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Start teaching on Discentik

Become an instructor, create your first course, set a price, publish it and get paid.

Updated 14 October 2026

Anyone aged 18 or over with a personal Discentik account can create and sell courses.
Here's the whole journey, from your first draft to your first payout.

1. Become an instructor

  1. Sign in and select Instructor in the top bar.

  2. On Profile → Workspaces, select Become an instructor.

Profile, Workspaces: the Become an instructor button highlighted

The Instructor workspace opens straight away. From now on, use the workspace menu in
the top bar to switch between Learning (taking courses) and Instructor
(creating them).

2. Create your course

  1. In the Instructor workspace, open My Courses.

  2. Select Create course.

  3. Enter a Course name and select Create course. You can rename it later.

The Instructor workspace with the Create course button highlighted

Your course opens in the editor. Add modules and stages from the Modules panel,
then fill in each stage. Save as you go. Saving never publishes anything.

Need ideas for activities? See Design course activities.

3. Set a price (or make it free)

  1. Open your course's Settings → Commerce.

  2. Choose Free course, or choose Paid course and enter a Price.

  3. For a paid course, set the Included AI balance (EUR) learners get with it.

The allowed price range is shown under the price field.

4. Publish

  1. Open Publishing in your course.

  2. Select Submit public update.

Our team reviews every course before it goes live. You'll see
Update submitted. Awaiting approval. while it's being reviewed. Once approved,
learners can find it in Explore. See Publish your saved course changes.

5. Get paid

Before you can earn from a paid course:

  1. Open Instructor → Earnings → Payout account.

  2. Read and accept the Instructor licence.

  3. Select Set up payout account and follow Stripe's steps to add your identity and
    bank details.

Your sales, statements and payouts are all in Earnings.
See Manage course earnings and payouts.

Good to know

  • Building and editing your course by hand is free. AI-assisted authoring and testing
    use your Instructor AI balance.

  • You can update a published course at any time. Learners see changes after the next
    approved review.

  • If your account belongs to an organisation, you create courses in the Organisation
    workspace instead, once an Admin gives you Content Author access.

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