Import a course from Thinkific (API)

Thinkific doesn't export whole courses, but its Admin API lets Acatudy read the structure of a course: its chapters, the title and type of every lesson and the students enrolled in it. The API doesn't include the lessons themselves (videos, text, PDFs or quiz questions), so Acatudy builds the skeleton of the course and gives you a clear list of what to recreate. To use it, your Thinkific plan must include API access (Thinkific says Grow, Pro + Growth or above). On another plan, use the CSV route described at the end.

1. Get your API key and subdomain

1. Open the API settings in Thinkific

   Sign in to your Thinkific site as the owner or an admin and go to Settings → Code & Analytics → API.

2. Copy the key

   Thinkific only shows the key once. If you didn't save it, click Reset key and copy the new one (any other integration using the old key will need the new one too).

3. Note your subdomain

   It's the part before .thinkific.com in your school address. If you paste the full address, Acatudy keeps only the subdomain.

2. Connect and choose the course

1. Open the Thinkific importer

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

2. Enter the subdomain and the key

   Click Connect and see my courses. Acatudy checks the key straight away by reading your list of courses. If Thinkific rejects it, you'll see why: usually a mistyped key, a wrong subdomain or a plan without API access.

3. Choose a course

   Pick the course and leave Also bring the course's student list ticked if you want to invite its students. Click Read the course. Acatudy reads it in the background, chapter by chapter, and opens the preview when it's done.

For security, the course list page expires after a few minutes. If it does, just connect again.

3. Review the preview and import

The preview is the same one used for Moodle and Common Cartridge imports. Choose the subject name and the academic course, decide whether to prepare the student import and check every row: each lesson appears as skipped with the reason the Thinkific API only provides the title. Click Import when you're ready. At the end you can download the Import summary (CSV): it works as a checklist of everything you still have to recreate.

4. What becomes what

5. Finish the content

• Videos: download them from Thinkific's Video Library and upload them to their unit (they're optimized for streaming automatically), or add them as links if they're on YouTube, Vimeo or similar.
• Text lessons and PDFs: paste the text into the unit or upload the files as resources.
• Quizzes: recreate them as practice tests or exams, or bring the questions from a spreadsheet with Import questions (CSV).
• When a unit is complete, delete its To recreate list from the description and publish it.

Students: invitations, not copies

Students never get an account with a made-up password. The draft opens in the usual student importer, where you see the preview, your plan's limits and the options. New students create their own password with a link; anyone who already has an account in another Acatudy academy receives an invitation and their account isn't changed.

What isn't imported

• The content of lessons, quiz questions, surveys and assignments: Thinkific's API doesn't provide it.
• Student progress, completion, grades and certificates.
• Prices, coupons, bundles and sales pages.

Without API access

You can still bring your students: in Thinkific go to Users → All Users → Export. The CSV arrives by email and only includes the visible columns, so keep name and email visible. Upload it in Users → Import students. See also Migrate from other platforms.

Security and limits

Acatudy only reads from Thinkific; it never changes anything there. 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 stay below Thinkific's limit of 120 per minute and pause when Thinkific asks for it. If you import the same course again, the preview warns you and nothing is duplicated unless you tick Import again as a copy. You can delete or reset the key in Thinkific once you finish.