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Creating a course

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to create a course on the lava.top platform.

A course is a series of training sessions, broken down into lessons. On the platform, you can create your own educational course, add lessons to it, and then sell it.

Please note that a course is one of the types of products on lava.top, so the guide for creating one will be similar to the guide for creating a product.

1. In order to create your product, click “Create product” in the side menu on the left.

2.In order to create a course, you have to select a product type – Course.

Then we go to the digital product editor, which consists of two blocks:

  1. Card – a name and short description of product. The product settings are here: price, tariffs, availability.
  2. Landing page – a short description of the product, it is visible to all users of the platform.

3. Fill in the product Card.

You can add your own cover, or keep the one suggested by the platform. Add a name and brief information of the product. Write it in the language of the country where you plan to sell your product.

Cover size: 766х385 up to 10 MB.

4. Specify the price of your product.

You can specify the price in one currency, and the price in other currencies will be calculated automatically. You can also set a fixed price yourself in each currency.

You can add several tariffs for one product. For example, in Tariff 1 the user will get only learning materials, and the more expensive Tariff 2 will include the materials and consultations from an expert.


5. In the Product settings you can specify the text that will be displayed on the purchase button, for example “Purchase”.

Here you can also specify product availability. When selecting Don’t show the product on my page to others the product will not be shown in the publications feed and will not be visible on your page. A user will only be able to pay for such a product if they get a direct link to it.

6. After filling out all information in the Card, click "Next" to go to the next section and continue creating your product.

7. Fill out the Landing page.

The Landing page is a preview of a product before it has been purchased: the information on it can be seen by all users of the platform.

This section should receive special attention, as it is here that the user can see the contents of the product and make a decision on whether to purchase it. It is important to come up with an engaging description, add a bright cover, highlight the pluses of the product and get its usefulness across to the users. You can add links, citations, lists, photos and videos.

Cover size: 1160х302, up to 5 MB.

Here in the top right corner there is a preview – this way you can review what the paid content will look like on your page.

8. After adding all needed materials, click "Publish".

9. Now you can start creating lessons. Click "Add lessons".

10. In the lesson editor, you can create the required number of lessons. To start, click the "Add lesson" button.

Lessons will become available to a user only after payment. This is the most important part of a digital product, as this is the information that your audience purchases.

11. Come up with a name for the lesson.

Here you can add links, text, photos or videos.

  • Adding images: jpeg, tiff, png files, up to 10 MB.
  • Adding videos*: you can add videos from YouTube, RuTube, Vimeo.

*Only links to video URLs can be added to lava.top, uploading video files is not possible. First you have to upload the video to one of the available services, then add a link to the video to the post.

Here in the top right corner you also have access to preview of what the lesson will look like on your page.

12. After you have added the required materials, click "Publish".

13. After you have entered all the required information, you can start creating the next lesson. Add the required number of lessons for your course.

Congratulations, now you have a course that is ready to be sold!

All lessons will only be available after paying for the course, and the Landing page (course preview) will be visible to all users of the platform.