Add a lesson to my course
A course grows one lesson at a time, and adding one should take about as long as describing it. No lesson editor, no upload wizard — a sentence and a link.
How it works
- Tell Bernard what the lesson is. The title, the video link (your own YouTube or Vimeo — see Use the videos already on my YouTube or Vimeo) and a few lines of notes.
- Say where it goes. New lessons join the end of the syllabus unless you say otherwise; reorder any time by asking.
- Approve. The lesson page renders into your site's draft. Check the preview, approve, and it's part of the course.
Notes matter more than they look. The video is for your learners; the notes are what search engines and AI assistants actually read. Even three lines under each video — what the lesson covers, what the learner will be able to do — make the whole course legible to the tools people use to find teaching (Help AI assistants recommend me).
Want to hand out a pattern, recipe sheet or slides with the lesson? Attach a file — it's delivered only to enrolled learners (Give learners files with each lesson).
The prompt
“Add a lesson to my [course name] course called [the lesson title], using this video: [paste the video link]. Notes for under the video: [a few lines]. Put it [where it goes — e.g. after the intro].”
The [bracketed] parts are yours to fill in. First time? Log in to bernard → your site → Edit with AI → copy your access prompt, paste that into your AI first, then ask the above.
Questions people ask
- What do I need to add a lesson to my course?
- A title and, usually, a video link — YouTube, Vimeo or Cloudflare Stream. Notes underneath are optional but worth it: they're readable by search engines, where video alone is not. A lesson can also be notes-only.
- Can I change the order of my lessons?
- Yes — say the order you want ('put Glazing basics first, then Mixing, then the firing lesson') and bernard rearranges the syllabus. The lesson pages keep their addresses, so nothing breaks.
- Do new lessons go live straight away?
- No. A new lesson lands in your site's private draft first. Learners see it only after you approve the change — so you can build a course over weeks without anyone seeing it half-done.