Instructors can make the enrollment page for their courses private. This article explains how instructors can change the enrollment (privacy) option for their course, and what happens when this page is updated.
Table of Contents
- What happens when the enrollment is made private?
- How to change a course enrollment’s privacy settings
- Types of enrollment privacy
- Important information on instructor coupons and revenue share
What happens when the enrollment is made private?
When a course’s enrollment page is set to private, it cannot be discovered in the Udemy marketplace, so instructors must personally share the course link with potential learners. To gain access to the course, the learner must enter a password or request access to it.
Please note: Courses with private enrollment pages must still abide by Udemy's Terms of Use but are not evaluated by the Udemy Quality Checklist.
How to change a course enrollment’s privacy settings
1. Navigate to the course page (Learn how).
2. Click on the course settings gear icon at the top right.
3. Scroll down to the Enrollment (Privacy) section.
4. Select Public, Private (Invitation Only), or Private (Password Protected).
5. If you select Private (Password Protected) you will need to enter a password in the box below.
6. Click Save.
Types of enrollment privacy
The following options are available for the Enrollment (Privacy) dropdown.
Password protected
If a course's enrollment page is password protected, the course won't show up in search results on Udemy. Instead, instructors should share the course URL and password directly with learners you want to enroll.
Please note: This provides only a low level of security, as learners could share your course URL with an embedded password.
Invitation only
If a course's enrollment page is invitation only, the course won't show up in search results on Udemy. Instructors can accept new student requests and send invitations from the Students page.
If a student requests an invitation for the course, then a notification will appear on the left-hand side of the page by Students.
Important information on instructor coupons and revenue share
If you are using instructor coupon codes, it is recommended that you protect your course with a password instead to help ensure the coupon code is redeemed before the learner enrolls.
Instructors will not receive the appropriate revenue share if a coupon code is not applied before the student enrolls.