# Learning paths

> Put published courses in order as one program, add students to the whole path, and give a certificate for finishing it.

Source: https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-educators/learning-paths  
Plans: Academy  
Last checked: 2026-10-27

When you're done, students on the path get a place on each of its courses, and each course opens when
they finish the one before it.

**Who can do this:** the account owner and editors, on the Academy plan. Publishing a path needs the
account owner or an editor you've allowed to publish; deleting one needs the account owner.

## Create a path

1. On the **Academy** page, click the **Learning paths** tab.
2. Type a title, such as "Bread Baker", and click **Create path**. It opens as a **Draft**.
3. Add a **Description** if you like.
4. Under **Courses, in order**, choose each course from **Add a published course…**. Use the arrows to
   change the order. A path needs at least two courses, and only published courses can be added.
5. Turn on **Certificate for completing the whole path** (1) if you want one. It's issued once, when the
   student completes the last course. Each course's own certificate is set in that course.
6. Click **Save**, then **Publish**.

![The Learning paths tab with the path Bread Baker open: its title, description, Bread Basics then Sourdough Starter in order, the path certificate switch, and the box for adding students, with Lena Park listed.](https://mjmtbasmrtksluvlnema.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/web-optimized/academy-educators/learning-paths/SS-ACAD-065-01__learning-path__academy__detail__v01.webp?v=11784ec9fa)

## Add students to the path

Once the path is published, **Add students to the path** (2) appears under it.

1. Type one student per line: an email, or a name and email.
2. Leave **Email them an invitation with a link to the first course** on to email them, or turn it off.
3. Tick that you have their permission, then click **Add students**.

Each student gets a place on every published course in the path. If they already had a place on one of
the courses, it stays as it was: if you had ended it, restore it on that course's **Students** tab, or
they can't finish the path. Up to 200 invitations go out at once. The list under the box shows how many
courses each student has done, and when they finished.

## Change or remove a path

- **Add or remove courses:** students still working through the path get a place on courses you add
  (students who finished it don't), without an email. Removing a course keeps their place on it, and it
  opens for them.
- **A course you unpublish or delete** no longer holds anyone back: the course after it opens.
- **Unpublish:** students keep their places on its courses, and the courses stay in order for them.
- **Delete path:** students keep their places, and the courses no longer have to be taken in order.