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# How to Make a Course Private and Publish It to the Library

# How to Make a Course Private and Publish It to the Library

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to keep a course private
* How to publish a course to the whole Library
* How to limit a course to specific Teams
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview

When you build or add a course, you usually want to review it privately before your whole organisation can see it. In SuperPath, a content item's visibility is controlled by the **Restricted to admins** setting: while it is on, only administrators can find the course in the Library (**Available to admins**); switch it off and the course becomes **Available to everyone**. New content you add is private by default, so you can polish it first and make it available when you are ready.

> **Good to know:** Library content does not have a separate "draft" and "published" status the way Pathways and Knowledge articles do. For an individual course, "private" and "published" are controlled entirely by the **Restricted to admins** toggle described below (and, optionally, by restricting it to specific Teams).

## How to keep a course private

New content is set to **Restricted to admins** by default when you add it, so it starts out private. To confirm or set this on an existing course:

1. Open the course from your **Library**.
2. Open the **Edit content** panel (the pencil icon on the right-hand toolbar).
3. Find **Restricted to admins** and turn the toggle **on**. The label reads **Available to admins**, meaning only administrators can find it in the Library.

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Your changes save automatically as you edit.

## How to publish a course to the whole Library

When the course is ready for everyone:

1. Open the course from your **Library** and open the **Edit content** panel.
2. Turn **Restricted to admins** **off**. The label changes to **Available to everyone**.

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The course is now visible in the Library to all your people and can be added to Pathways and assignments.

## How to limit a course to specific Teams

If you want a course available to some Teams but not the whole organisation, use **Restricted To Teams** in the same Edit panel. Select one or more Teams, and only members of those Teams will be able to access the course in the Library.

## Things to keep in mind

* Content added through **Add Content** is **Restricted to admins** (private) by default — you have to switch it off to make it available to everyone.
* The **Restricted to admins** toggle appears in the content **Edit** panel for **Owners**, **Admins** and **Instructors**. **Managers** and **Content Managers** can still edit content and change its visibility through **Bulk Edit** in **Settings → Library → Manage Private Library**.
* Restricting a course to specific Teams limits who can access it even when it is not restricted to admins.
* There is no separate draft/published status for a course — visibility is entirely down to the settings above.

## FAQs

**Does SuperPath have a draft mode for courses?**
Not for individual content items. A course's visibility is controlled by the **Restricted to admins** toggle (and optional Team restrictions). Keeping it restricted to admins is the practical equivalent of a private draft.

**Who can see a course while it is restricted to admins?**
Only administrators. Regular learners will not find it in the Library until you switch **Restricted to admins** off (to **Available to everyone**) or grant access to their Team via **Restricted To Teams**.

**Can Managers change a course's visibility?**
Yes, but not from the single-item Edit panel — that toggle is shown to Owners, Admins and Instructors. Managers and Content Managers set visibility using **Bulk Edit** in **Manage Private Library**.

## Who can do this

Editing a course and changing its visibility requires content edit permission, which **Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** have. The **Restricted to admins** toggle inside the content **Edit** panel is shown to **Owners**, **Admins** and **Instructors**; **Managers** and **Content Managers** change the same setting through **Bulk Edit** in **Manage Private Library**. **People Managers**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot edit content or change its visibility.