CourseStack

Your Partner in Crafting Exceptional Technical Courses.

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

Your course ✨ Co-Author in just got a whole lot better!

Building great technical content is extremely hard - sometimes you just need that extra boost to get your great idea started or that 90% done course finally finished.

That's why we've given ✨ Co-Author a serious upgrade and more deeply integrated it throughout the course creation process.

Here's what's new:

🚀 Jumpstart your course with Co-Author - Provide a description and Co-Author will scaffold out your course with a complete outline.

🏁 Complete Lessons - Like what Co-Author's laid our for you? Let it complete the lesson for you in a single click!

👀 New Prompting UI/UX - Big upgrades to the UI/UX of working with Co-Author on a lesson. More space for prompting and better feedback.

🧠 GPT-5-nano - We've upgraded to a much more powerful model. Get more consistent, higher quality results.

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

[Feature Update] - Opus 4.7 is on CourseStack! ✨

Anthropic just just released their latest model - Claude Opus 4.7.

It's the leading public model across a wide variety of benchmarks, and it's now available to use on any system within CourseStack that has Bedrock Access enabled!

You can read more about the model and the release here: https://t.co/KyUqZjFnOH

Our docs have also been updated here: https://t.co/0dezjZv4cQ

Currently supported models include:

- Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.5
- Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.5
- Claude Sonnet 4
- Claude Haiku 4.5
- DeepSeek R1

Try it out today, and let us know what you think!

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

[Feature Update] - Co-Author just Got Smarter.. and Stronger... again! 🧠 💪

Your course Co-Author now uses the latest, most powerful flagship model from OpenAI, GPT-5.4 ✨ This is a real upgrade in content quality and direction following for your course prompts!

Course Jumpstarts now also create a full course - no more outlines to be completed :)

Give it a try and let us know what you think!

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

🚀 Feature Update - Bedrock LLM Access in Networks! 🚀

AI is making it's way into nearly every workflow in the enterprise - from security tooling and automation to individual productivity.

Creators on CourseStack can now seamlessly integrate LLM access to their complex networks for the most up to date and realistic training scenarios.

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

New Base Image! 🚨

Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS

Setting up Ubuntu Desktop services can be a bit tricky - so we did it for you!

Get the familiar desktop experience you love on Ubuntu without the hassle of configuring it on your own.

Available immediately for everyone.

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

@ZephrFish @_RastaMouse @HackingLZ "I underestimated how much time would disappear into edge cases"... we feel you!

Always here if you need support!

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

Enterprises can have strict requirements to onboard a training vendor. They may throw terms at you like:

LTI, SCORM, SAML, SSO, xAPI, RBAC.... 🤯

But for technical trainers using CourseStack, we handles these enterprise needs for you!

You focus on building great content - we'll help you meet the needs of sophisticated orgs so you can grow your B2B business.

[Level Effect, LLC. @Level_Effect]

We lost access to our digital badging service (Badgr) earlier this month when it went from simple free ->> to $1000s / year 🫠

they got acquired into a larger LMS platform and it was no longer a separate thing - happen to you or do you pay a lot for badging???

please do read on:

reached out to @getCourseStack and reviewed their badging service more, it's plenty good, looks slick, easy to share on socials......... and INCLUDED in their regular plans which ALSO come with VMs, an LMS, exams, and much more

Oh and guess what ! you can just message them in their Discord for feature requests and needs and they listen and build

If you're looking for a solution for badging (and likely an LMS and other features) please go check out CourseStack if you haven't already

They're doing great work over there (sample screenshot attached) and link:

https://t.co/iHknPZA1BI

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

Running a hands-on workshop or training at a conference should be simple.

With CourseStack, it's simple to set up Events and CTFs from your existing course material!

Built in support for:

⏳ Time Limited Access
👩‍🎓 Registration Limits
📊 CTF Scoring
👥 Team Based Registration

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

High quality, fully managed Capture the Flags have never been easier!

CourseStack makes it simple to have:

👥 Team or Individual Registration
📈 Realtime Scoring
🖥️ Hosted Challenge Infrastructure

All in a single, affordable platform!

