Getting Started: Build Your First Course with AI # Getting Started: Build Your First Course with AI If you only read one guide before building your first course, make it this one. It's the shortest path from "I just got my account" to "I have a real, published, accessible course" — everything else in the Help Center is reference material you can come back to as needed. You don't need to be an accessibility expert or a developer to do this. The accessibility knowledge lives in the prompt and the platform, not in your head. ## Before you start You'll need: - Your organization's admin login (see the [Account Registration, Login & Password Reset Guide](help.php?doc=account-registration-and-password-reset) if you haven't logged in yet). - Access to an AI chat tool of your choice — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar all work. - A topic you want to teach. That's it. ## The 5 steps ### 1. Copy the course-building prompt Open the [LLM Course Builder Prompt](help.php?doc=llm-course-builder-instructions) and copy the whole prompt block. This is a carefully written system prompt that tells your AI exactly how to structure accessible, WCAG 2.2 AA-compliant course content for this platform — you don't need to understand the technical details underneath it to use it. ### 2. Generate your content Paste the prompt into your AI chat tool, then describe the course you want (topic, audience, length). The AI will generate your course content module by module. ### 3. Build it in the Modular Course Builder & Packager Open the **Modular Course Builder & Packager** (linked from the Help Center hub and your Admin Dashboard). Paste each AI-generated module into its own card, in order. If you'd rather not paste raw HTML, you can write plain text instead using [STF (Structured Text Form)](help.php?doc=stf-format-guide) — a simpler, no-tags format the platform converts automatically. ### 4. Preview and test Use the builder's live preview to check each module actually looks and works the way you expect before publishing anything. ### 5. Publish Export and publish directly from the builder. Your course is now live for your learners. **Full walkthrough with screenshots and every button explained:** [Step-by-Step Modular Builder & Packager Workflow](help.php?doc=modular-builder-and-packager-guide). ## Want more control instead? The steps above are the recommended default because they're the most forgiving path for a first course. If you'd rather hand-assemble a complete course package yourself and upload it as a single ZIP file — more control, but more upfront technical detail to get right — see [Advanced Authoring & Packaging](help.php?doc=course-builder-guide) instead. ## What's next Once your first course is published, the rest of the Help Center covers things you'll want as you grow: custom branding, admin dashboard features, accessibility review add-ons, and pre/post-course surveys. None of that is required to get your first course out the door.