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title: "Lessons"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/lessons/"
description: "Lessons are a place for you to start building out your actual course material. You can include text, images, video, audio, PDFs and virtually any other type of…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "LearnDash"
date: "2018-09-06"
last_modified: "2026-07-02"
---

# Lessons

Lessons are a place for you to start building out your actual course material. You can include text, images, video, audio, PDFs and virtually any other type of third-party or embeddable content. This section will explain everything you can do with LearnDash Lessons—free sample lessons, timers, additional materials, assignments and more.

- [Global Lesson Settings](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/lesson-settings/) – Settings applied to all lessons on your site
- [Configure Lesson Access](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/lesson-access/) – Sample lessons, drip content and schedule lesson availability
- [Display and Content Settings](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/lesson-display-content/) – Add materials, configure video settings, control assignment uploads & lesson timers
- [Create Lesson Content](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/lesson-page/) – Add text and images, insert videos, embed interactive content, etc.

If you want to organize your course content even further, [consider adding Topics](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/topics/) to your lesson, or grouping your lessons with [Course Sections](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/course-sections/). You might also want to [assign a Quiz](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/quizzes/) to a Lesson.