Course Owner Guide

This guide will help you create your first course on Andamio and understand how courses work on the platform.

What is a Course on Andamio?

Courses on Andamio allow you to create structured learning experiences that issue verifiable credentials to students who complete them. These credentials live on the Cardano blockchain and can be used as prerequisites for other courses or projects.

Getting Started

To create courses on Andamio, you'll need:

An Andamio Access Token (your on-chain identity)
Course Owner permissions (granted by an instance owner)
A connected wallet

Course Structure

Andamio courses consist of:

Course Information - Title, description, and metadata
Modules - Individual learning units within the course
Assignments - Tasks that students complete to earn credentials
Prerequisites - (Optional) Required credentials students must have before enrolling

Course Creation Guides

Publishing Courses and Adding Modules

Learn how course publishing works, how to add modules over time, and what gets locked vs. what stays flexible.

→ Publishing Courses and Adding Modules

Key topics:

Understanding the difference between publishing a course and minting module tokens
How to launch early and add modules iteratively
What happens when you add modules to a published course
Why only Student Learning Targets (SLTs) are locked on-chain

More Guides

Creating Your First Course

Step-by-step walkthrough from setup to first enrollment

Managing Students and Grading

Review submissions, assess assignments, and issue credentials

Under the Hood

Want to understand what's happening on-chain? See the Course Protocol for validators and state management, or browse Course Transactions for the full transaction lifecycle.