There are various pricing and availability options to consider when creating content.
Use Case Information
Each piece of content that will be made available can be placed for purchase or free with registration. Depending on configuration and content type the learner experience can differ. To get the best learner experience you must understand the options available for Course, Webinars, Events, Articles and Videos you offer.
When configured you can control the following:
- Allow access to content for free
- Manage pricing options
- Configure access and enrollment dates
Enabling Free Access with Registration
Enabling free registration allows users to access your courses for free, but requires them to register in the system. This allows you to track them and pull reports, similarly to how you would track paying users.
- From your homepage, select Courses > All Courses.
- Click the Content Title for the course you want to alter and select the Enrollment step.
- In the left sidebar, select the Ecommerce tab.
- Enable Free Access with Registration?.
- Click Save.
Enabling Access To Public
Note
Access To Public is only available on Article and Video content types.
- From your homepage, select Courses > All Courses.
- Click the Content Title for the Article or Video you want to alter and select the Enrollment step.
- In the left sidebar, select the Access tab.
- Enable Accessible to public?.
- Click Save.
Configuring Content Pricing
- From your homepage, select Courses > All Courses.
- Click the Content Title for the course you want to alter and select the Enrollment step.
- Select Ecommerce from the left sidebar. From here, you will need to populate the relevant fields under Pricing.
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Price:
If selling your content, enter the appropriate amount. This is the amount your learners will be charged. -
Suggested Retail Price:
If selling your content, you can optionally enter a suggested retail price for display purposes only. -
Instructor Messaging Additional Price:
If you enable Instructor Messaging for a course, you will also have the option to add an additional price for this service. -
Taxable?:
If No (default setting), taxes will not be charged. If Yes, you will be prompted to select a fulfillment center that will be used to calculate sales tax, as well as the appropriate tax category. Note that you must first integrate with Avalara and complete the initial setup if you want to charge for tax (see our Integrating With Avalara for Taxes & Shipping article).
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Price:
- If you want to limit access, click on Advanced at the bottom of the page and toggle "Limit Days of Access After Purchasing?" to "Yes." Next, you will be prompted to add the number of days.
- Click Save.
Configuring Enrollment Availability
- The default for all new courses is open enrollment (i.e., no start/end dates defined). This allows users to start a course at any time, with unlimited access to course content.
- If you wish to set course start/end dates, go to the Enrollment step in the content and you'll land on the Access page.
- Enter your Enrollment Dates (i.e., the date at which a learner can begin to enroll).
- Enter your Course Dates (i.e., the session start date). Be sure to set the dates in the future if you want to be sure users will not gain access even if they register early.
- You can also limit the number of enrollments by toggling "Limit Enrollments?" to"Yes." Next, you will be prompted to enter a maximum number of enrollments for the course.
- This functionality is meant to be used for content that will be sold a la carte. It will not limit any enrollments for course collections or subscriptions.
- Redemption codes created will also occupy seats. For example, if a course has an enrollment limit of 5, and 4 redemption codes are generated, only 1 seat is left for enrollment.
- Once the enrollment limit is hit, the course switches to waitlist mode where learners can enter their address to be notified if/when space opens up.
- Click Save.
Notes, Tips and Considerations
- Learners can register for free content via the detail page.
- You can also link to the registration page directly from your homepage.
- Once a user registers, they will be dropped directly into their dashboard and the course they registered for will appear in My Courses.
- If you have multiple courses set up for free registration, users will have access to all of them by registering just one time.
Note
You should always use the free with registration option instead of offering a course for $0.