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Online Programs: Editing Your Program Settings

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After creating an online program, you can update or change the settings from the Online Programs tab in your site's dashboard.
Change your program's name, describe what your program is about, set your prices and schedules, or decide whether to assign groups and badges to your participants.  
In this article, learn how to:

Editing your program's basic info

Give your program a name and an image that tells your participants what they can expect. Create a description that encourages participants to join and add categories to allow participants to filter programs by category.

To edit basic info:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit Settings. 
  4. Click Basic Info. 
  5. Customize the settings based on the following options:
    • Program name: Enter a new name or edit the existing one.
    • Category: Add up to 10 category labels to appear in your program list.
    • Cover Image: Customize your cover image:
      • Add a new image: Click the Add Image icon to add a new cover image.
      • Replace the image: Hover over it and click the Replace icon . 
      • Delete the image: Hover over the image and click the Delete icon .
    • Description: Update your program description or enter a new one.
    • Instructors: Add instructors and assign them to your program.
  6. Click Save. 

Updating your program's visibility and pricing

Choose who can view or join the program, how many participants can join, and the ways they can pay to join a program. 
Important:
Make sure your site has a Premium plan in order to accept payments. 

To edit visibility and pricing:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit Settings. 
  4. Click Visibility & Pricing.
  5. Customize the settings based on the following options:
    • Decide who can view and join the program under Visibility: 
      • Public: Anyone can view and join the program. 
      • Private: Anyone can view the program, but you need to approve any new participants. 
      • Secret: Only participants that you invite can view the program. 
    • Decide whether people pay to join a program under Pricing:
      • Free: There is no charge to join your program. 
      • Pay to join: Participants pay a set price to join the program. You can also include the program in a subscription using Pricing Plans.  
    • Set how many people can join the program under Number of Participants:
      • Unlimited: There is no limit on how many participants can join. 
      • Limited: Set the maximum number of participants who can join. 
  6. Click Save. 

Managing your program's schedule

Make your program self-paced or set a schedule. You can also choose the duration of your program and decide whether or not to show participants future steps. 
Important:
  • Ongoing programs are no longer available. If you already have an ongoing program set up, you  cannot duplicate it.
  • Pacing options cannot change once participants have joined the program.

To edit scheduling:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit Settings. 
  4. Click Scheduling. 
  5. Set your program to be self-paced or to run according to your schedule: 
6.  Click Save. 
Tip:
You can add steps at any time to a published program that is live and has participants. Creating steps for future days adds them to the program curriculum. However, if you add steps to past days they will be marked as missed for participants.
Learn more about about managing your program's steps.

Connecting a group to your program

Connect a group to your program so participants share their progress and keep the discussion going.

To connect a group:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit. 
  3. Select Edit Settings. 
  4. Click Groups & Rewards. 
  5. Click Connect Group.
  6. Select the checkbox next to the relevant group.
  7. Click Done. 
  8. (Optional) Enable the Share Progress toggle to allow program participants to share their progress to the group on mobile when they complete steps.

Tip:
Learn more about managing your group such as group information, members and the content on your group tabs.

Adding program badges

Give badges to participants to reward them for completing your program. You can choose an existing badge or design a new one.

To add a badge:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit. 
  3. Select Edit Settings. 
  4. Click Groups & Rewards.
  5. Click Add Reward.
  6. Click Choose a Badge under What badge do they get? to assign a badge or create a new one. 
  7. Select the checkbox next to the desired option to assign when participants earn a badge:
    • Complete all steps.
    • Complete at least one step. 
    • Everyone gets a badge.
6. Click Save. 
Tip:

Setting notifications for your program

Set which notifications your participants receive about their program progress. Choose from email, mobile, or web notifications. 

To edit notifications:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit Settings.
  4. Click Notifications. 
  5. Select how to notify your participants: 
    • Invitation: Enable the toggle to notify site members when they’ve been invited to join this program.
    • Steps For Today: Enable the toggle to notify participants on days they have steps to complete.
    • Missed Steps: Enable the toggle to remind participants to complete missed steps.
    • Program Has Ended: Enable the toggle to let participants that the program has ended. 
    • All Steps Complete: Enable the toggle to congratulate participants when they complete all steps in the program. 
    • Create your own notification emails: Click Go To Automations under Want to explore more automations? to create custom emails with Wix Automations. 
  6. Click Save. 
Tip:
Click Customize Email next to a notification to tailor the content of the email your participants receive.

Editing your program's SEO settings

Optimize your program's SEO settings to include features such as title tags, meta descriptions and more. Tailor your program for social media sites, and access advanced SEO options.

To edit the SEO settings:

  1. Go to Online Programs in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  next to the program you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit Settings.
  4. Click SEO.
  5. Choose what settings you want to edit: 
    • SEO Basics: View how your program shows up on search engines, update title tags, meta descriptions, or your URL. 
    • Social share: Customize how your program looks when people share it on social networks.
    • Advanced: Mark up elements on your program so that search engines can understand the data, index the content for bots to interpret, and help search engines get important info about your program.  
  6. Click Save. 
Tip:
Click Go to SEO Settings to customize additional SEO settings for your programs. 

In This Article

  • Editing your program's basic info
  • Updating your program's visibility and pricing
  • Managing your program's schedule
  • Connecting a group to your program
  • Adding program badges
  • Setting notifications for your program
  • Editing your program's SEO settings

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Online Programs: Adding Sections and Steps to Your Program
Online Programs: An Overview
Online Programs: Managing Your Program Participants
Online Programs: Managing Your Program in the Wix Owner App

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