Publish and Share Courses

Who this is for

Teachers and school managers preparing courses for student use, class delivery, or Marketplace sales.

What this page answers

• Are courses active immediately or do they need to be published?
• How do I copy existing or public courses into my school?
• How do I launch classes or share guest links from a course?
• How do I sell a course on the Marketplace and configure how lessons open?

Prerequisites

• an active course in Materials (/platform/materials)

1. Courses are active immediately

Courses and course lessons in Locuto.PRO have no Draft status. They are live and ready to use the moment you create them.

When you edit an existing lesson, your changes are held safely in a private Working Copy with an Unpublished changes badge. Students and active classes continue using the current published version until you click Publish changes. See Working copies.

2. Review and organize the curriculum

Before assigning lessons to students or listing a course for sale:

• Check Course Units: Verify that lessons are grouped into logical, collapsible units with clear titles, descriptions, and uploaded or AI-generated covers.
• Review nested child tasks: Ensure homework and practice exercises are nested under their parent root lessons.
• Test student view: Open lessons in preview mode to verify exercises, media, and interactive widgets.

3. Copying shared and public courses

Teachers can copy any course they have permission to read (such as school-shared courses or courses from the Global Public Catalog) into their own materials:

1. Open the course overview and click Create Copy.
2. A new, fully independent copy of the course is created under your My Courses tab, immediately active and ready to teach or edit.
3. You have full edit ownership of the copied course, its units, and its lessons.

4. Connect courses to classes and guest links

Once your course is ready, you can deliver it to students in several ways:

The Classes tab (?tab=classes)

Every course page includes a Classes tab listing all active and closed classes currently learning from that course, their assigned teachers, and student rosters.

Teach this course

Click the Teach this course button in the course header to launch a new class directly from this course. This opens the unified 4-question setup dialog (What the class learns, How students go through lessons, Meetings with the class, and How lessons open) and links the class plan directly to the course outline.

Assign to a guest by link

From any lesson row menu, select Assign to a guest by link to generate a secure shareable link:

• Grants external or trial students 30 days of free access to complete an exercise or homework task without prior account registration.
• For live lessons, opens an independent Library Guest Room, separate from the teacher's personal Instant Lesson.

5. Sell on the Marketplace (optional)

An Owner or Operations admin can publish a course to the Locuto.PRO Marketplace to sell it to independent learners or other schools.

The Course Storefront Layout

Published marketplace courses feature a modern Storefront layout:

• Hero Header & Custom Wallpapers: Customize the top banner with an uploaded wide image, solid color, or preset design to reflect your school's brand.
• Sticky Section Navigation: A floating navigation bar allows prospective students to jump between Overview, Curriculum (Table of Contents), Teacher Profile, Reviews, and FAQ.
• Teacher Introduction Video: If the fulfillment teacher has connected a YouTube intro video in their profile, it appears directly in the teacher section.
• Clear Purchase Cards: The right-rail card clearly displays what is included—such as the number of live class lessons, access validity period, and included practice credits.

How the lessons open

When configuring a course listing for sale, choose How the lessons open:

1. All lessons at once: The buyer receives all lessons immediately on the purchase day.
2. One at a time, after the previous one is passed: The buyer receives the first lesson on the purchase day, and each subsequent lesson unlocks automatically when the previous one is marked as passed.
3. Every few days: Open X lessons every N days (configurable from 1–50 lessons per step and 1–365 days, e.g. open 2 lessons every 7 days).

Demo lessons by Course Units

You can offer sample lessons for prospective buyers to preview before purchasing. The Demo lessons picker groups all course lessons by their collapsible Course Units, complete with unit-level checkboxes so you can select entire units or individual sample lessons with a single click.

Publishing Workflow

1. Configure your listing price and optional display discounts.
2. Choose How the lessons open and select preview demo lessons by unit.
3. Select the Fulfillment teacher who will lead live class lessons and receive student booking requests.
4. Submit the course for publishing. You will receive a notification when the listing is live on the Marketplace.

Student experience after purchase

1. Checkout completes and the platform automatically creates a course enrollment in your school.
2. Released lessons appear on the student's enrollment timeline according to your opening rule.
3. For each released live lesson without a scheduled time, the student clicks Book lesson and suggests preferred time slots.
4. The fulfillment teacher reviews the booking request in their schedule and confirms the meeting time.

Related pages

• Manage Course Lessons
• Working Copies
• Marketplace Sales & Listings
• Availability Schedule