Get started with building an academy to host and manage your courses. This collections covers the essentials of setting up an academy, assigning courses to learners and setting up events.
## Browse Collection 1. [Academy Overview](https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/mbPKMmektYc-academy-overview.md) (Article) 2. [Set up Academy Login & Home Page](https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/ylbv4cq2lC8-set-up-academy-login-home-page.md) (Video) 3. [Assignment Mode: Assigning Courses to Learner](https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/PmKIp4VBS9Y-assignment-mode-assigning-courses-to-learner.md) (Video) 4. [Catalog Mode: Assigning Courses to Learners](https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners.md) (Video) 5. [Training Events in Academy](https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/iBa8Y2rlQLU-training-events-in-academy.md) (Video) --- # VIDEO: Catalog Mode: Assigning Courses to Learners ## METADATA - id: V3ZEu8C2KBAFXqoM5LakQw - type: video - source: Wiki - content_url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners - collection_url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy ## TRANSCRIPT - time: 00:00 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=0 text: In this video, we will learn how to set up your academy page in the catalog mode. - time: 00:05 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=5 text: To set up your academy page, navigate to the Academy Builder. - time: 00:09 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=9 text: Here you will notice the login page, the home page, - time: 00:12 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=12 text: and the custom pages that you can create. - time: 00:16 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=16 text: Let's first start with creating a login page. - time: 00:20 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=20 text: All academies are private. - time: 00:22 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=22 text: User authentication settings can be used to set up how learners can log in. - time: 00:26 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=26 text: Detailed SSO documentation is linked to this video. - time: 00:31 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=31 text: Pick languages here so learners can view the academy in their preferred language. - time: 00:37 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=37 text: The login page design can be modified based on your requirements. - time: 00:41 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=41 text: You can position the login form using either of these modes. - time: 00:45 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=45 text: You can set up the login page H1 and H2, and add a brand design for the login page. - time: 00:51 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=51 text: also add footer and header links. - time: 00:54 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=54 text: Your login page now displays the design you configured in the login page settings. - time: 01:00 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=60 text: Once the login page is set up, we can set up the homepage. - time: 01:04 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=64 text: Home page customization works identically. - time: 01:06 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=66 text: Select languages and adjust the design to fit your brand identity seamlessly. - time: 01:12 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=72 text: This is where you add courses to your academy. - time: 01:15 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=75 text: While linking courses, you can group them using categories. - time: 01:19 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=79 text: This can be really helpful if you want to group courses based on levels of course difficulty or based on certification levels. - time: 01:26 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=86 text: Publish the academy to take it live. - time: 01:30 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=90 text: This is what the default home page looks like that we designed. - time: 01:34 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=94 text: Your learners can choose the language that they want to view their courses in. - time: 01:41 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=101 text: You can find the course groupings here, and you can find the courses linked to the page here. - time: 01:47 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=107 text: Custom pages personalize course offerings based on who logs in—letting you train multiple audiences with one - time: 01:54 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=114 text: LMS. - time: 01:55 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=115 text: Here, I'm creating a Chargebee custom page. - time: 01:59 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=119 text: This is where you authenticate who can view the custom page. You can either choose learners manually. - time: 02:06 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=126 text: Or bulk authenticate learners based on certain preconditions. - time: 02:10 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=130 text: Here as you can see, I am authenticating - time: 02:12 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=132 text: only Chargebee customers. - time: 02:14 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=134 text: So only users from Chargebee who log in will get access to this particular page. - time: 02:20 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=140 text: Once the user authentication is done, we can customize the look and feel of the custom