DataCamp’s Teach editor is our own tool for creating interactive courses. In this article, we’ll guide you through its most important features, helping you get started with authoring Cloud courses.

The Teach editor has several tabs on the left-hand side to help you manage and create your course. Let’s explore the three most relevant ones:

1. Edit Tab
Represented by a pencil icon, the Edit tab is where you’ll spend most of your time creating exercises.

2. Assets Tab
Represented by a paperclip icon, the Assets tab allows you to upload and manage images for your course. Simply browse or drag and drop files into the upload section. These assets are stored on DataCamp’s servers, and you can use them in exercises by copying and pasting their URL.

3. Build Tab
Represented by a gear icon, the Build tab shows the status of your course builds. Each time you save changes, a commit is triggered in GitHub, rebuilding the course to reflect your updates.

In the Edit tab, you’ll find the course outline on the left, showing all exercises organized by chapter. Each exercise type is labeled for easy identification.

To add an exercise, click the “Add Exercise” button. This opens a menu with various exercise types, including videos, multiple choice, classify, and cloud exercises.

Once you’ve added an exercise, you’ll enter the exercise editing screen, where you’ll spend most of your time. Each exercise type has unique fields. For example, Cloud Exercises include:

Additional fields, like blueprints and fallback assets, are managed by your Content Developer or Curriculum Manager.

Text fields in the Teach editor use Markdown, a popular formatting language. If you’re unfamiliar with Markdown, don’t worry! The editor includes a toolbar to help you format text easily.