Can You Assign One LearnDash Lesson to Multiple Courses?

Creating online courses often involves repeating the same lesson across multiple programs. This usually happens when you have a general topic, like an introduction, company policy, or safety overview, that fits into more than one course.

But the problem is, most creators end up duplicating the same content across all courses. That takes extra time and makes things harder to manage.

If you need to update that lesson later, you’ll have to change it in every course where it’s used. This leads to confusion, missed edits, and inconsistent content.

A better way is to connect one lesson to multiple courses without making duplicates. This keeps everything clean, saves time, and makes it easier to update your content in one place.

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How to Use One Lesson in Multiple Courses

LearnDash offers a built-in feature called Shared Course Steps. This allows you to use a single lesson in more than one course without duplication. This means you can create a lesson once and then add it to as many courses as you like.

Here’s how to do it:

Enable the Feature: Go to LearnDash settings and turn on the “Shared Course Steps” option.
Add the Lesson Through Course Builder: Access your list of existing lessons, open the courses, and select the one you want to reuse. There’s no need to recreate it.
Lesson Appears in All Courses: After adding it, this same lesson will now be part of multiple courses. Any updates you make to it will reflect in all of them automatically. After adding it, this lesson will be included in all selected courses. Any updates you make to the lesson will automatically reflect in each course.

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What to Keep in Mind

Global Changes Apply: When you edit a shared lesson, the changes will apply everywhere that lesson is used. If different courses need slightly different versions, you’ll want to create a separate lesson instead.
Ideal for Repeated Lessons: This is best for lessons like welcome messages, common rules, or any core content that doesn’t change across courses.
Works with Topics and Quizzes: You can reuse quizzes or topics the same way, saving even more time and keeping things uniform.

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Why This Helps Course Creators

This saves time and keeps things organized. Instead of copying the same lesson into different courses, you can link one lesson across multiple courses. It makes updates easier and helps avoid mistakes or outdated information.

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