This article provides instructions on how to download your course videos through the instructor preview mode. 

• Learn how to access your course ID or URL for your course.

Please note: 

• Udemy employs anti-piracy technology, including encoding videos using a proprietary player and attaching a Udemy watermark to all videos. As a result, the course videos cannot be downloaded in their original format. 
  • We ask that instructors keep copies of their course videos and files on their own computers and devices to ensure instructors have access to their original course material.
• Due to certain platform security measures, the ability to download a lecture video on a computer may not be available for all courses.

How to download your videos

To download a course lecture video, please follow the steps below:

1. Preview your course content through the course player (Learn how)

2. Click the gear icon at the bottom of the right of the course player to access the course settings.

3. Click Download Lecture

This article outlines how you can navigate the course management dashboard for a course in the building stage, as well as after it has been reviewed and published.

Navigating the Course Management Dashboard for Courses in the Creation Process

The course management dashboard acts as a step-by-step guide, which walks you through the course creation and publishing process. Tips and information are posted on each page so you have the right information for each stage. As you complete and save each section, you’ll see those items checked off on the left hand side.

Once you have completed each section and course requirement, you will be able to submit your course for review. 

Navigating the Course Management Dashboard of Published Courses

Once your course has been published you can manage the course via the course management dashboard. To see how the course management dashboard is organized for published courses, and what sections are located where, please refer to the table below.

We’ve outlined the navigation options and the features available in each. For additional information regarding each subsection, please click on the subsection title, and you will be directed to a relevant support article.

Creating a well-written course description is one of the most important tools for converting new students into your course. This article explains how to create and add a course description to your course. 

• Learn our best practices and quality standards for course descriptions. 

Adding a Course description

1. After logging into your Udemy account, navigate to your Instructor View (Learn how).

2. Scroll to the course card and click Edit / Manage course. 

For published courses, this will be located on the left of the course card. 

3. If your course has not been published, click on Course landing page under Publish your Course on the left. If your course is live, this will be under Course editing.

4. You can insert your description under Course description. The description must be at least 200 words long (50 characters for descriptions entered in Japanese).

Follow our writing guidelines for your description.

5. Click Save at the top to confirm changes.

Preview your Course Description

You can preview your course description while editing your course under Description on the course landing page.

• Learn how to preview your course landing page.

Lectures can be unpublished and deleted at any time. Please remember, however, that learners have lifetime access to courses. As a result, lectures should not be deleted, unless they're replaced with new and improved content.

• Learn how to update content for an existing lecture.

How to unpublish a lecture

If you wish to unpublish a lecture, so that learners will no longer be able to access it, please follow these steps.

1. On the Curriculum page, click on the arrow icon that appears to the right of the lecture title.

2. Click Unpublish.

How to republish a lecture

Once you’re ready to republish the lecture, simply follow the same steps outlined above and click Publish.

How to delete a lecture

If you need to delete a lecture from your course, please follow the steps below:

1. On the Curriculum page, hover your cursor to the right of the lecture title 

2. A trashcan icon will appear to the right

3. Click the trash can

4. Confirm that you wish to continue with deleting the lecture

Please note that the lecture and its content cannot be restored once the lecture has been deleted.

Updating content for an existing lecture

Learn how to edit and update content for an existing lecture.

Maintaining an updated course is an important part of teaching online. Sometimes, a single lecture needs to be updated, but the lecture details can stay the same. Instead of deleting a whole lecture only to create a new one, the lecture content can be replaced.

Uploading new content to an existing lecture

Updated content must match the existing lecture type. In other words, if the lecture was originally a video lecture, the new content must also be video. If you would like to create new lecture type, delete the lecture and create a new one.

To update the content of an existing lecture, please follow the steps below:

1. On the left side of the Course Management page, click Curriculum

2. Scroll to the lecture that you wish to edit

3. Click the black dropdown arrow on the right to view the lecture details

4. Click Edit Content 

5. Select the new content

6. The content will finish processing automatically

This article explains how to add, move, or preview information on the Intended learners page, which is publicly visible on your Course Landing Page. This description will have a direct impact on your course performance and help learners determine if a course is right for them.

• Learn how to define your audience and course objectives.

Adding descriptions on the Intended learners page

1. After logging into your Udemy account, navigate to your Instructor View (Learn how).

2. Scroll to the course card and click Edit / manage course. For published courses, this will be located on the left of the course card. 

3. If your course has not been published, click on Intended learners under Plan your Course. If your course is live, this will be under Course editing.

4. On the Intended learners page, you can add descriptions for your intended learners. For additional descriptions, click Add more to your response to generate additional lines. 

Please note: You must enter at least 4 learning objectives or outcomes that learners can expect to achieve after completing your course.

5. Click Save to confirm changes. 

Moving or deleting an answer

To move an answer, click on the triple bar icon on the right and drag it into a new position. To delete an answer, click the trash bin icon on the left. Then, click Save. 

Please note: Answers can only be moved within the section of the question it was originally created for.

Preview answers on the course landing page

Under What you’ll learn, you can preview your description for intended learners while editing your course.  

• Learn how to preview your course landing page. 

This article outlines how you can preview your course landing page or the course content in your course player. 

Previewing the course landing page

By previewing your course landing page you see how your course page appears to learners who are interested in taking your course.

1. After logging into your Udemy account, navigate to your Instructor View (Learn how).

2. Scroll to the course card and click Edit / manage course. For published courses, this will be located on the left of the course card. 

3. If your course has not been published, click on Course landing page under Publish your Course. 

If your course is published, this will be under Course Editing.

4. Click Preview at the top, and you will be taken to the course landing page.

Previewing course content

You can preview your course content in the course player, which learners will see as they progress through your course. 

1. Follow the instructions above to navigate to Edit / manage your course.  

2. If your course has not been published, click on Curriculum under Create your content on the left. If your course is published, this will be under Course editing. 

3. To view your course player, click Preview at the top. 

You can also preview certain curriculum items by clicking on the downward arrow next to the content. Then, click the Preview button.