How to Upload Your Course on Udemy | Instructor Setup Guide | Easily 2026

Have the lesson outline, recorded videos, and any supporting files ready before starting Udemy's upload process. Instructors who begin the wizard without a plan tend to leave courses sitting in draft status for weeks, because the setup screens ask questions that are far easier to answer once the course's structure is already decided.

From the instructor view, the Courses page has a "Jump Into Course Creation" panel with a prominent Create Your Course button, plus linked resources underneath: guides on creating an engaging course, getting started with video, and building an audience. Skimming those resources first is worth the few minutes, since they're written for the exact stage about to start.

Step 2 of the setup wizard asks for a working title, with placeholder text such as "Learn Photoshop CS6 from Scratch" showing the kind of specific, outcome-focused phrasing that works. Udemy says directly that this title is not final and can change later, so the field is best used to describe what the course teaches instead of chasing marketing language that will likely get revised once the course is finished.

The wizard's last step asks how many hours per week can realistically go toward building the course, with four options ranging from "very busy right now" up to "lots of flexibility." Udemy states there's no wrong answer and that it can help reach the goal regardless of available time. The honest answer shapes the pacing guidance shown afterward, so overstating available time has no upside.

Students check who's teaching before trusting an unfamiliar course. Fill in the instructor profile with a clear bio, a professional photo, and any credentials relevant to the subject. This profile appears on every published course, so getting it right once beats patching it together after the first course is already live.

With the shell created and the profile in place, upload videos and supporting files section by section, in the same sequence planned during outlining. Uploading out of order is one of the more common causes of a confusing course structure, since Udemy's builder generally reflects the order content was added in until it's manually rearranged.

Once everything is uploaded, review what affects discoverability: a complete instructor profile, a clear course description, and an organized curriculum all feed into how Udemy surfaces a course in search and recommendations. A course that's technically finished but thin on these details struggles to reach students even when the content itself is strong.