Already teach on YouTube? The Instant YouTube Course tool turns a public playlist into a course draft in one go: one topic, with one lesson per video, in playlist order. Review it, then publish.
You need a free YouTube Data API v3 key from Google Cloud. The steps to get one are at the end of this page.
Create the course
1.Go to Academy LMS → Courses.
2.Click Instant YouTube Course at the top right (red YouTube icon).
1.The first time, an Enter YouTube API dialog opens. Paste your API key and click Submit Api Key.
1.Click the button again (now Instant Course). Paste the full playlist URL, for example
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=....2.Choose a Course Status: Published, Draft, Pending or Private.
3.Click Submit.
Academy LMS creates the course with one topic and one lesson for each video. Each lesson gets the video’s title, thumbnail and URL.
Open the course’s Builder step to review, reorder or edit the lessons before you publish.
A long playlist takes a little time to import. Keep the dialog open until it finishes.
Get a YouTube API key {#api-key}
1.Open the Google Cloud Console and pick a project, or create a new one.
2.Open the menu (☰), go to APIs & Services and click Enable APIs and Services.
1.Search for YouTube, open YouTube Data API v3 and click Enable.
1.Go to Credentials, click Create Credentials and choose API Key.
1.Copy the key and keep it safe.
Academy LMS saves the key, so you only enter it once.