Creating Course Files

In this lesson, we’ll walk through the process of creating the necessary files for your course, including the course overview and individual lesson files.

Creating the Course Overview File

Navigate to your project directory
Create a new course using the Hugo command:

hugo new courses/<kebab-style-course-name>/_index.md

Open the _index.md file and fill in the frontmatter:

---
title: "Your Course Title"
description: "A brief description of your course"
summary: "A summary of the course content"
type: "courses"
layout: "course"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
lastUpdated: "Month YYYY"
tags: ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3"]
levels: "beginner/intermediate/advanced"
video:
  local:
    path: /videos/courses/your-course-name/intro-video.webm
    poster: "/images/courses/your-course-image.png"
image: "/images/courses/your-course-image.png"
duration: "X hours"
lessonCount: X
firstLessonURL: "/en/courses/your-course-name/lesson1/"
featured: true/false
certificate: true/false
objectives:
  - "Objective 1"
  - "Objective 2"
prerequisites:
  - "Prerequisite 1"
  - "Prerequisite 2"
programmingLanguages:
  - "Language 1"
  - "Language 2"
instructors:
  - name: "Your Name"
    role: "Your Role"
    avatar: "/images/placeholders/avatar.svg"
---

# Course content goes here

Creating Lesson Files

For each lesson in your course, create a new file:

hugo new courses/<kebab-style-course-name>/<prefix>-<kebab-style-lesson-name>.md

Open each lesson file and fill in the frontmatter:

---
title: "Lesson Title"
description: "Brief description of the lesson"
type: "courses"
course: "your-course-name"
layout: "lesson"
lessonNumber: X
courseSection: "Course Section Name"
duration: "X minutes"
image: /images/courses/lesson-image.png
video:
  local:
    path: /videos/courses/your-course-name/lesson-video.webm
    poster: /images/courses/lesson-image.png
---

# Lesson content goes here

Organizing Your Files

Ensure your files are organized according to the recommended structure:

content/
└── en/
    └── courses/
        └── your-course-name/
            ├── _index.md
            ├── 010-010-introduction.md
            ├── 010-020-getting-started.md
            ├── 020-010-advanced-topic.md
            └── ...

Exercise: Create Your Course Files

Create the course overview file for your planned course
Create at least three lesson files, following the naming convention
Fill in the frontmatter for each file with appropriate information

In the next lesson, we’ll focus on writing effective course content using Markdown.

Content Creation

Creating Course Files

Creating Course Files

Creating the Course Overview File

Creating Lesson Files

Organizing Your Files

Exercise: Create Your Course Files