Create and Manage Lessons

Create a lesson and add it to your course curriculum via the course management settings within your Skilljar dashboard. To learn more about lessons, see our Lessons 101 article.  

To create and manage a lesson, you’ll first need to create a course. To learn more about how to create a course, as well as some extra settings available to you, such as using sections, see our create a new course article.

Create a lesson

• Open your Skilljar dashboard and select Course Management, or expand the Course Management header on the left and select Courses. 
• Select the course you want to add a lesson to or create a new course. 
• Select the Curriculum tab and then New Lesson. A fly-out screen will appear.
  
  
  
  
• Select the type of lesson you want to create. These include (Select each lesson to learn more): 
  • Video
  • HTML
  • Quiz 
    • Note: Only one quiz can be used within a lesson. 
  • Live Training
  • SCORM or Web package
  • File or web content
  • Audio
  • LTI lesson
  • Text only
  • Quiz only 
    • Note regarding text and quiz only lessons: You can create a text or quiz only lesson by selecting “Where are my text and quiz only lessons?” and then the lesson type during the creation steps. However, these lessons can’t have combined content. We suggest you use the HTML and Quiz lessons on the prior page unless you have custom code in your theme that requires the old lessons.
• Give the lesson a title and then manage the content (select each lesson type above for more information about each).
  
  • Optional: Add a summary and downloadable content, such as supplementary PDF files. You can also choose to make the lesson optional and if it will display in full-screen mode from the settings tab. 
    
    
    
    
• To add extra content to a lesson or combine the lesson with another lesson type, select Add content to lesson (see Combining lesson types below).
  
  
  
  
  • Note: Extra/combined content can only be added to newly created lessons and not existing lessons. 
• Once you’ve added multiple pieces of content, you can drag and reorder them, as well as add section headers between each (see changing lesson order below).
• When you’re finished, select Save Lesson. The new lesson will appear on the left and will be included in your course. 

Combining lesson types

Multiple lesson types, including Video, HTML, a single quiz, and audio can be combined into a single lesson. For example, video and audio can be added to a HTML lesson. 

• Note: Extra/combined content can only be added to newly created lessons and not existing lessons. 

A typical combined lesson setup may look like this:

• Note: You can add up to 15 pieces of content to a lesson, although we recommend adding no more than six per lesson to ensure the most seamless learning experience. 
• Only one quiz can be used per lesson. 
• iFrame is only compatible with the files/web content lesson type.

You can combine content/lessons in two ways. 

1. First, create the lesson as above.
2. Select either Add content to lesson or select the Options dropdown and then Add content to lesson.
   
   
   
   
3. In the fly-out screen, add the other lesson type you want to combine.
   
   
   
   
4. If you’re adding an asset such as a video, audio, or quiz, you’ll be given the option of selecting from any existing assets on your dashboard, or you can embed or create a new one. 
5. When you’re finished, select Save Lesson. 

You can reorder the content by selecting the Options dropdown and then reorder content. Drag and drop the content in the order you want and select Done to apply the changes.

You can also divide each content block by giving each its own header.  

• Note regarding lesson completion: Lesson completion depends on if there is a quiz or not. Lessons with combined content will be completed upon viewing unless there is a quiz, in which the lesson completion will be tied to the quiz completion. 
• For video lessons, learners will have their progress saved within their browsers. If they leave the page, the video will restart at 0:00 but can be fast-forwarded to their original spot (fast-forward can’t be disabled).
  • If you require a video to be watched completely by a learner before they move on to the next lesson, please use the “files/web content” option instead of video. 

Try it yourself with our interactive guide below. Select the blue dot to learn more about each step:

Changing lesson order

You can change the order in which your lessons appear in the course by selecting Reorder from the list on the left, dragging the lessons to the order you want, and then selecting Save.

Editing Existing lessons

You can manage an existing lesson, such as updating the settings or deleting it via the course management settings.

1. Open your Skilljar dashboard and select Course Management, or expand the Course Management header on the left and select Courses. 
2. Find and select the course with the lesson you want to manage. 
3. Select the Curriculum tab. You’ll see a list of lessons on the left. 
4. Select the lesson you want to manage. 
5. You can make any adjustments to the lesson, such as the content and summary in the same way as you can when creating it (see above).
   • Note: Some settings may depend on the lesson type.
   • Extra/combined content can only be added to newly created lessons and not existing lessons.
6. When you’re finished, select Save Lesson to apply the new changes. 

Deleting a lesson

Deleting a lesson removes it from your course curriculum and is permanent. Please make sure you want to delete the lesson before following these steps as it can’t be undone. 

1. Open your Skilljar dashboard and select Course Management, or expand the Course Management header on the left and select Courses. 
2. Find and select the course with the lesson you want to delete. 
3. Select the Curriculum tab. You’ll see a list of lessons on the left. 
4. Select the lesson you want to manage. 
5. Select Delete Lesson.
   
   
   
   
6. In the pop-up window, select Delete Lesson to confirm or Cancel to go back.
   
   
   
   
7. Your lesson will be deleted. 
   • Note: This can't be undone.