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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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*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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New Month New Theme: Udemy Success Features!
Hey there instructors! It’s now October and that means there’s a new theme for the month, Udemy Success Features. Udemy has a ton of various tools and features that can help you throughout your instructor journey. Whether you’re just getting started or are looking for more ways to connect with your learners. We have…
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September Instructor Updates Recap
Hey everyone! 👋 Our September Instructor Insider newsletter just dropped with some exciting updates. Here's a quick recap of what's new and coming up for instructors: New Course Bundles Feature You can now package your courses together for the ultimate upsell! This long-requested build-it-yourself bundles feature is…
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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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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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Video Ads Pilot on Free Courses Moving Forward in Australia
Hey Instructors, Following our July announcement about testing ads on free courses, we wanted to update you on the next phase of our pilot program. Starting today, we're beginning to introduce pre-roll video ads on lectures within our free courses in Australia. These short ads will play before course videos begin and…
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Unlock New Revenue Opportunities with Course Bundles 🚀
Hey instructors! Unlock new revenue opportunities from existing content. We're excited to launch Course Bundles—the self-serve tool that lets you bundle 2-3 related courses into guided learning tracks, creating comprehensive packages that maximize the value of content you've already created. Many of you have shared that…
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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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Exciting leadership news at Udemy
Hi all, We announced this morning that Ramji Sundararajan has joined Udemy as our new President of Consumer, reporting directly to Hugo, our CEO. He’ll be leading our global Consumer business, including the marketplace that connects your courses with millions of learners around the world. Ramji brings deep experience…
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📣 Save Announcement Drafts in Your Instructor Dashboard! 📣
Hi instructors, Today we’re sharing an update to the Announcements page in your instructor dashboard! Starting May 27, 2025, you can now draft both educational and promotional emails and save them for later without sending them immediately. This new feature is designed to give you more flexibility and control over your…
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🐛 Only Seeing 5 Posts? You're Not Alone – We're on It! 🐛
The issue has been resolved—thank you so much for your patience! ————————————————————Hey everyone, You may have noticed that things are looking a little off in the English community at the moment. Currently, only the latest 5 posts are visible on the main community page, and featured posts have disappeared as well. Other…
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✨ Announcing the Launch of the Udemy Innovation Studio: "AI for Business Leaders". ✨
Dear Instructors, We are excited to announce the launch of the Udemy Innovation Studio, a new initiative that embodies our commitment to visionary and bold innovation. The Udemy Innovation Studio will serve as an incubator for new learning experiences, where we will experiment, prototype, and take bold risks to push the…
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🎉 Welcome Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh as Chief Customer Experience Officer 🎉
Hey there instructors, We're excited to announce that Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh has joined the Udemy team as our first-ever Chief Customer Experience Officer! 🎉 Neeracha brings impressive experience from her previous roles as Chief Customer Officer at Asana and Executive Vice President of Global Customer Success at…
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💬 *MEGATHREAD*: Say Hello to Role Play! 💬
Hey instructors! We're excited to announce our brand-new feature designed to make your courses more interactive — Role Play! Here's how it works: While creating or editing an English-language course, you can now add a Role Play. Simply fill out a quick form with a scenario, select a coach avatar, and choose an audio track.…
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🚀Announcement: Career Accelerator is here🚀
Hello Instructors, We're thrilled to introduce Career Accelerator, a new initiative designed to enhance learning and growth in professional fields. Our aim is to make professional development more accessible, practical, and results-driven for learners around the globe. To learn more check out our FAQs on Career Accelerator…
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☕️ *Coffee Chat Invite* Let’s talk about AV on May 9th ☕️
Hello Instructors! It's April and this month’s theme is AV! We’d love for you to stop by our coffee chat and network with fellow instructors while sharing your experience with improving the audio and visual quality of your online courses. What is a virtual coffee chat? The community virtual coffee chats are hour-long…
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✨Unlock New Possibilities with Our AI-Powered Review Insights Feature!✨
Hi Instructors, We’re delighted to introduce you to a new feature, Review Insights, now live on your instructor dashboard! Designed to allow you to analyze your reviews faster and more efficiently, this feature employs AI and ML technologies to analyze your course reviews and identify the top recurring themes. With Review…
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🔒️Upcoming Change: Passwordless Login for Instructors🔒️
Hey instructors, In the coming days we are going to change the way you log into Udemy. As it stands, you are asked to enter your email address and password followed by a MFA one-time code, which is sent to your email which you need to validate in order to access the platform. Our goal is to reduce the number of steps it…
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CEO Transition
Dear Instructor Community, As you may have seen in our recent announcement, Greg Brown is moving on from his role, and Hugo Sarrazin will start today as Udemy’s new CEO. We’re grateful for Greg’s leadership over the past four years and excited for the future under Hugo’s guidance. We plan to host a fireside chat with Hugo…
