Guides/Admin Guide/Getting Started as an Admin

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Getting Started as an Admin

A tour of your dashboard and the first things to set up after signing up.

When you register a new school on Coursel, you land on your own Dashboard — this is your control center for everything: courses, students, instructors, payments, and your public website.

  1. 1Open the sidebar and note the four main areas: Learning (courses, quizzes, assignments, certificates), Monetization (website builder, coupons, bundles, groups), Engage (chat, announcements, submissions), and Admin (users, billing, media).
  2. 2Go to Settings and set your school name, logo, and brand color — this instantly re-colors your entire dashboard and public website to match your brand.
  3. 3If you have a custom domain, add it under Settings → Domain, then follow the DNS instructions shown there.
  4. 4Check your Dashboard home page for the "Get started" checklist — it tracks branding, your first course, your first instructor, and your first student, and disappears once all four are done.
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You don't have to finish every setup step before inviting people — students and instructors can join while you're still building your first course.