How to Create an Online Course on Kajabi

Course Creation on Kajabi: What to Expect

Kajabi is designed to make the technical side of course creation disappear so you can focus on the teaching. Once your content is ready, building the course structure, uploading lessons, and configuring delivery takes a fraction of the time it would take with a multi-tool setup. Here's how the process works from start to finish.

Step 1: Create a New Product

In your Kajabi dashboard, navigate to Products and create a new product. Kajabi offers several product templates including online courses, mini-courses, and drip content formats. Choose the template that matches the structure you've planned. You can customize the structure extensively after selecting a template, so don't let the initial choice feel permanent.

Step 2: Build Your Course Structure

Kajabi organizes course content into a hierarchy: the course contains modules (also called sections or categories), and each module contains individual posts (lessons). Create your modules first, then populate each with posts. The structure mirrors the curriculum you've designed, so having your outline ready before you start building speeds the process significantly.

Step 3: Upload and Configure Your Content

For each lesson post, you can upload video, audio, PDF attachments, text content, and embedded content from external sources. Kajabi hosts your video natively through its built-in video player, which means no separate video hosting subscription is needed. You can also add downloadable resources, quizzes, and assignments to individual lessons.

Step 4: Set Up Content Dripping (Optional)

If you want to release content on a schedule rather than giving students immediate access to everything, Kajabi's drip functionality lets you set release dates for individual posts or entire modules. Drip scheduling is useful for cohort-based courses where you want to control the pace of progress or for membership content released on a regular cadence.

Step 5: Configure Your Pricing and Access

In the Offers section, create the pricing structure for your course: one-time payment, payment plan, or subscription access. Connect your course to an offer and set up your checkout page. Kajabi handles payment processing natively, so there's no need to configure a separate payment gateway for basic transactions.

Step 6: Customize the Student Experience

Kajabi lets you customize the course library page, the lesson player, and the overall look and feel of your student experience. Your brand colors, logo, and custom domain can all be applied so students experience a consistent, professional environment rather than a generic course platform aesthetic.

Step 7: Test Before You Launch

Before opening enrollment, create a test account and go through the entire student experience yourself: enroll, access the course, watch a lesson, download a resource, and complete a quiz if you've built one. Test the checkout flow with a real payment. Fix any issues before your actual students encounter them.