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July Community Highlights
Hello Hello! July was one of the liveliest months in the community thanks to your discussions, questions and feedback around the new brand! We also added over 2500 new members to the community in the month of July! Let’s give a warm welcome to our newest members! You can meet some of them in our Introductions forum! Top…
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Community Champions Wanted - Applications are open
Hello Hello! The Community team is excited to announce that we are re-invigorating our super user program, the Community Champions! We’re looking for 10-15 new instructors to join our current group of Champions. What is the Community Champions Program? The Community Champions program seeks to empower and reward the super…
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Taxonomy updates
Hello Hello! Udemy is currently exploring a change related to how courses about sales, customer service, and customer success get classified and we’d value your feedback. As Udemy’s catalog grows and evolves, the categorization must be updated periodically. The aim of every taxonomy update is to help instructors classify…
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What is the single best thing you've done for your business?
We are kicking off this week with a new feature in the community, it’s called Hot Topics. Each week we’ll post a Hot Topic or discussion for you to share your thoughts and experiences! Our hope is that you all learn something new each week. This week’s hot topic is: What is the single most important thing you’ve done for…
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Share your feedback with the community [Survey]
Hello Hello! The Udemy community team wants to hear from you! Our goal is to expand our community offerings and provide you with resources, peer-to-peer collaboration, and advice that will set you up for success here at Udemy. We put together this quick survey (it should take you 3 minutes!) to give you an opportunity to…
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April Community Highlights
Hello instructors! April was a lively month for conversation in the Community. As we approached the rollout of the updated business terms, you had plenty of questions, feedback, and conversation to share. The same was true of the debut of Personal Plan, the pilot of a subscription option for individual learners. We…
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March Community Highlights
Hello Instructors! This month saw a lot of lively conversation around the upcoming changes to instructor business terms. As always, we appreciate the thoughtful feedback and questions. Whether you were excited or frustrated about the announcement, we're particularly grateful for the time you took to help each other dig in…
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January Community Highlights
Hello Instructors! We would like to recognize and thank you for all of your contributions to the Udemy Instructor Community. Whether you’re just getting started on your Udemy journey, or have published multiple courses - thank you for your impact in making our instructor community a better place. Top Community Contributors…
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Introducing Featured Questions
Hi everyone, We're excited to upgrade your course Q&A with a new tool — Featured Questions. This tool lets you pin question and answer pairs at the top of your course Q&A to cut down on repetitive questions and get students the answers they need. You can select existing student questions, or write your own Featured…
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December Community Highlights
December Community Highlights Hello Instructors! In this monthly blog series, we would like to recognize you for all of your contributions to the Udemy Instructor Community! Whether you are just getting started on your Udemy journey, or you’ve published your 10th course - all of you help make this community a better place…
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What’s new with coding exercises: February 2023 update
Hi Instructors, We're excited to announce that our improved coding exercises are now live! There’s a fresh new look, new guidance features, and an expanded language library. Here's a summary of the key improvements: A (familiar) new look – With an IDE-like interface, your coding exercises will look just like what a learner…
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Steps we're taking to support Udemy's long-term growth & stability
Hi all, Today, Udemy reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings, posting strong results and closing out our first year as a public company with a 22% year-over-year increase in annual revenue. However, as many of you have discussed here in the Community, Udemy is not immune to the macroeconomic impacts that have…
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We’re celebrating YOU with a giveaway!
World Teachers’ Day is just around the corner and we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate you and all that you do for your learners. This year’s UNESCO World Teachers’ Day theme is: “The transformation of education begins with teachers”. As Udemy instructors you have taken a bold step toward the future of education…
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January is in the books! See what we covered!
Hey Instructor Community! The month of January has come to an end and we wanted to showcase the highlights of what we covered! Community Member Shoutouts! Every so often, there are community members who reach certain milestones and we wanted to shout out a few members who have reached the “50 Replies Given” in the…
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Grab your headphones, Udemy just launched a Podcast!
We are excited to announce that the Udemy team has just launched a new podcast, Leading Up hosted by VP & General Manager of Udemy Business, Alan Todd. With Leading Up, you’ll hear fresh perspectives from business and leadership experts on how they overcome these challenges to drive business outcomes. Best of all, each…
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Top Priority Topics for Q1 2023
Hey there instructors, We’re excited to share with you our updated Udemy Business Priority Topic list for Q1 2023! This quarterly-updated list was created by our Udemy Business Content Strategy Team by examining topic demand and requests from our customers, reviewing industry trends, and closely reviewing our current…
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Webinar Recap with the AMA featuring Jacob Coulter
Hey there instructors, On January 25th, we had the pleasure of having an AMA-style webinar with our Senior Director, Product Management Jacob Coulter and we wanted to share a recap of what we discussed. As background on who Jacob Coulter is and what he does here at Udemy. Jacob joined Udemy in June of 2022 to bring…
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Feature update alert: Mobile Q&A improvements
Hi, everyone, Over the past few months, we’ve done some research to understand how we can improve the Udemy mobile app for you. Many of you shared your challenges with viewing and responding to learner Q&A on the app. Based on your feedback, we've updated the instructor mobile Q&A experience to be more intuitive across iOS…
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And the winners of the 2022 End-Of-The-Year Awards are….
Hello Instructor Community! The results are in and we have our winners for the second annual Udemy Community Awards! Congratulations to all the winners! The Helping Hand @LawrenceMMiller The Motivator @Rahul Iyer The Most Inspirational @FrankKane Newcomer of the Year @SankalpChhabra The Technical Guru @LizBrownUX The…
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Don't forget! Send your questions in for our next AMA on January 25th.
Hello Instructor Community! Just a friendly reminder to submit your questions to our Senior Director Product Management, Jacob Coulter before the webinar begins on January 25th from 12:00 to 1:00pm PST. We’re excited to host our AMA style interview featuring our Senior Director Product Management, Jacob Coulter. I wanted…
