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Public (open) courses

Public courses, featured in Courses Plus app, are open-access learning modules. These courses provide users with an opportunity to explore course content before making a purchase, serving as a form of informative advertisement. In public course type students can see course content without enrolling, signing up and logging in.

To create a public course, follow these steps:

Go to Shopify admin, open Courses Plus app, click Create course button

Select Manual setup option

Add the course title, description (you can add it later) and press Next

Select a Private course type → Press Create course

Please note: in public courses, there is no possibility to track students' progress as public courses are available for everyone for free and without customer account

Students will be able to view public courses on your site without logging in. To make this easy to access, we recommend adding a Public courses menu item.

You can also check our video instruction on how to create open courses:

Updated on: 07/10/2026

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