Categories

For schools with more than a few courses, categories allow you to create subsections on your school's All courses page, making it easier to find similar classes.

About This Feature

You can create categories which allow you to group several courses together when they have a common theme. Categories can help students easily access and purchase one-off courses or bundles relating to that category.

Here is an example category section in Site Builder:

Then each category page maps to the category section, like this:

Categories are only displayed to visitors to your course site if you have at least two published courses. You can still set up categories in advance of having two published courses.

Adding Categories

In your Admin Dashboard, click Manage Learning Content
Select Categories
Type your new category name in the Name field at the top of the list
Once you have typed the name, click on the URL field to populate a default URL
Optional: Enter a custom URL if desired
Click Add Category

Add categories under Manage Learning Content

Adding a Category Image

From the Categories list, click on the Edit button next to the category whose image you want to add
Find the Category image section and click Upload
Select the image file you want to upload; in order for the image to display without any distortion, it will need to be a 16:9 ratio; we recommend an image that is 355px wide by 200px high

You can update your Category Image by clicking on Edit

Removing a Category

From the Categories list, click on the ellipses icon next to the category you want to delete
Select Delete and click OK to confirm you want to delete the category

Deleting a category does not delete the courses or bundles that have been included in the category.

Remove a Category by clicking the ellipses and selecting delete

Adding Courses to a Category

You can add multiple courses to categories, which will make them easier to find for users looking for specific kind of course on your site. Courses can appear in multiple categories too!

From the Categories list, click the Edit button next to the category you want to add courses or bundles to

Find the Manage courses or bundles in this category section, and use the drop-down menu to select the course or bundle you want to add

Click the Add button

Add Courses to Category by selceting them from teh drop down list and clicking add

Removing a Course From a Category

To remove a course from a category, navigate to the Manage courses or bundles in this category section and click the Trash can next to the course or bundle you want to remove.

That's it, you're done! You can view your categories on your school by visiting: YourSite.thinkific.com/collections

Frequently Asked Questions

What order will my Categories appear in? How about the courses within each category?

Your Categories will appear in alphabetical order on the All Courses page. The order of the courses within each category is based on the Order of Your Courses and Bundles.

I added a course to my category, but it isn't showing up on the All Courses page?

Your course may not be published, or you may have set it to Hidden or Private. Hidden courses will not appear on your All Courses page, even if you have added them to a category.

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