Import a course from Teachable (API)

Teachable doesn't export courses as a file, but its public API lets Acatudy read a course lecture by lecture: the curriculum, the text of each lecture, its quizzes and the enrolled students. Teachable requires the Growth plan or higher to create API keys. On another plan, use the CSV route described at the end.

1. Create an API key in Teachable

1. Open the API settings

   In your Teachable school admin, go to Settings → API.

2. Create the key

   Click Create API Key, give it a name (for example "Acatudy import") and copy it. A key created just for this is easy to delete when you finish.

2. Connect and choose the course

1. Open the Teachable importer

   Go to Import, open Migrate from another platform, choose Teachable and click Connect via API.

2. Paste the key

   Click Connect and see my courses. Acatudy checks the key straight away and lists your courses, including unpublished ones (marked as such).

3. Choose a course

   Pick the course, leave Also bring the course's student list ticked if you want to invite its students, and click Read the course. Acatudy reads each lecture in the background and opens the preview when it's done; a large course can take a few minutes.

3. Review the preview and import

Choose the subject name and the academic course and, for each quiz, whether it's a Practice test (doesn't count for the grade) or an Exam. Quizzes with no graded questions are proposed as practice tests. Every lecture item appears with what it becomes or why it's skipped. Click Import; at the end you can download the Import summary (CSV) with every item, its result and the reason.

4. What becomes what

Units with something still to recreate are created unpublished, with the list at the top of their description, so students don't see half-finished units.

5. Finish the content

• Videos: download them in Teachable and upload them to their unit (Acatudy optimizes them for streaming), or link them if they're on YouTube, Vimeo or similar.
• Attachments: upload the PDFs and images from the list as resources of the unit.
• Questions with several correct answers: Acatudy multiple-choice questions have one correct answer, so rewrite them or split them.
• When a unit is complete, delete its To recreate list and publish it.

Students: invitations, not copies

Teachable's enrollments only include an ID, so Acatudy looks up each student's name and email, up to 1,000 per course (if there are more, the preview tells you to import the rest with Teachable's CSV). The draft opens in the usual student importer: new students create their own password with a link, and anyone who already has an account in another Acatudy academy receives an invitation without their account being changed.

What isn't imported

• Videos hosted on Teachable, attachments, comments, upsells and code embeds' scripts.
• Questions with several correct answers or without a correct answer.
• Student progress, grades, quiz responses and certificates; prices and sales pages.

Without API access

The school owner can export the students in Teachable from Users → Export CSV. The emailed link expires quickly, so download it right away and upload it in Users → Import students. See also Migrate from other platforms.

Security and limits

Acatudy only reads from Teachable. The key isn't saved: it travels encrypted between the steps of the importer, is used while the course is read and is then discarded. Requests are spaced out and pause when Teachable asks for it. Importing the same course again shows a warning and never duplicates it unless you tick Import again as a copy.