COURSE STUDIO

Follow a run

The run page is where a course comes together. It updates live: stages fill in as Course Studio works, and anything that needs you is marked. Select any stage to see what it made, the files and what happened.

The stages

Stage	What it does
Read the sources	Reads your files and finds the chapters.
Course outline	Proposes the chapters and what each covers. You approve it.
Computer and apps	Chooses the computer and the apps the labs need. You approve it.
Lab	Writes the chapter’s hands-on lab and the checks for each step.
Views and figures	Decides what learners see beside the lab, and the book’s diagrams.
Book	Writes the chapter.
Test	Writes the chapter test.
Video scripts	Writes a short script for each part of the book.
Checks	Runs the lab and checks the chapter. You review it.
Voice and video	Records the voice and makes the videos.
Publish	The course is built and ready to download.

Chapters appear once you approve the outline, and then build side by side.

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Chapter	Lab	Views	Book	Test	Scripts	Checks	Media
1 · Files and folders	done	done	done	done	done	review	–
2 · Users and permissions	done	done	working	–	–	–	–
3 · A full disk	help it	–	–	–	–	–	–

A run with two chapters building and one waiting for a review.

When a stage needs you

Status	What it means	What to do
Needs your review	One of the three approval points.	Open it and approve or send it back. See Approvals.
Needs you	The engine tried three times and needs a hand.	Select Help it, write what to change, and it tries again with your notes.
Needs a new app	A task in the chapter needs an app, or an ability in an app, that doesn’t exist yet. The app-gap report at the computer approval lists these.	Send the computer choice or the outline back with notes so the chapter fits the apps there are.
The budget ran out	The engine budget is used. Nothing is lost: the stage picks up where it stopped.	On the free trial it carries on tomorrow, or now if you add your own key. On your own key, raise the month’s limit and select Try again. See Model and budget.

What happens when a stage keeps failing.

What happened

Each stage lists what it made and its model calls, newest first. When you’ve written notes, they show as Your notes, and what went back to the engine shows as Sent back to the model.