Report tab shows where learners stop. See eLearning reports.

Your first time

The Getting started with Ellibo eLearning card on Home walks you through these steps and ticks them off as you go.