---
title: Course
description: Overview of courses in Edvello — lifecycle, settings, admin areas, and links to detailed guides.
---

A **course** in Edvello is a container for lessons, exercises, people, and settings. Students enroll into a course to access its content in the LMS. This page summarizes how courses work for admins. For step-by-step setup, start with [Create Your First Course](/get-started/create-first-course).

## Course lifecycle

| State                   | Meaning                                                                                                            |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Draft / unpublished** | Not visible in Explore or on the public landing page; open self-enrollment is blocked, but invite links still work |
| **Published**           | Live on your academy; visible in Explore and on the public landing page                                            |
| **Deleted**             | Soft-deleted; no longer appears anywhere in the app                                                                |

Publishing makes a course discoverable. Combine publish state with **Students can enroll themselves**, price, and invites to control who can actually join. See [How Course Enrollment Works](/manage-students/course-enrollment).

## Key settings

| Setting                            | Where                   | Effect                                              |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **Published**                      | Course **Settings**     | Turns the course on for your academy                |
| **Students can enroll themselves** | Course **Settings**     | Public **Enroll** on the landing page               |
| **Price**                          | **Landing page** editor | Free vs paid enrollment                             |
| **Course type**                    | Course **Settings**     | Changes nav, compliance, and public access behavior |

:::info[Course type changes more than a label]
Self-paced, Live class, Compliance, and Public types change what admins and students see in the app. See [Course Types](/create-and-deliver/course-types) for when to use each.
:::

## Admin areas inside a course

When you open a course from the **Courses** list, the sidebar gives you:

| Area             | Purpose                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Content**      | Lessons, sections, exercises, media                           |
| **People**       | Members, invites, pending students                            |
| **Settings**     | Publish, self-enrollment, course type, links                  |
| **Landing page** | Public page prospects see before enrolling                    |
| **Compliance**   | Appears for **Compliance** courses; tracking and bulk actions |
| **Marks**        | Appears for **Live class** courses; grading                   |

## People and enrollment

The **People** tab lists everyone in the course group. Members appear when they enroll or when you add them from **Add people**. Email-only invites show as **Pending** until the student signs in.

Enrollment paths (public, invite link, admin assignment, paid) are documented in [How Course Enrollment Works](/manage-students/course-enrollment). For sending invites, see [Invite Students](/manage-students/invite-students).

## What students see

After enrolling, students open the course from **Home** or **My Learning** in the [Student Dashboard](/reference/student-dashboard). Published courses they have not joined yet may appear in **Explore**.

## Related guides

- [How the Admin Dashboard Works](/organization-and-team/admin-dashboard)
- [Create Your First Course](/get-started/create-first-course)
- [Course Types](/create-and-deliver/course-types)
- [How Course Enrollment Works](/manage-students/course-enrollment)
- [Invite Students](/manage-students/invite-students)
- [Create a Course Landing Page](/publish-and-brand/course-landingpage)
- [Student Dashboard](/reference/student-dashboard)