AllCommunityCoursesCourse builderAccess settings

Access settings

Control who can see a course and where it appears.

Open Access settings

1

Open Course Builder

From

Courses

, open a course and select Settings.

2

Select Access

Choose the Access tab.

Visibility & Access

Course Visibility

Choose who can access the course:

  • Public - Anyone can see and enroll
  • Community - Only community members
  • Premium - Paid access only
  • Private - Invitation only

Require Enrollment

Toggle Require Enrollment to force students to enroll before viewing lessons.

Allow Guest Preview

Enable Allow Guest Preview to let visitors preview content without enrolling.

Communities (where this course appears)

Use the multi-select picker to choose which communities show the course in their Courses tab.

  • Click the field to open the list.
  • Use Search communities... to filter.
  • Select multiple communities.
  • Remove a community by clicking the × next to its pill.

This also controls which communities appear in the lesson Discuss picker.

Published catalog behavior

  • Courses assigned only to private communities stay out of the public published catalog.
  • If a course is assigned to both public and private communities, visitors only see the public communities on the course card.
  • Signed-in members still see courses tied to communities they belong to when browsing the combined catalog view.
  • If you want a course to stay visible to all visitors, leave it unassigned or attach it to at least one public community.

Access Control

Sequential Completion

Turn on Sequential Completion to force lessons to be completed in order.

Minimum Completion Percentage

Set a Minimum Completion Percentage (50–100%) to mark a course as complete.

Completion Certificate

Enable Completion Certificate to award a certificate when students finish the course.

Updated Apr 13, 2026

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