Launching your LearnWorlds school is an exciting milestone! Before you go live, make sure everything is set up correctly so your learners enjoy a smooth experience from day one.
This checklist walks you through the essential steps to prepare your school for launch.
Step 1: Set Up Your Payment Gateway
Navigate to Settings → Financial → Payment Gateway.
What to do:
- Deactivate Sandbox Mode.
- Connect your preferred payment gateway (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to accept real payments for your products.
Advanced Tip: Run a test purchase after setup to ensure everything works correctly.How to Make a Test Purchase (Sandbox Mode) »
Step 2: Review Your Product Settings
Navigate to Courses & programs → Courses
What to do:
- Make sure your courses or learning programs are published (not in Draft).
- Check that course sections are not set as Draft.
- Open the course player to confirm all activities work as intended.
General Overview: Creating Courses »
How to Create Learning Programs in LearnWorlds »
How to use Sections to Organize your Course Content »
How to Preview your Course and Program Player »
Step 3: Finalize Your Pages
Where to go: Website → Design → Edit Website.
What to do:
- Publish all pages you want learners to see.
- Remove any prelaunch pages or sections.
- Delete countdown timers if no longer needed.
How to Add and Customize the Prelaunch Section »
How to Publish and Un-Publish your Pages »
How to Add a CountingDown Clock to your Pages »
Step 4: Configure School Navigation
Where to go:
- Go to Website → Website Settings → Authentication → LearnWorlds and ensure that you have enabled the Login & Sign-up process for your users (unless you want to add all of your users manually).
- Navigate to Website → Navigation and make sure you have selected the option Un-enrolled users can navigate through your school's pages, apps, and free course contents, in case you have free courses in your school (otherwise, your users will not be able to register).
How to Manage your Sign in/up Settings »
How to Add a New User - Search Users »
Site Navigation: How to Manage the Non-Paying Users & Payment Flow »
Step 5: Set Up Notifications
Navigate to Communication → School Emails → Admin settings and add your email to receive email notifications upon certain events, and keep track of your school's activities.
How to Edit your Admin Notification Email Settings »
Step 6: Connect Your Custom Domain
Navigate to Settings → Site Domain & Email.
What to do:
Link your custom domain (e.g., www.yourschool.com) to improve SEO and give your school a professional look.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Recommendations »
Step 7: Test the Learner Experience
What to do:
- Create a test user account.
- Log in as the test user to:
1. Navigate through the school.
2. Purchase a product.
3. Access course content as a learner.
This ensures everything works before your real users join.
How to Create a Test User Account »
Quick Recap Checklist
| Setup Tasks | |
| Payment Gateway connected | ✔️ |
| Products published and tested | ✔️ |
| Pages finalized and published | ✔️ |
| School navigation configured | ✔️ |
| Notifications set up | ✔️ |
| Custom domain connected | ✔️ |
| Test user experience completed | ✔️ |
What’s Next?
Congratulations! Your school is ready to launch.
Up next: Quick Start Guide 8: Understand Your Dashboard & Reports, learn how to track sales, sign-ups, and learner activity in real-time.