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title: Start designing your course Path
description: Learn how to begin designing your Course Path in this brief overview.
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date: 2024-08-14
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# Start designing your course Path

Once you're ready, you can start designing your course Path for your cohorts to work through. A Path leads learners step-by-step through everything they should learn in a course. A Path is made up of two core parts: lessons and steps.

**Steps** are a single learning action a learner should take: a video to watch, something to read, a quiz or test, a project to-do, a guided discussion — you name it. Steps help learners understand, practice, apply, and articulate each concept or skill they're learning in a bite-size way.

**Lessons** are a sequence of multiple steps that usually cover one concept. Some concepts are simple enough to teach in only one Lesson while others take multiple Lessons.

Let's take a look at how easy it is to start designing your path:

[Watch the video](https://vimeo.com/542323391)

## Need more help getting started?

- See more about [how to build your course content](../../create-a-path/making-a-path/create-a-learning-path.help.md). We'll take you step-by-step through creating your first course Path and uploading your material into lessons and steps.
- Find all articles on [how to create a course Path here.](../../create-a-path/index.md)
- See [how to get help](./how-to-get-help-for-staff.help.md) from the Pathwright guidance team.