Course Publishing & Exporting

Created by Carolina Martin, Modified on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 11:19 PM by Carolina Martin

This topic explains how to make your courses available to learners and share them beyond the Coursebox platform. It covers publishing options, access controls, sharing links and embeds, and exporting courses for use in other systems—helping you deliver learning in the format and environment that best suits your audience.

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Publish a Course

After finalising your course design, the next step is to make it available to learners. Publishing your course in Coursebox is quick and simple. Once published, your content becomes live and accessible to those you've shared it with.

Whether you're launching a new training program or updating existing content, this step ensures your learners receive the most up-to-date version of your course.

Publish a course as Restricted

Click on Private to publish the course as a Restricted course.

When you publish a course as Private, learners will need permission to access the course.

Learners will see a “Request Access” button on the course. They need to click on the button to request access. Admin then can approve or deny access.

Publish a course as Public (Free)

When a course is published as Public then anyone with the portal can access the course without the need of approval.

In the Share this course section, go to Learner Access and in select the drop down to click on Public (Free).

Public courses will have a “Get Started” button on it.

If you make it a paid course then you can publish the course only as Public and “Buy Now” button will appear for the course.

Sell a course

In addition to making a course Restricted or Public, you can also Sell this course.

In the Share this course section, go to Learner Access and in select the drop down to click on Sell this course.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

For more information how to set up Stripe see: Manage Payments in Coursebox User Manual.

Download a course as PDF or HTML

Coursebox gives you multiple export options so you can easily share or host your course outside the platform. Whether you're saving a course for offline use, uploading it to a Learning Management System (LMS), or sharing it as a PDF, Coursebox offers flexible formats to suit your needs.

On any course, navigate to the publish settings and then click share, from the screen below, select download and the options for PDF or HTML will come up.

FAQ: What is included and excluded in the backup exports?

As of 2025, the scope of the PDF and HTML backups include the written course structure and content, including learning text, quizzes and assignments. It excludes interactions (eg accordions, SCORM embeds etc), audio recordings, video recordings and images. These items may be saved at the course page level in most cases.

FAQ: How to save an image in edit mode on a course page

FAQ: Will this feature be enhanced in 2026?

Yes, we intend to make this export feature more powerful in the future.

For full course exports, this is possible via SCORM wrapper and integrations into third party LMSes.

Share a Link to a course

On any course, navigate to the course page and share icon > share the link.

Copy a course iFrame

Embedding your Coursebox course on other websites lets you share learning content seamlessly without asking learners to log into multiple platforms. Whether you’re adding it to your company intranet, a WordPress site, or an LMS, the share feature gives you an iframe code that can be pasted anywhere HTML is supported. This makes it easy to showcase your course in the exact environment where your learners already engage.

On any course, navigate to the course page and click the share icon > copy the iframe to copy the code.

Then paste this using HTML anywhere on the web.

Share a course to LMS - LTI

Coursebox acts as Provider for LTI 1.3 that enables you to add course box courses into any LTI 1.3 compliant Branded Training Platform. LTI enables a secure communication bridge between the Branded Training Platform and Coursebox to launch the course, pass the grades.

The integration steps are very straightforward and easy,

Open the Course in Coursebox, click on share button and click on LTI.

It will open a popup, where you can add your Branded Training Platform. Click ‘Add New Branded Training Platform’.
You will see the form with Coursebox LTI details. You will need to use these details to create an LTI Tool in your Branded Training Platform. Fields details are mentioned in the provided Field Labeling Chart below.

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Once you enter the above details in your Branded Training Platform, you will get details from your Branded Training Platform to fill out the form in Coursebox. Fields details are mentioned in the provided Field Labeling Chart below.

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Now, you can start adding courses using the LTI Tool according to the guidelines provided in your Branded Training Platform Documentation.

Field Labeling Chart:

Following is the chart for field labels to give an idea to handle the LTI Integration process.

