First-time course creation

Webinar Recordings 🎥 This thread is pinned

Hello instructors, We wanted to take a moment to share with you all the webinar recordings that we have had so far. Whether you're in the pre-production stage of your course or looking to optimize View more

Course Creation Resources This thread is pinned

Udemy is not just a wealth of information for learners, we also have various resources to help instructors succeed! To get you started, we’d love to share with you some helpful resources to help you View more

How to define your target audience? This thread is pinned

Before you start creating your course content, it is important to dedicate some time to think about who your intended learners are. A few simple questions can help you do this: Who are they? Where View more

Feedback Thread: Give & Get Feedback on your course here! This thread is pinned

Whether this is your first or fifth course, it’s always helpful to hear from other instructors how you can improve your course content to be even better. Before you share your course content, check View more

How to choose a course topic? This thread is pinned

An important part of creating your first course on Udemy is deciding what you want to teach. Our community is full of instructors who are experts in a variety of topics that go from computer science View more

Best Instructor Posts of All Time — Course Creation Best answer

We want to help you make more and better courses, so we’ve compiled a list of the best discussions about course creation for folks to read. We hope these conversations and tips help answer the most View more

A list of useful sources for instructors Best answer

Hi guys, I thought it could be interesting to have one post with a list of all the usefull sources for instructors, like music, graphics and software.... I started with what I usually use and with View more

Teaching on Udemy: Frequently Asked Questions

Hello 👋I found this fantastic compilation of articles for frequently asked questions. Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do I become a Udemy instructor?How do I create a course on Udemy?How do I update View more

I think I've made a mistake Best answer

I've just released a course, and in the promotional videos I mention the course comes with 7GB of 3d assets and scene files (probably worth around 20x more than the deals program price of the View more

Seeking advice on preparing high-quality and profitable courses on Udemy

Hi guys, Kindly advise what best practices one needs to make a course more desirable for new students and people searching on Udemy. View more

Publishing a course

Hello everyone, I am going to publish my very first course soon, so I was wondering, once I clicked on publish, will it instantly publish the course or there will be a review part after clicking on View more

Test video

Hello!My test video hasn't been verified by Udemy for 9 days. Because of this, I can't start adding video lessons to my first course. Is there any way to speed up this View more

Webinars platforms?

Hi there, it seems the recommended webinar platforms are Spreecast (now defunct), GotoMeeting and Hangouts. On the assumption that I want a free option, which of these seems to work best for you View more

Still getting US tax deducted after submitting UK tax treaty forms

Hi, I've just released my course, and although I've submitted the necessary tax form for UK tax treaty benefits, I still see the US tax amount of 19% deducted from my revenue. Is this a Udemy View more

Can we add section and lecture after Publishing a course

Hi I am Ankur, a new member of this group,I am creating one course but it is 70% ready, can I publish it now and add the remaining content after publishing.Please suggest View more

Fully new in course creation

Hey, I am new in this platform and going to create my first course soon. Please wish me luck and support me 🙏 View more

Tax submission form for foreign instructor

Hi, I need help. I've just published first course and udemy ask me to submit tax info. I don't have foreign TIN. I'm from Thailand and only use my ID numbet for tax report. When I submit the form I View more

Live interactive sessions? Best answer

Hi there, I am totally new to this and am thinking of creating my first course. I'm a professional academic with loads of experience generally, but not with Udemy at all. So, for my first toe in the View more

The problem is in the course name

Why won't they let me create a course with a title that includes the words "make money"? I see a lot of courses on Udemy that have these words in the titles. View more

How do I get in contact directly with somebody who works at udemy? Best answer

I created a course and was at the last stage however I received a message alerting me to the fact that I needed to change my thumbnail picture as it was considered too 'revealing'. It was a picture View more

chat

what happened to the chat functionj durring my course creation? View more

Udemy pays tax to my indian government or should i pay tax separately ?

Hi friends, I have published few courses and earnt little bit. i submitted the tax forms udemy asked. Now udemy pays the tax to my indian government or should i pay separately ? thank View more

Udmey Inc crediting 1% TDS to Indian instructors

Hello, I am an Indian instructor, on my form 26AS UDEMY INC with Indian TAN has credited 1% TDS on the total revenue made in the FY. But Udemy is not deducting this amount from our payment. Is that View more

reg GST, paypal, LUT

Hi I am based in India and just published my first course. I read few posts and some people said that its not necessary to register for GST unless the earning reaches GST threshold. Some people said View more

makeup content creation Best answer

Hi! I'm Deborah, I'm new here. I have content of which I'm creating but at 60% in production, do I get to publish it and edit after that or I just wait till.it completes 100% before publishing? View more

Before Start

1-Is there any specific software for video and audio creation2-can I select any software for video and audio3-can I create course in URDU language 4-Is that any language View more

👉 My Course Price Is Wrong Best answer

Hey guys. I have lowered my course price three days ago, to $19,99, and it still reflects the old higher price. It seems like it will never reflect this lower price, an it is key for me. Because I'm View more

Merging Courses

Hi, Has anyone ever merged 2 courses together to create a longer one? I've got a course on Active Directory and another one on Group Policy and have realised that as these topics are quite closely View more

When does my course "updated"?

HiI'm pretty new to Udemy. I have a quick question to which I couldn't find an answer elsewhere.I see courses with "Updated July 2, 2019". I wonder what is the definition / criteria of "update"? Does View more

Reviews not reflecting

Hi there People are reviewing my new course but it is not reflecting. How long does it take or how does it work? https://www.udemy.com/course/buttercream-floral-sunflower-cake/ View more

How do I collect email addresses when students sign up

Apologies for the stupid question but I haven't yet sold a course on Udemy and I was wondering how I collect the email addresses when students sign up either direct from Udemy or via my external View more

what to do when my course resources are larger than 1gb Best answer

Hi, I'm just about to submit my course for review, but I've found the limit for course resources is 1GB per file. The accompanying files for my course are 7GB and need to be provided as a single zip View more

will this benefit me?

Hi there, I am a Data scientist in Python and want to sell my courses here. I currently teach some students but does not have a large community that will buy my course. Will it benefit me if I upload View more

Courses in English and Spanish. Better to have one or two accounts? Best answer

Hi fellow instructors! I plan to create courses in English and Spanish. Would you recommend I do that with two different Udemy accounts so my students do not get confused? Thanks in View more

Number of students

I'm just a noob to Udemy. Just posted my 2 courses and I'm struggling with sales. I see different courses having huge number of students and I am not getting very much far behind.Obviously number of View more

Issue in create my first course

Hi guys,I'm creating my first course and face an issue.When I create my section and insert my video, I realized that my video was wrong. I delete this video and put my video in correct order.When I View more

Learn Python Best answer

Good day How do I receive the money paid for my paid courses?What is the payment method here in Udemy? View more