Host CTFs up to 25 participants for free, or reach out to learn more about hosting events for over 10,000!

#ctf

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

Some badging solutions are now charging over $3k/year. Just for issuing certifications!

With CourseStack, you get certifications baked in.

And setup is just a few clicks!

Plus we provide:

🧑‍🎓 A Full LMS
🖥️ Cloud Based VMs & Code Playgrounds
💰 Monetization Tools

All for less than "just badges" :)

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

Want to share a hands-on exercise with your studnets, team, or community but are worried about the setup?

CourseStack makes it easy!

Set up cloud based virtual machines that scale to 1000's with less than a minute of effort.

[Chris Myers @swizzlez_]

Reflecting on 2025 and... SaaS is hard! 😅

You have to *constantly* improve your product and prove your value to customers.

But with great customers to push you forward in the right direction, you can really build something great.

Thank you to all the amazing customers of @getCourseStack ! You've helped us have quite the year!

Here's a look at what you've helped us build 😀

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Event Invite Links
Code Playgrounds
Dynamic Flags & Launch Scripts
Co-Author Improvements
Build AI Courses with Bedrock LLMs
Event Registration Limits
CourseStack Discover
Annual Subscriptions on Bundles
CourseStack Discover Settings
Dark Mode!
Granular Content Visibility
Branded Login Experience
Course File Visibility
Certificates of Completion
Teams for Live Event CTFs
CTF Display Names
Discord Roles per Enrollment
Improved Events UI
CTF Event Mode
Toggle Content Editor Display Width
Platform Navigation Update
Public Event Registration
Live Events Pricing Update
Student Name Onboarding
Request Hint Button
Regex Answer Type
Web Connections for Systems
Markdown Descriptions for Exams
Restore Previous Lesson Versions
Multiple Connections per System
Manual Enrollments for Bundles
Time-Limited Bundle Access
Faster Code Workspaces
Free Starter Credits for Students
Discord Integration
Creator VPN Access
Image Gallery
Global Email Support Setting
Free Preview Lessons
Markdown Course Descriptions
Student VPN Access
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And we're just getting started! 🚀

2026 will be even better, with some amazing roadmap items already in the works.

I'm sure our customers will keep pushing us in surprising new ways to help build the best place to build and teach technical content.

What will you build on CourseStack in the new year?

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

[New Feature] - Code Playgrounds

Display and run code inline with your course content!

Code Playgrounds are lightweight, entirely browser based coding sandboxes complete with a code editor, rendering, and output console.

These are a fantastic way to let your students work with smaller snippets of code without needing a full fledged Code Workspace.

Here’s what’s new:

▶️ Edit and run code right in the browser Give students editable examples and exercise inline with course content
🔠 Chose from dozens of popular languages like Python, Ruby, C#, C++, Javascript, and lots more
💸 0 credits required Code Playgrounds are totally free to run

We can't wait to see what you build! 🚀

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

https://t.co/1JvSNcaKNx

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

[New Feature] - Dynamic Flags & Launch Scripts

You can now create dynamic, per-user or per-team flags for CTFs, exams, or courses.

No more shared answers, each participant gets their own!

To support this, we’ve also introduced system Launch Scripts with variable replacement, letting you tailor the system environment on launch.

Here’s what’s new:

🔐 Unique flags per user, team, or attempt - perfect for assessments and CTFs

⚙️ Launch scripts with replacement variables like {{ launch_user_id }}, {{ flags.flag1 }}

📦 Scripts run when the image boots, letting you inject flags or configure the system dynamically.

Read more in the docs (link in comments)

[CourseStack @getCourseStack]

@GrahamHelton3 @obsdmd @mitchellh Thanks for the mention @GrahamHelton3 !!

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https://t.co/gcU4scisxU

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Bedrock LLM Access is Live! 🚀

Give students powerful, cost controlled access to LLMs via AWS Bedrock.

Details about the update in comments!

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[New Feature] - Event Registration Limits! 🛑

A popular use case for Live Events is to enable hands-on access to content and labs at conference trainings or for live workshops.

Often, these in person events have limited seating available!

To help you manage your attendees, we've introduced a simple, optional Registration Limit setting on all live events.