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.

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.

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.

Updated on: 16/07/2026