Coursebox	Moodle	Schoolbox	CanvasBranded Training Platform
Launch URL	Tool URL	Launch URL	Target Link URI
LTI Version	LTI version	Version	N/A
Public key type	Public key type	N/A	JWK Method
Public keyset	Public keyset	JSON Web Key Set URL	Public JWK URL
Initiate login URL	Initiate login URL	OpenID Connect Initiation URL	OpenID Connect Initiation URL
Redirect URI	Redirection URI(s)	N/A	N/A
Deeplinking URL	Content Selection URL	Deep Linking URL	Target Link URI under `Link Selection`
Issuer	Platform ID	Issuer	https://canvas.instructure.com
Client ID	Client ID	Client/Deployment ID	Developer Key ID available in details
Authentication URL	Authentication request URL	OpenID Connect Authentication URL	https://canvas.instructure.com/api/lti/authorize_redirect
Token URL	Access token URL	oAuth Access Token URL	https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
Public Key URL	Public keyset URL	JSON Web Key Set URL	https://canvas.instructure.com/api/lti/security/jwks

Export a Course to SCORM 1.2 and 2004

Coursebox enables experts to export courses as in SCORM format, including 1.2 or 2004.

When you export a Coursebox course as SCORM, you’re packaging your Coursebox pages, media, and completion logic into a standard zip that any SCORM-compliant LMS can play. The learning experience is still powered by Coursebox—the player, navigation, and tracking behaviours come from Coursebox’s authoring and runtime—just delivered through your LMS.

Key things to know:

Edits after export: If you update the course in Coursebox, you’ll need to re-export and upload the new SCORM package into your LMS.
Branding: Your Coursebox styling and layout remain intact.
Tracking: Choose SCORM 1.2 (widely supported for completion/score) or SCORM 2004 (v3/v4) for advanced sequencing and bookmarking.

Export to SCORM

On the publish settings page, publish your course and click the share button to then select the version of SCORM required for upload to your LMS.

Note that this requires a published live sync to the course to take advantage of the AI and related live features.

Upload to Your LMS

Each LMS has slightly different steps for uploading SCORM packages.

Always follow the official documentation for your platform to ensure compatibility. Below are links to SCORM guidelines for leading LMSs:

Moodle – SCORM activity – MoodleDocs
Blackboard Learn – Add a SCORM content package (Ultra)
Canvas – Import SCORM files as an assignment
D2L Brightspace – Import and Manage SCORM
TalentLMS – SCORM-Compliant LMS Features
SAP Litmos – SCORM-compliant courseware
Absorb LMS – SCORM/AICC/Tin-Can courses – Absorb Help
Docebo – SCORM Best Practices & Troubleshooting
LearnDash – SCORM and xAPI Support
Schoology – Course Materials: SCORM Packages
Totara Learn – Add a SCORM activity
Open LMS – SCORM Content Creation Overview
Cornerstone OnDemand – Cornerstone SCORM support overview
iSpring Learn – Uploading SCORM to iSpring Learn
SCORM Cloud (testing) – Upload SCORM course to SCORM Cloud

NEW- Anonymous Users via SCORM (where enabled)

Coursebox supports anonymous user access via SCORM when hosted in external LMS environments. This means learners can launch and interact with Coursebox courses embedded in SCORM packages without requiring a Coursebox login.

Use case examples:

SCORM-based compliance training with no user registration
One-click access via corporate LMS with limited tracking

Note: This feature is only available when enabled by the Coursebox team. Contact support to learn more or activate anonymous SCORM session

Important Note on SCORM Integration:

Before exporting your course to SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004, please be aware that the SCORM integration requires an active account and a live, published course.

Active Account: To ensure seamless integration and usage of SCORM functionality, your account must be active. If your account is not active, the SCORM integration will not work properly.
Live and Published Courses: You cannot export to SCORM from a course that is still in draft or unpublished status. The course must be published and live in your account for the SCORM export to function correctly.
Do Not Cancel the Course: If you cancel or unpublish your course after exporting it to SCORM, the integration will stop working. The SCORM package will no longer be linked to the course, and updates or tracking will not be reflected. Always ensure the course remains live and published for continuous SCORM integration.

By following these guidelines, you ensure that your SCORM exports will continue to function properly, and your course data remains synced with your LMS.