Course custom fields let you add your own details to each course, such as a term, a date, or a location, and view them in your course list. The fields are for your team only, so you can track and organize your courses without changing what learners see or how a course works.
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Applies to:
- Plan: Thinkific Plus
What's New
- Track the course details your team needs, such as term, dates, or location notes, directly on each course.
- Choose whether a field appears on all of your courses or only on the courses you select.
- See each course's field values in your course list.
- Keep details private. Learners never see course custom fields or their values.
How Course Custom Fields Work
You create a course custom field once in your global settings, then choose whether it applies to all of your courses or only to specific courses. The field then appears in the settings of each course it applies to, where you can enter a value for that course. You can also view the values in your course list. Course custom fields are for internal tracking only. They don't change how a course behaves, and learners never see the fields or their values.
How to Create Course Custom Fields
- From your Admin Dashboard, go to Settings
- Select Site
- Select Course custom fields
- Click + Create field
- Under Field name, enter a name for the field
- Under Field type, select the type that fits the detail you want to track
- Select where the field applies:
- To show it on every course, select All courses
- To show it on only some courses, select Specific courses, then select at least one course
- Click Create field
How to Set Values for Course Custom Fields
- From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
- Select Courses
- Hover over the course you would like to add your fields to and select Edit
- Click Course settings in the top-right corner
- Select Course custom fields
- Enter your desired values
- Click Save settings
Important Considerations
- This feature is in the process of releasing gradually to Thinkific Plus accounts - stay tuned!
- Course custom fields can't be set as required, so you can save a course without entering a value.
- Course custom fields are for your team’s internal tracking and note-keeping only - they don't change how a course works or its settings. For example, entering a date in a field named "Start date" doesn’t schedule the course or control when learners can access it, and it doesn’t affect enrollment. Use course custom fields as notes for your own reference.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use a course custom field to set start and end dates for learners?
No. Course custom fields are for internal tracking only, so a date field doesn't control when learners can start or finish a course. To control learner dates, use scheduled enrollments for start dates and enrollment durations for end dates. Learn more: Bulk Enroll and Unenroll Students
Can learners see course custom fields?
No. Learners never see course custom fields or the values you enter.
How are course custom fields different from custom sign-up fields?
Course custom fields hold internal details about a course that only your team can see. Custom sign-up fields are questions that learners answer when they sign up. To collect information from learners, see: Create Custom Fields.
Can I use course custom fields to manage cohorts?
No. Course custom fields don't create cohorts or change enrollment. You can use a field, such as a term, to label courses you run for different groups, but the field is for your own tracking only.
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