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Webinar: Making the most of your Instructor Experience with Katie Bent
Hello Instructor Community! We are excited to bring you another live community event this month! On March 23rd at 9:00am PST we’ll be chatting with Udemy Senior Product Marketing Manager, Katie Bent. In this hour-long webinar, she will take you through some tips and tricks on how to make the most of your instructor…
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Presenting the Welcome Committee + Call for Volunteers
Hello Hello! We have some exciting news to share! We’ll be launching a new Welcome forum. Whether you've been here for a while or you're a new member, this new forum will take you on a journey to our community. There are so many instructors in this community that we think it’s important to create a space for you to share a…
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Join us for an AMA with the Udemy Director of SEO Marketing, Chen Blatman
Hello Instructor Community! We are excited to bring you another live community event this month! On February 24th from 9:30-10:30 am PST we’ll be sitting down with the Director of SEO Marketing at Udemy, Chen Blatman, in an AMA (Ask me Anything) style interview. During the interview, Chen will take your questions, so this…
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December 2021 Community highlights
Happy New Year! It’s a new year and a new month but before we jump full force into 2022, we want to take a moment to recap some of the top threads & community members from last month, December 2021. We’d like to give a special shoutout to: @GaneshPadal341 , @TrevoirWill , & @kararonin ! Thank you for contributing to the…
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Upcoming pricing adjustments for the Turkish market
Hi instructors, As some of you know and have mentioned here in the Community, the economy in Turkey has been undergoing steep inflation in recent months. We've been tracking these developments in the news and on the ground with our Turkish team members, as well as hearing feedback from instructors on the declining value of…
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And the winners are…
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for...we are ready to announce the winners of our first annual End of the Year Udemy Awards! We want to say a huge Congratulations to all of our winners. Your presence, humor and expertise is greatly appreciated by all who visit our community! The Community team will be reaching out…
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2021, the year in review
2021 was a big year at Udemy. Yes, we had a brand refresh, the IPO, and the launch of Personal Plan. But, as always, the big story is you, the lives you changed, the knowledge you shared, the opportunities you created. So, as is our tradition, we put together a little video to talk about the year that was and help you…
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And the Nominees are…
Instructors! Voting is officially CLOSED for our first annual, “End of the Year Instructor Awards” (We’re unofficially calling them the UdEmmys). It’s been a long year, so we want to take this opportunity to recognize the community members who have gone above and beyond by sharing their experience, humor & wit! Click here…
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End of the Year Instructor Awards
Hello, Instructor Community! 12/13/21 Update: Nominations have now ended, please vote for your favorites here. We are excited to announce the first annual, “End of the Year Instructor Awards” (unofficially known as the Instructor UdEmmys). This is an opportunity to recognize the community members that we all have come to…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello Hello! It’s Thanksgiving here in the US and we’re feeling extra grateful for all of you instructors. Every day you are changing lives through learning. Your willingness to share your knowledge and expertise with students across the world (and inside of this community) continues to positively impact so many lives.…
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Historical course engagement data now available (and more!)
Hi everyone, Last month, we were excited to announce a suite of upgrades to the Performance dashboard, including device usage reporting, load time improvements, and of course–Udemy Business insights. We mentioned then that there were still a few items coming, and today, those items are here! Course engagement historical…
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New Month New Theme: Marketing!
Hey there instructor community, It’s the month of April and that means we have a new theme for you, Marketing! This is easily one of the most discussed topics in the community and we wanted to have a whole month dedicated subject! So if you’re looking to improve your marketing efforts for your online courses, this is the…
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What’s new with coding exercises: March 2023 update
Hi Instructors, It's been a month since we launched the improved coding exercise experience and we're thrilled with how many of you and your learners are using it! To spread the word, we ran a marketing campaign that included: A new product video that showcases the tool and experience A dedicated homepage banner that…
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Learn more about Course Quality with our next Coffee Chat at 3/15
Hello Instructors! It’s now March and we have a new theme for you all, Course Quality! Creating a quality course experience is paramount to both maintaining and gaining learners. We’d love for you to stop by our coffee chat and network with fellow instructors and share with each other what makes a quality course! What is a…
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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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1099-MISC tax forms are ready
Hi all, Tax season has arrived in the United States, and so have 2022 tax forms for US instructors! If you submitted form W-9 (for US persons and businesses), you should be able to access Form 1099-MISC summarizing your 2022 Udemy earnings and withholding at this point. You can view your form and securely download a PDF of…
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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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New Month New Theme, SEO!
Hey there! It’s officially February and we want to have our theme cover a highly discussed topic, SEO. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and a strategy to improve the quality and quantity of your traffic from search engines So if you have a landing page and want to rank better on search engines, you won’t want to…
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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…
