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title: "Course Creation & Authoring"
description: "A course on Blend-ed is a structured collection of lessons and activities that learners work through to build a skill or complete a program."
source: "https://docs.blend-ed.com/product/course-creation/"
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# Course Creation & Authoring

A course on Blend-ed is a structured collection of lessons and activities that learners work through to build a skill or complete a program.

This section covers everything involved in building a course: creating it, structuring it, adding content, setting up grading and certificates, and grouping it into programs or learning paths.

**Two ways to create a course**

**Manual creation** — you build the course from scratch: set up the course details, then add sections, subsections, units, and content yourself.

- Best for: full control over structure and content, and courses you’re building from your own material as you go.

**AI Studio** — describe the course you want, optionally attaching a source document (PDF, DOCX, or PPTX). Blend-ed AI guides you through a short setup conversation, then generates a full course outline and content for you to review, edit, and approve.

- Best for: getting a complete draft course built quickly, whether you’re starting from an idea or from material you already have.

**AI Studio with MCP** — connect Blend-ed to the systems where your organisation’s knowledge already lives, and the AI builds courses grounded in that material rather than in general knowledge. The result is a course that reflects your actual products, processes, and terminology, without you assembling source documents by hand first.

- Best for: courses that must match how your organisation really does things, and for teams whose reference material is spread across several systems.

*Tip: You can always add to or edit a generated course manually afterward. The three paths aren’t mutually exclusive, and most teams end up using more than one.*

*Note: Setting up MCP connections is covered in [Platform Setup, Branding & Integrations](/product/platform-setup/).*

**What’s in this section**

- [Understanding Course Structure (Studio Basics)](/product/course-creation/understanding-course-structure-studio-basics/)
- [How to Create a Course (Manual)](/product/course-creation/how-to-create-a-course-manual/)
- [How to Create a Course with AI Studio](/product/course-creation/how-to-create-a-course-with-ai-studio/)
- [Adding Content Components](/product/course-creation/adding-content-components/)
- [Enhancing Your Course with Advanced Content](/product/course-creation/enhancing-your-course-with-advanced-content/)
- [Managing Assets](/product/course-creation/managing-assets/)
- [Using the Library](/product/course-creation/using-the-library/)
- Setting Up Grading — how learners pass, which determines certificate eligibility
- Adding a Certificate to Your Course — builds on your grading setup
- [Creating Learning Paths](/product/course-creation/creating-learning-paths/)
- [Creating & Managing Programs](/product/course-creation/creating-and-managing-programs/)
- Creating & Managing Live Sessions
- [Calendar & Scheduling](/product/course-creation/calendar-and-scheduling/)
- [Managing Your Course Team & Learner Communication](/product/course-creation/managing-your-course-team-and-learner-communication/)
- [Advanced Course Configuration](/product/course-creation/advanced-course-configuration/)

**Once your course is built**

Publishing, enrollment, and checkout are covered separately in [Enrollment & Publishing](/product/enrollment-and-publishing/).

## Articles in this section
- [Understanding Course Structure (Studio Basics)](/product/course-creation/understanding-course-structure-studio-basics/)
- [How to Create a Course (Manual)](/product/course-creation/how-to-create-a-course-manual/)
- [How to Create a Course with AI Studio](/product/course-creation/how-to-create-a-course-with-ai-studio/)
- [Adding Content Components](/product/course-creation/adding-content-components/)
- [Enhancing Your Course with Advanced Content](/product/course-creation/enhancing-your-course-with-advanced-content/)
- [Managing Assets](/product/course-creation/managing-assets/)
- [Using the Library](/product/course-creation/using-the-library/)
- [Setting Up Grading](/product/course-creation/setting-up-grading/)
- [Adding a Certificate to Your Course](/product/course-creation/adding-a-certificate-to-your-course/)
- [Creating Learning Paths](/product/course-creation/creating-learning-paths/)
- [Creating & Managing Programs](/product/course-creation/creating-and-managing-programs/)
- [Calendar & Scheduling](/product/course-creation/calendar-and-scheduling/)
- [Managing Your Course Team & Learner Communication](/product/course-creation/managing-your-course-team-and-learner-communication/)
- [Advanced Course Configuration](/product/course-creation/advanced-course-configuration/)