Creating and Publishing Courses in the Admin Panel

IEE Edu courses are the core content unit of the platform. The admin panel provides a full course editor that covers the entire lifecycle — from creating a draft and structuring the curriculum with modules, lessons, and materials, to attaching a quiz, generating certificates, and finally publishing the course to students. Courses can also be duplicated as templates to accelerate catalog growth.

Course Lifecycle

Every course begins as a BORRADOR (draft) when first created. Admins explicitly publish or hide courses using dedicated endpoints — the status field cannot be changed directly through the update form.

BORRADOR  →  PUBLICADO  →  BORRADOR (hidden)

Status	Description
`BORRADOR`	Draft — not visible to students
`PUBLICADO`	Live — visible and enrollable by students

Use PATCH /admin/courses/{course}/publish to make a course live and PATCH /admin/courses/{course}/hide to pull it back to draft without deleting any content.

Course Fields Reference

All fields below come from the Course model’s $fillable array:

Field	Type	Notes
`title`	string	Course title
`slug`	string	Auto-generated URL-safe identifier
`description`	string	Full course description
`price`	float	Base price in PEN
`sale_price`	float	Computed from `price` and `discount` on the backend
`discount`	float	Discount percentage; triggers `sale_price` calculation
`duration_weeks`	integer	Estimated course duration in weeks
`class_hours`	integer	Total contact/class hours
`is_featured`	boolean	Pin to featured sections on the homepage
`certificate_enabled`	boolean	Whether completing the course generates a certificate
`type`	enum	`grabado` (recorded), `en_vivo` (live), or `evento`/`masterclass`
`status`	enum	`BORRADOR` or `PUBLICADO` — managed via publish/hide endpoints
`category_id`	integer	Foreign key to `categories` table
`instructor_id`	integer	Optional foreign key to `instructors` table
`docente_id`	integer	Optional foreign key to `users` (teacher) table
`instructor_name`	string	Instructor display name
`instructor_title`	string	Instructor professional title
`instructor_bio`	string	Short instructor biography
`instructor_image`	string	Path to instructor photo
`image`	string	Course cover image path
`start_date`	date	Session start date (live/event courses)
`start_time`	time	Session start time
`objectives`	text	Learning objectives
`requirements`	text	Prerequisites
`whatsapp_link`	string	Direct WhatsApp enrollment link

When type is set to masterclass in the request body, the backend automatically maps it to evento to match the database enum. Treat masterclass and evento as equivalent. Masterclass/evento courses retain permanent student access even after a subscription expires.

Course CRUD

List courses

GET /admin/courses

Supports status, type, search, and per_page query parameters. Returns paginated courses alongside all categories.

Create a course

POST /admin/courses

New courses are always created with status = BORRADOR. Upload a cover image with the image_file field (multipart) and an instructor photo with instructor_image_file.

Edit a course

GET /admin/courses/{course}/edit

Returns the full Inertia CourseEditor view with all related modules, lessons, quizzes, certificates, and enrollments loaded.

Update a course

PATCH /admin/courses/{course}

Accepts the same fields as the store request. The status field is stripped — use the publish/hide endpoints instead.

Delete a course

DELETE /admin/courses/{course}

Permanently deletes the course record. Ensure no active enrollments exist before deleting.

Publish and Hide

# Make a course live
PATCH /admin/courses/{course}/publish

# Return a course to draft
PATCH /admin/courses/{course}/hide

Duplicate a Course

Create an exact copy of a course — including its modules, lessons, materials, and quiz — as a new BORRADOR. The new course receives a unique slug and a fresh ID.

POST /admin/courses/{course}/duplicate

Use duplication to build course templates. Create a well-structured “skeleton” course with your standard module layout and lesson placeholders, then duplicate it each time you launch a new program. This eliminates repetitive setup and keeps your curriculum structure consistent.

Modules

Modules group lessons into thematic sections within a course. They support drag-and-drop reordering via the reorder endpoint.

Method	Endpoint	Action
`GET`	`/admin/courses/{course}/modules`	List all modules
`POST`	`/admin/courses/{course}/modules`	Create a module (`title`, optional `description`)
`PUT`	`/admin/modules/{module}`	Update a module
`DELETE`	`/admin/modules/{module}`	Delete a module
`PATCH`	`/admin/courses/{course}/modules/reorder`	Reorder — body: `{ "order": [id1, id2, ...] }`

Lessons

Lessons belong directly to a course and can be nested inside a module. Each lesson holds the video/content and is the anchor point for attached materials.

Method	Endpoint	Action
`GET`	`/admin/courses/{course}/lessons`	List all lessons
`POST`	`/admin/courses/{course}/lessons`	Create a lesson
`PUT`	`/admin/lessons/{lesson}`	Update a lesson
`DELETE`	`/admin/lessons/{lesson}`	Delete a lesson
`PATCH`	`/admin/courses/{course}/lessons/reorder`	Reorder — body: `{ "order": [id1, id2, ...] }`

Materials

Downloadable resources attached to individual lessons. Materials can be uploaded files (PDF, Excel, ZIP) or external URLs.

Method	Endpoint	Action
`GET`	`/admin/lessons/{lesson}/materials`	List materials for a lesson
`POST`	`/admin/lessons/{lesson}/materials`	Upload or link a material. Use `file` (multipart) for uploaded files or `external_url` for link-type materials.
`PUT`	`/admin/materials/{material}`	Update material metadata
`DELETE`	`/admin/materials/{material}`	Delete a material

The kind field is inferred from the file extension: pdf, excel, or other. For external links, set kind = url.

Quizzes

Each course can have one or more quizzes. Questions and their answers are managed through the questions endpoints.

Method	Endpoint	Action
`GET`	`/admin/courses/{course}/quizzes`	List quizzes with questions and answers
`POST`	`/admin/courses/{course}/quizzes`	Create a quiz
`PUT`	`/admin/quizzes/{quiz}`	Update a quiz
`DELETE`	`/admin/quizzes/{quiz}`	Delete a quiz
`POST`	`/admin/questions`	Add a question to a quiz
`PUT`	`/admin/questions/{question}`	Update a question
`DELETE`	`/admin/questions/{question}`	Delete a question

Certificate Template

Each course with certificate_enabled = true can have a custom certificate template. The template is edited and saved per-course.

# Load the certificate template editor
GET  /admin/courses/{course}/certificate-template

# Save / update the template
POST /admin/courses/{course}/certificate-template

Method	Endpoint	Action
`GET`	`/admin/categories`	List all categories
`POST`	`/admin/categories`	Create a category
`PATCH`	`/admin/categories/{category}`	Update a category
`DELETE`	`/admin/categories/{category}`	Delete a category

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Core Concepts

Student Features

Admin Panel

Configuration & Operations

Creating and Publishing Courses in the Admin Panel

Course Lifecycle

Course Fields Reference

Course CRUD

Publish and Hide

Duplicate a Course

Modules

Lessons

Materials

Quizzes

Certificate Template

Categories

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Core Concepts

Student Features

Admin Panel

Configuration & Operations

Documentation Index

​Course Lifecycle

​Course Fields Reference

​Course CRUD

​Publish and Hide

​Duplicate a Course

​Modules

​Lessons

​Materials

​Quizzes

​Certificate Template

​Categories

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Course Lifecycle

Course Fields Reference

Course CRUD

Publish and Hide

Duplicate a Course

Modules

Lessons

Materials

Quizzes

Certificate Template

Categories