Selling recorded courses
A recorded course sells without you being in the room. It is the only model on Pedagio not capped by your calendar — the same course can be sold to one student or a thousand.
What you are building
A course is a list of sections, each holding lessons. Students buy the course once, then work through it at their own pace, and Pedagio tracks how far each of them has got.
Lessons come in three kinds, and a good course mixes them:
| Lesson type | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Video | The teaching itself — a recorded explanation or worked example. |
| Article | Notes, formula sheets, summaries. Text students can scan without watching. |
| Quiz | A check after a section, so students find out whether it landed. |
Do not make it all video
Step 1 — Sort out video hosting first
Pedagio does not store your video files. Decide where they live before you start building, because moving them later means editing every lesson.
| Where | Good for | Protection |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube (unlisted) | Free courses and previews | None — anyone with the link can watch |
| Vimeo | Paid courses on a budget | Playback can be limited to your domain |
| VideoKavach / VdoCipher | Paid courses where piracy matters | Encrypted, watermarked per student |
| Direct MP4 link | Video you already host somewhere | Whatever that host provides |
The honest rule: if the recording is the product and someone could resell it, encrypted hosting earns its cost. For a free lead-magnet course, unlisted YouTube is perfectly sensible. See Where your videos are stored.
Step 2 — Build the curriculum
- 1Open the course from Courses and go to its curriculum. Create your first section— a chapter or a module.
- 2Add lessons to the section, choosing video, article or quiz for each. Lessons can be reordered, so you do not have to get the sequence right first time.
- 3For a video lesson, pick the provider and paste the video's ID or URL. Add the duration so students can see how long a lesson takes before starting it.
- 4If you have connected VideoKavach, you can upload the file straight from the lesson editor instead of going to another dashboard first.
- 5Leave a lesson unpublished while you are still working on it. Students do not see it until you publish.
Step 3 — Set free previews
Any lesson can be marked free preview. Anyone can watch it without paying or even signing in.
This is the single highest-value thing on the page
Two or three previews spread across different sections work better than three from the first, because they show the course keeps its quality all the way through.
Step 4 — Price and publish
Set the price on the course offering. Students pay online and get access immediately; there is nothing for you to approve.
Access does not currently expire — a student who buys keeps the course. Worth knowing if you were planning to sell a course as time-limited access; you cannot enforce that today.
Step 5 — Watch how it is used
Pedagio records which lessons each student has completed and an overall progress percentage. That is more useful than it first sounds:
- A lesson everyone stops at is usually too long, too fast, or assumes something you did not teach.
- Students who never start after buying are a refund request forming. A nudge in the first week is worth sending.
- High completionis your best testimonial material — ask those students for a review.
Where recorded courses fit
| Recorded course | Batch | Class packs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your time per student | None after making it | One class serves all | Scales per student |
| Student pace | Their own | Fixed timetable | Booked slots |
| Revenue ceiling | Unlimited | Capacity of the batch | Hours in your week |
| Effort to start | High — content up front | Low | Low |
You may already have a course made