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Re: Group discussions or ways to communicate.
Hi @Codabass,
Thank you so much for your post, and how exciting that you're planning to publish a course on Udemy!
When students take online courses, it's quite common for questions to arise. To address this, Udemy offers two options that allow students to reach out to instructors and ask any questions they may have:
- Private messages (if enabled by the instructor).
- Q&A feature, where questions and answers are visible to all students enrolled in the course.
Within the Q&A feature, you have the option to create "featured questions" and encourage your students to leave a reply. As for “group discussions”, while we don’t yet have a dedicated space for this on Udemy, we’ve received similar feedback from other instructors and have passed it on to our internal team. Many instructors have successfully created external groups on platforms like Facebook and Discord.
Below, I’ve linked discussions that might be helpful:
Do you run a group for your students?
5 Tips for building a FB community group
Facebook Group or Website?
I hope this helps! If you have any other questions or need support along the way, please don't hesitate to reach out. We have many great resources and support available here in the community!
MarinaT
Re: Announcement: Udemy Restructuring Update
Yes, we're still here and happy to continue supporting you all along the way, @Alexia 😊.
MarinaT
Re: Announcement: Udemy Restructuring Update
Hi @Chrystie and colleagues. First off, my heart goes out to the Udemy team members who were let go. Having been through layoffs at other companies myself, I know how tough it can be, and I stand in solidarity with them. While I haven’t always agreed with certain decisions—like the gradual reduction of our Udemy Business revenue share from 25% to 15%, or the sports sponsorships that didn’t seem to resonate much in my main market of Spanish-speaking countries—I’ve come to understand that these steps are necessary. I’m ready to support whatever is needed to help the company stay on course, even if it requires sacrifices from all of us. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together, and I sincerely hope that these changes will help Udemy reach profitability and long-term success. I'm rooting for all of us who are sticking around.
