Give learners files with each lesson
The video teaches; the worksheet is what your learner keeps on the bench. A recipe card next to the glazing lesson, a cutting pattern under the sewing one - the file is often the half of the lesson that gets used most.
How it works
- Upload the file to your site's locker from the dashboard.
- Ask Bernard to attach it to the right lesson, with the name learners should see - "Glaze recipe sheet", not "final_v3.pdf".
- Approve. Enrolled learners now see "Lesson files" under that lesson's video and download from there.
The delivery is deliberately careful. Files never sit at a public address on your site - each download link is issued to an enrolled learner at the moment they click, and expires minutes later. The file itself stays put; the door opens per visit. It's the same mechanism your shop uses for digital pieces (Add a new product to my shop page).
Files travel with access: on a fixed-term course, downloads end when the term does (Charge once, or sell a year of access) - one more reason the worksheet is worth downloading on day one, which your lesson notes (Add a lesson to my course) can cheerfully say.
The prompt
“Attach the file I've uploaded called [the file name] to the [lesson name] lesson of my [course name] course, shown to learners as [what they should see, e.g. 'Glaze recipe sheet'].”
Press Copy, then paste it into your AI and fill in the [bracketed] parts. First time? Connect your AI to bernard first - a one-time setup in bernard → your site → Use your own AI.
Questions people ask
- Can I include downloadable files with my course lessons?
- Yes - PDFs, patterns, slides, audio, templates. Each file sits under its lesson, and only enrolled learners can download it. The links are personal and short-lived, so course files never become public URLs anyone can pass around.
- What kinds of files can a lesson include?
- Documents, images, audio, video and archives - the useful things. Not programs or installers, which keeps your learners safe from the one attachment type that can hurt them.
- Where do I upload the files?
- From your bernard dashboard - upload to your site's file locker, then ask Bernard to attach a file to a lesson. Like everything else, the change appears for learners once you approve it.
- Can I remove or swap a file on a lesson?
- Yes - ask Bernard to remove the file from the lesson (or attach the new version, which replaces the old one under the same name). The file itself stays in your locker; only the lesson stops offering it.