Hosting Live Sessions
Run real-time video classes with Daily.co built-in video conferencing.
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Navigate to live sessions
Go to /trainer/courses/{courseId}/live-sessions to manage sessions for your course. You'll see upcoming, ongoing, and past sessions. Click "Schedule Session" to create a new live class.
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Schedule a live session
Click "Schedule Session" button. Enter session title, select date and start time, set duration in minutes, and set participant limit. Daily.co video room is created automatically - no external links needed.
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Fill session details
Add description so students know what to expect. Click "Create" to schedule. Students enrolled in the course will see the session on their dashboard with date, time, and a "Join" button.
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Join the live session
When session time arrives, click "Join" button. Daily.co video opens in browser - no app needed. Manage participants, share screen, chat with students. After session, view attendance at /trainer/live-sessions/{sessionId}/attendance.
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Educator guides
Step-by-step guides for creating courses, hosting live sessions and growing your teaching business.
- Getting started as an educator
- Creating your first course
- Building course curriculum
- Uploading video lessons
- Using AI to generate quizzes
- Creating quizzes and assignments
- Assignments and grading queues
- Hosting live sessions
- Creating and managing webinars
- Managing course cohorts
- Adding students to cohorts
- Setting up subscriptions
- Course reviews and ratings
- Issuing certificates
- Understanding course analytics
- Live session usage and billing
- Setting up payout methods
- Viewing revenue and payouts
- Setting up your educator subdomain
- Creating landing pages
- Using the visual page editor
- Adding page sections
- Page styling and branding
- AI Studio Composer
- AI Voice Clone & Avatar
- Traffic sources & UTM attribution
Learner guides
Everything learners need to browse courses, join live sessions and track their progress.
- Creating an account
- Browsing and finding courses
- Enrolling in a course
- Watching video lessons
- Taking notes during lessons
- Submitting assignments
- Taking quizzes
- Joining live classes
- Attending webinars
- Managing your subscriptions
- Viewing your certificates
- Writing course reviews
- Managing your orders
- Updating your profile
Team & admin
Team management, permissions, billing and administrative tools for organisations.
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