page within the same window. - time: 02:27 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=147 text: The benefit of using custom pages is you can modify the course homepage design - time: 02:32 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=152 text: based on who logs in. - time: 02:34 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=154 text: Now let's start linking courses to show Chargebee customers. - time: 02:38 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=158 text: For example, here I am giving access to the content authoring course to Chargebee users. - time: 02:44 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=164 text: And once done, just publish the academy. - time: 02:48 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=168 text: Your default homepage appears when users aren't authenticated to any specific custom page. - time: 02:54 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=174 text: Now watch what happens when a Chargebee user logs in—their custom page overrides the default home page - time: 03:00 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=180 text: displaying their specific courses. - time: 03:02 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=182 text: Thank you for watching. ## SUMMARY ## **Assigning Courses via Catalog Mode** Catalog Mode lets you use **one LMS to train multiple external audiences** like customers, partners, and resellers. Each group sees a customized course catalog and design when they log in, so you can deliver different training experiences from a single platform instead of managing separate systems for each audience. Note: Academy mode setup is typically handled by your Customer Success Manager based on your training requirements. To configure or change your academy mode, contact [support@trainn.co](mailto:support@trainn.co). * * * ### **Setting Up Academy in Catalog Mode** To set up your academy to assign courses using Catalog Mode, you will use the Academy Builder. When you enter it, you will see the following key options:  1. **Login Page:** This is where you configure user authentication (how learners sign in or sign up), language settings, and customize the design of the login page. 2. **Home Page** : This is the default landing page for learners after they log in. If learners are not added to custom pages, they will access courses on this home page. You can add courses, and customize its layout, language, and overall design. 3. **Custom Pages** : These allow you to create additional pages similar to the home page, but with the crucial ability to set "who can see this page." This feature enables you to display custom home pages and corresponding custom courses based on the logged-in user. * * * ### **Setting Up the Home Page in Catalog Mode** To set up the home page: 1. Select the **Home Page** setting in the Academy Builder. - **Set up academy language** : If you wish to provide learners with the option to choose a language for viewing your academy, you can set up languages for your academy. If language options aren't visible under Language Selection, you need to configure them by going to **Academy \> Configurations \> Languages.** Once set up, these options will reflect in the builder, allowing you to select up to 4 languages for the learner's view. - **Design your home page** : Utilize Trainn's no-code solution to add brand styles and customize home page layouts with simple clicks. - **Add courses to the home page** : In the Link Courses section, you can add courses by clicking Category \> Link Courses \> Selecting courses. - **Set Up Footer and Header Links** : After linking courses, scroll down to Advanced Settings. Here, you can add headers and footers for your home page. For headers, quick navigational links like your website, knowledge base, or events page are recommended. For footers, privacy policies and "about us" links are good additions ### **Set Up Custom Pages** **Steps to Create a Custom Page** : 1. Navigate to the **Academy** option. 2. Click **Academy Builder**. 3. Click **Add Page** from the top navigation bar. 4. Add a descriptive name for your page. For example, if you're training customers for ACME Corp, you might name it "ACME". **Adding Learners to the Custom Page:** After your custom page is set up, you need to add learners to it. 1. Under the **Who can see this page** settings, configure which specific users can view this custom page. 2. Link the required courses to this page. Important Note: When a learner is authenticated to a specific custom page, the courses linked to that custom page will override and be shown instead of the default home page courses. * * * ### **Usecase for Catalog Mode** Custom pages are particularly effective when you are using one LMS to train multiple, distinct audiences.  Consider ACME Corp, which uses Trainn’s LMS to train a reselling partner ([Partner.org](http://Partner.org)) and two different customers ([ABC.co](http://ABC.co) and [XYZ.co](http://XYZ.co)). ACME can set up individual custom pages with different designs, and hero sections for [Partner.org](http://Partner.org), [ABC.co](http://ABC.co), and [XYZ.co](http://XYZ.co). They would then authenticate the respective learners to each specific page and add custom courses tailored to what each group needs to see. With this setup, based on who logs into ACME’s academy, only the courses allocated to that specific user group will be displayed. This setup is also beneficial for organizations training global audiences by allowing multi-lingual course configurations for each custom page. ### **See Also** - Set up Log in Page for Academy - Academy Configurations ## CHAPTERS - time: 01:46 url: https://help.trainn.co/CVzpx3qw0C0-build-an-academy/4A3pNcJAvR8-catalog-mode-assigning-courses-to-learners?start_time=106 title: Custom Pages