Here's how the lesson page works

The lesson title comes first, with its module above it. Under it, Students get lists Watch, Slides, Read, Quiz and Resources, each with what it holds, for example "8 slides" or "1,240 words". A green tick means students get it now. A half-filled circle means it is on its way or only you see it, such as a draft video or slides you have not shown yet. Click any of them to jump to it.

View as a student, on the right, opens the lesson as they see it.

When something needs you, a Next step card sits under the strip with one button: a finished video to publish, a video being made or one that did not finish, slides that changed since your video, or an uploaded video being transcribed.

An empty lesson opens on three choices:

• Create with AI, "From an idea or your outline": Knola writes the lesson and its slides from a short brief. See How to create a lesson with AI.
• Upload a file, "Video, PDF, Word or a link": your own recording, document or YouTube or Vimeo link becomes the lesson. See How to upload a lesson video.
• Write it yourself, "A clean page": the written lesson editor.

Once the lesson has something in it, the page shows the sections below instead.

Under The lesson, "In the order students see it: Watch, Slides, Read.", Watch comes first: what students watch first. With no video yet, it offers three ways to add one:

• Upload a video: your own recording. See How to upload a lesson video.
• Paste a link: a video on YouTube or Vimeo.
• Make one from your slides: Knola narrates your slides. It needs slides first. See How to make a narrated video from your lesson.

Once there is a video, the section shows it, and the label on the right says where it is up to: Students watch this first when students can see it, or Draft, Being made, Uploading or Processing while it is not ready for them.

Slides are what students can page through. With none yet, choose Upload a PDF, and each page becomes a slide, or Make slides with AI, which shows its price on the button. See How to build slides from a lesson.

Once there are slides, the section shows them with Edit slides, Present and Download underneath. The label on the right says who sees them, Only you see these or In the lesson; click it to change that. The ⋯ menu holds History and Remove slides.

Read is the written lesson: "For students who would rather read, and so every word is searchable." With nothing written yet, choose Write it to type it yourself, or Write it with Knola, which shows its price on the button.

Once there are words, the editor is right there. At the top, Summary & topics holds the short introduction students read before the lesson; see How to add a TL;DR, topics and learning objectives. Below it is the text, with a toolbar for headings, bold, italic, lists, quotes, code and dividers. Type / on an empty line for the full menu of blocks, including callouts and images. The word count and read time sit at the top, beside History.

Everything optional sits in one card under Extras: "Optional. None of it holds up the lesson."

• Quiz: a few questions to check what stuck. See How to add quizzes that gate progression.
• Resources: what students can download. See How to attach lesson resources.
• Lesson art: a cover image for this lesson in the course. See How to set the artwork on a single lesson.

At the foot of the card, under Only you see this, are the lesson's Sources: "What Knola teaches from when it writes. Students never see these."

Everything saves as you type. The written lesson's History lists recent saves, and the slides keep their own copies under ⋯ ▸ History. See How to go back to an earlier version of a lesson.