In this article, you will get an overview of how to sign in to your Thinkific Site, and a brief outline of the various areas within your Admin Dashboard.
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How to Sign In to Your Site
Once you have created an account, there are two ways you can Sign In to your site:
- From your Thinkific welcome email, you will find a sign-in link. Click this link to take you directly to your sign-in page; or,
- Type in your Thinkific site URL, and click Sign In at the top right hand side of your site.
Once you've opened your Thinkific site using either of these methods, enter your email and password and hit Sign In.
If you have changed your site URL since creating your account, you can simply login by navigating to your current URL. You can also log in from Thinkific.com.
Navigating the Platform
Once you are logged in to your site, there are a few main areas that you will want to become familiar with as you begin building your products and site. These areas include:
- Admin Dashboard
- Site Pages and Site Builder
- Course Overview
- Community Overview
- Course Builder
- Course Player
- Settings
- Searching Thinkific
The Admin Dashboard
Your Admin Dashboard is the first thing you will see when you login to your Thinkific site as the Site Owner or Site Admin. It is accessible at yoursite.thinkific.com/manage and provides access to your various Thinkific pages and settings.
See Admin Dashboard: A Closer Look for a detailed breakdown of what is available at this page.
Site Pages and Site Builder
Site Pages is where you can see, open to edit, and preview all of your individual Site pages, including your Home Page and Course Landing Pages. To open your Site Pages:
- From your Admin Dashboard, go to Design Your Site
- Select Site Pages
Site Builder is where you can build and edit all of your Site pages. To open Site Builder:
- From your Admin Dashboard, go to Design Your Site
- Select Site Pages
- Select the Site page you want to edit in the Site Builder, and click the pencil icon to edit that page.
See the Site Builder Overview for more details.
Course Overview
The Course Overview is where you can create, view, edit, and manage all of your Courses and Bundles. To open your Course Overview:
- Go to Manage Learning Products
- Select Courses
Community Overview
The Community Overview is where you can create, view, edit, and manage all of your Communities.
- Go to Manage Learning Products
- Select Communities
Course Builder
In the Course Builder, you can create/import lesson content, set your course pricing and more! To open the Course Builder:
- Go to Manage Learning Products
- Select Courses
- Click on a specific course in the Course Overview to edit that course in the Course Builder.
See Creating a Course for more info.
Course Player
The Thinkific Course Player is what your student experiences when they access your course. To preview your course in the Course Player:
- Go to Manage Learning Products
- Select Courses
- Click on a specific course in the Course Overview to edit that course in the Course Builder.
- Select Preview Course
Check out The Thinkific Course Player for how to customize your Course Player!
Settings
Select Settings in your Admin Dashboard to make edits to various settings for your site and products, including:
- Site (Global Site Settings)
- Learning Content (Course Player and Site Languages)
- Payments (Built in payment integrations)
- Orders & Accounts (Custom Terms/Privacy Policies, Order numbers, etc.)
- Code & Analytics (Custom Site wide Code, API Key, etc.)
- Roadmap (View launched and upcoming features and provide feedback and ideas)
Learn more about what each of these settings means, and how to use them, in our Site Settings article.
Searching Thinkific
If there is something else you are looking for while in your Thinkific account, try our Search option!
More About Your Site and Using Thinkific
Admin Dashboard: A Closer Look