At any time during the course creation process, it's easy for you to take a sneak peak at your Thinkific site and test your course as a student. Below, we'll show you how!
Enrolled students will see your course's content in the Course Player. You have the option to see the Course Player from a student's perspective directly within the Course Builder!
You'll have 3 different preview options to choose from:
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Current lesson: This will display the lesson that you currently have selected in the Course Builder. If the lesson is a draft, you will be able to see it for testing purposes.
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All lessons (including drafts): This will show you all of your lessons starting from the very first lesson in the course. If any lessons are draft, you will be able to see them for testing purposes.
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All published lessons: This will show you all of your published lessons starting from the very first lesson in the course. Just like how a student would experience your course, if any lessons are draft, you will not be able to see them!
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One exception when previewing as an enrolled student is Prerequisite Lessons. To simplify testing, prerequisite lessons do not apply. You will be able to navigate freely through the course.
For more, see: Creating Draft Content for Your Course · Publishing Your Products
For more, see: The Thinkific Course Player · The Thinkific Course Builder
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Courses
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Hover over your desired course and select Edit
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From here, you'll see Preview on the top right
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If you don't have a lesson currently selected, you have the option to preview All lessons (including drafts) or All published lessons
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If you'd like to preview a specific lesson, simply click on lesson and then you can preview Current lesson
All options will open up the Course Player in a new tab within your browser, allowing you to run through your entire course as a student! When you're done previewing, you can simply close this browser tab and return your Admin area.
As you're working on a new course, you can edit and preview what your landing page will look like by clicking on either the Landing Page tab (if you are using AI-generated landing pages) or the Build product page button in the top right corner of the Course Builder (if you are using classic website pages) while you're working on building your course.
Learn more about customizing your course landing page here: Build Your Course Page
For more, see: How to Customize AI-Generated Landing Pages · Website and Website Pages
If you'd like to check in on how your site is looking, you can do that from your Admin Dashboard by:
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Channels
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Under Website, select Preview
This will take you to your site landing page, which is where your courses and bundles will be listed once published.
When you're ready to head back to the Admin Dashboard you can choose to Return to your dashboard option at the bottom banner or select the Admin link in the dropdown menu when you click on your name in the top right corner.
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Looking to test your checkout? Learn how here: Test Your Product Checkout