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AI Policy Clarification: Course Quality Standards and New Disclosure Requirements
Hello Instructors, In light of the various AI policies and features, we have heard some of your feedback regarding lack of clarity for what policies exist around the use of AI in Udemy courses. We encourage all Instructor Partners to familiarize themselves with the following current policies around course quality and use…
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A Redesigned Course Experience Is Launching to Learners
Hey instructors, Today, we’ll be rolling out a redesigned course experience to learners in a beta experiment, starting with 1% of all learners and gradually widening our experiment size over the next few months. What is it? This new course experience reimagines how learners engage with your courses, offering a more…
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New Month New Theme: Instructor Stories!
Hey there instructors! It's finally December and this month's theme is instructor stories! Throughout your journey as an instructor, there's sure to be some experiences you'd like to share with your fellow community members. From an interesting interaction with a learner, to a method of creating your courses. There should…
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MEGATHREAD: Black Friday Sales are Here!
Udemy's Black Friday sale is officially live! This is one of the biggest sales events of the year for all of us instructors, bringing massive traffic and activity across the platform. What are your thoughts and experiences with this year's Black Friday event? Whether you have insights to share, observations about the…
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Instructors: Are You Ready for AI's Impact on Teaching?
Hey Instructors, You've always adapted to new tools and methods. Now, AI is reshaping how people learn and work, and that includes the teaching landscape. Here's what our latest research reveals and how you can stay ahead. The Reality Check We All Need A study with YouGov across four major economies, revealed an important…
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Addressing Instructor Community Concerns with Personal Plan
Dear Instructors, We have heard some of your concerns regarding Personal Plan (PP) and its impact on revenues. We want to address these openly and transparently. Our Commitment in Action We've assembled a dedicated team actively investigating and developing solutions for the key challenges facing our instructor community.…
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Make Better Course Videos with the New Production Hub
Hey there instructors! At Udemy, we’re dedicated to helping you reach more learners and deliver engaging, high-quality learning experiences. Over the past year, we’ve heard from many of you that producing professional-looking videos can be one of the most challenging — and time-consuming — parts of creating a course.…
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Exciting News: Global Wire Transfer Payouts Are Here!
We're excited to share a new way for eligible instructors to receive their earnings — wire transfers through Tipalti! You can now choose to receive your monthly instructor payments directly via wire transfer through Tipalti. Set up is easy and can be done through the Udemy platform for Udemy Instructors across the globe.…
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NEW Head of Content and Instructor / Creator Strategy
Hello community! We’re excited to share some big news that directly impacts all of us. We are pleased to welcome a new member to the team, Zane Vella. Zane is our new Head of Content Strategy and Instructor / Creator Ecosystem. Zane joins us at a pivotal moment for the business, where we are exploring new content formats,…
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*Coffee Chat Invite* Let’s talk about Udemy Tools on October 30th
Hello Instructors! It’s now October and this month’s theme is Udemy Success Tools! We’d love for you to stop by our coffee chat and network with fellow instructors while sharing your experience with various tools that Udemy offers. What is a virtual coffee chat? The community virtual coffee chats are hour-long informal…
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Stop Complaining instructors!
Recent months I see a few instructors yapping about low revenue and blaming Udemy for it. Market is bad, ChatGPT has impacted heavily. Now people do not buy courses for every tiny thing ChatGPT explains it to them in their customized language. Also, new instructors are coming; they are also taking away shares along with…
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Subtitles in Another Language to Original?
Hi - a student today asked if I could activate the subtitles from my course (which is in English) to Spanish. As far as I was aware we have to acquire a translation and then upload (?), which I've never done before, but seeing as Spanish is the fourth most spoken language it might be worth doing. Has anyone done this? I…
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Is It illegible to use My YouTube Videos ? if yes how to use it in my course ?
Is It illegible to use My YouTube Videos ? if yes how to use it in my course ?
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Tax form is not getting updated
Hi, My Tax Form is not getting updated from last 8 days. Successfully submitted but again & again is asking to resubmit.
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Feature Suggestion : A/B Testing for Course Images (Thumbnail Optimization)
Hi, I don’t know if this has been suggested by instructors before but I would like to propose a new Udemy feature of Course Image A/B Testing. The idea is to let instructors upload multiple course images similar to YouTube thumbnail testing and allow Udemy to automatically rotate them, measure click through rates and…
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Why Sales are Falling?
I noticed sales are falling and i want to know reason why? I saw i am not alone to face this issue. Many instructors too have this problem. Strange! Personal subscription is causing trouble?
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Best Ways to Test Student Learning
I’m a new instructor currently building my first Udemy course in integrated photonics. As part of the course design, I’ve experimented with both quizzes and assessments to check learner understanding. What I’m still unsure about is: which approach works best for truly evaluating student learning in technical subjects?…
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What are our community's purpose and values?
Udemy believes that the best instructors aren’t always found in a classroom. Everyone has something valuable to share, but actually doing it isn’t easy. It takes hard work to create a course and bravery to share a part of yourself with the world. This investment comes with the potential for tremendous reward, both in terms…
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New course
I just created a new course and would like to experience it as a student. Is it okay to take my own course as a student?
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Webinar Replay: Audio Visual 101 for Udemy Instructors
Instructors, you asked for it....so here it is! Today we are bringing you the webinar replay from our broadcast held earlier this week. In this one-hour-long webinar, we chatted with @TrevoirWill about his instructor journey and he shared five solid tips about how you can improve the quality of your audio & video in your…