Live Sessions

Live sessions let you schedule instructor-led video calls and surface them to students inside the platform with join links, countdown timers, and calendar exports.

Create a live session

You can create a live session from two places:

From the Live Sessions page:

1. Go to Live Sessions in the sidebar
2. Click New Session

From a course lesson:

1. Open a course module and click Add Lesson
2. Set Type to Live Session

Either method opens the same session form.

Session settings

Field	Description
Title	Name of the session (shown to students)
Course	The course this session belongs to
Date & time	Start time in your timezone
Duration	Expected length in minutes
Provider	Video platform (see table below)
Meeting URL	The join link from your video provider
Description	Optional agenda or notes for students
Recording URL	Added after the session; students can watch the replay

Supported video providers

Provider	How to get the meeting URL
Zoom	Create a meeting in Zoom → copy the "Join URL"
Google Meet	Create an event in Google Calendar → copy the Meet link
Microsoft Teams	Create a meeting in Teams → copy the join link
Cisco Webex	Create a meeting in Webex → copy the meeting link
Custom URL	Paste any HTTPS URL (works with any provider)

info

The platform stores and displays the meeting URL — it does not create or manage meetings in your video provider. You must create the meeting in your provider first.

Student experience

Upcoming sessions

Students see all upcoming live sessions on the Live Sessions page (linked from their dashboard). Each session card shows:

• Session title and course
• Date, time, and duration
• Countdown timer (days, hours, minutes)
• Add to Calendar button (downloads an .ics file for Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar)

Joining a session

When the session is within 15 minutes of starting, a Join Session button becomes active. Clicking it opens the meeting URL in a new tab.

If the session is within a lesson, the Join Session button appears directly in the lesson view.

Email reminder

Students receive an automated email reminder 24 hours before each session they are enrolled in. The email includes the session title, date/time, and join link.

After the session

Add a recording URL to the session so students can watch the replay:

1. Go to Live Sessions → [Session]
2. Click Edit
3. Paste the recording URL into the Recording URL field
4. Click Save

Students see a Watch Recording button in place of the join link once the recording URL is set.

tip

Most video providers (Zoom, Teams, Meet) generate a recording link automatically after the session ends. Copy that link and paste it into the Recording URL field.