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📡 Publishing a course via the Didask Platform: public or private?
📡 Publishing a course via the Didask Platform: public or private?

Understanding the two modes of public and private publication, their benefits, and limitations.

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Written by Clara Gros
Updated over a year ago

Discover in this article:

  • Public Publication via Didask, its benefits and limitations

  • Private Publication via Didask, its benefits and limitations

Publishing via Didask no. 1: public URL

🌍 Anyone who accesses the URL can enroll in your course (with or without registration)

Public publication without registration is suitable for you if...

  • You do not necessarily wish to track the learners who complete your course.

  • You want to make a course available for open access or demonstration purposes.

  • You are offering your course on your website for a wide audience.

  • You desire a quick publication method (you obtain a link that you can share widely without needing to invite learners individually).

What statistics can you analyse with this publication mode?

Global statistics of your learners:

✅ Total number of sessions

✅ Average difficulty rate

✅ Average dropout rate

❌ Individual statistics: completion rate per learner, number of modules completed per learner, time spent per learner, start date, date of last login.

❌ Learner comments

Public publication with registration is suitable for you if...

  • You do not know exactly who will take your course, but you would like to track those who do.

What statistics can you analyse with this publication mode?

Global statistics of your learners:

✅ Total number of sessions

✅ Average difficulty rate

✅ Average dropout rate

✅ Individual statistics: completion rate per learner, number of modules completed per learner, time spent per learner, start date, date of last login.

✅ Learner comments

Publishing via Didask no. 2: private publishing

✋ Only learners who have been pre-authorised via their email address can access your course.

This publication mode is suitable for you if...

  • You have a specific list of people who need to access your course and you know their email addresses.

  • You do not want anyone who has not been invited to access your course.

  • You wish to collect and analyse global statistics of your learners (registrations, completion rates, total time spent in training by all your learners).

  • Ce mode de diffusion est fait pour vous si...

  • Vous avez une liste précise de personnes qui doivent accéder à votre formation et vous connaissez leur adresse mail.

  • Vous ne souhaitez pas qu'une personne qui n'a pas été invitée puisse accéder à votre formation.

  • Vous souhaitez pouvoir collecter et analyser les statistiques globales de vos apprenants (inscriptions, taux de complétion, temps passé en formation de l'ensemble de vos apprenants.


What statistics can you analyse with this publication mode?

Global statistics of your learners:

✅ Total number of sessions

✅ Average difficulty rate

✅ Average dropout rate

✅ Individual statistics: completion rate per learner, number of modules completed per learner, time spent per learner, start date, date of last login.

✅ Learner comments

Publication Statuses

Three types of status labels:

  • Not Published

  • Currently Published: either “live” or “via a programme”

  • Multiple Publication: both “live” and “via a programme”



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Keywords: publication mode, private publication, public publication, e-learning, Didask platform, course dissemination, learner tracking, online training, educational technology.


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