How to Build a Skool Classroom (Courses, Modules, Access)

To build a Skool classroom, you create a course, add pages and videos inside it, publish it, and then decide who can access it. The Classroom is where you deliver the thing people actually joined for, so it is worth setting up properly rather than dumping a few videos in. This guide covers building a course, adding content, and the five access options that let you gate or sell what you make.

What the Classroom actually is

The Classroom is your content library. Courses, guides, templates, resources, whatever your members need, live here as courses made of pages. Each new course opens a blank page ready for content, and you edit it in a WYSIWYG editor by clicking the pencil.

Beyond text and video, each page supports four addenda types: a resource link, a resource file (like a spreadsheet or PDF), a transcript (which makes the video searchable), and a pinned community post. If the Classroom tab is hidden, turn it on under Settings, Community, Tabs.

Create and publish your first course

Add videos the right way

You can upload videos natively (hosting is included in your plan) by dragging them into the uploader on a page. Once processed, Skool auto-generates English closed captions for any video with sound, and viewers can change speed and quality. Add timestamps in the text below a video to turn it into chapters.

Skool also supports YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, and Wistia. Two gotchas worth knowing: for Vimeo, set the video to "Hide from Vimeo," choose Specific domains under Embed, and whitelist www.skool.com or it will not play. For unlisted YouTube videos, enable Allow Embedding. If a video refuses to stream, the usual fixes are logging into the host in the same browser, disabling a VPN, and turning off browser extensions.

Control who sees each course

This is where the Classroom becomes a business tool, not just a folder. Open a course's three-dot menu, choose Edit course, and pick an access option.

There are five: Open (all members), Level unlock (opens at a chosen level), Buy Now (a one-time price), Time unlock (opens a set number of days after joining), and Private (only members you manually add). If you run tiers, set the course to Private and a Tier access option appears.

Reuse and grant access

Built a great course and want it in another group? Open the Classroom three-dot menu, choose Share course key, and copy it. In the destination group, go to Classroom, + New course, Import with key, and paste it. The imported course arrives as a draft. Sharing a key is owners only, but owners and admins can import.

You can also override access for a single member. From the Members tab, open their Membership Settings, go to the Courses tab, and check the course. This works for Level Unlock, Buy Now, or Private courses, and it is how most people port paid students over from another platform.

Frequently asked questions

How many courses and pages can I have on Skool?

Courses are unlimited, and each course can hold up to 200 pages. That is enough to run a full curriculum with modules and lessons inside a single group.

What are the ways to lock a course on Skool?

There are five access options: Open (everyone), Level unlock (opens at a chosen level), Buy Now (one-time price), Time unlock (opens a set number of days after joining), and Private (manual access only). If you use tiers, a Tier option also appears when the course is set to Private.

How do level-locked courses unlock?

Members earn one point each time someone likes their post or comment, which levels them up. When they reach the level you set on the course, it unlocks automatically. The thresholds run 0, 5, 20, 65, 155, 515, 2,015, 8,015, and 33,015 points for levels 1 through 9.

Which video hosts does the Skool Classroom support?

You can upload natively with hosting included, or embed from YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, and Wistia. Videos with sound get auto-generated English captions, and you can add timestamps to create chapters.