We take skill-based learning pretty seriously around here, from Eric Ma (one of our developers) building up his baking skills to co-founder Malcolm Ong sharing his programing skills to non-programmers, we think pursuing specific skills is an awesome way to achieve your learning goals. We’ve decided to organize our content around Skillsets to help you plan, learn, and show off what you’re makes up your curiosity.

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  Categories & Skillsets

  We want you to be proud of what your learning and teaching. We’ve designed 43 Skillset emblems to help you both find what matters to you on Skillshare and display your interests to the community.

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  Look for the Skillsets

  Finding the classes you care most about is easier than ever. Each class is organized into a category and Skillset, so if your looking for brush up on you DSLR skills look no further than Creative Arts, Photography.

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  Get better recommendations

  You can also subscribe to Skillsets for better recommendations. When we compile your weekly recommendation email take a look at all your subscriptions, people you follow, and Watchlist to find you the best of the best on Skillshare.

Knowing who you’re learning from and with is pretty important. We decided to make a profile that both highlights the trust and reputation of our community members and allows people to express what they’re most interested in.

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  Trust and Reputation

  Give a better sense of who you are by connecting your social media accounts. For teachers, we also show your total students and any recommendations you’ve received.

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  Class Hours

  Keep track of how many hours you’ve spent in class. They say it takes ten thousand hours to master a skill, better get started!

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  View Your Skills

  You’ll find all your Skillsets on your new profile. Think of it as a skills resume, its a representation of you based on what your learning and teaching.

One of the magical things that happens at Skillshare classes revolves around the experience of meeting amazing and talented people in your community. So, we decided to make it really easy to keep up with them in your “Learning Circle.” Now, you'll be able to know when your favorite teachers list a new class or when three of your old classmates are going to the same class. Build out your “Learning Circle” to sprinkle some more magic dust on the class!

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  Your Learning Circle

  Skillshare is a lot of fun with others. Find and follow all of your favorite teachers and fellow classmates.

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  Learn with friends

  Finding people you already know is really easy too. Just connect your Facebook, Twitter, etc. and you can instantly add them to your Circle.

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  Recommended classes

  Once you build out your “Learning Circle,” you'll receive a recommended list of the best classes on Skillshare, picked especially for you, every week.

Give an online high-five to your favorite teacher by giving them an endorsement! Endorsing a teacher lets other students know you had a magnificent learning experience. You can leave private constructive criticism for the teachers, allowing them to grow into the greatest teacher in the world.

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  Leaving Endorsements

  Giving endorsements to a teacher is simple. You can leave as much or as little as you'd like. You can give an endorsement or some private constructive criticism.

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  Others’ Endorsements

  Not only can you endorse a teacher, but you can also view other students’ endorsements too. You can get an idea of how the teacher is before buying a ticket to your next class.

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  Get Endorsements

  The more endorsements you have, the more students will think you're a great teacher. It’s great for teachers to get noticed and great for students to find the best classes.

Creating a class from scratch can be a little tough sometimes. Pilot classes alleviates some of that stress. You don't have to worry about finding a venue, figuring out a price point, or decide how many students you want to allow. Now, you can simply put up your idea and gauge interest before committing to fully being a teacher.

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  Create a Pilot

  We know you are an expert at something. Putting up a Pilot class takes less than a few minutes and you will be on your way to teaching a class.

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  Market your idea

  We know there are plenty of people out there that want to learn from you, trust us, they just need a way to find you. Tweet it out, put it on your Facebook, or use good 'ol email.

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  Decide when to teach

  Once you see how many students want to learn from you, simply add a date and we'll take care of the rest. We will notify all of your watchers that your amazing class is up.

So, you want to take a class, but can't make it the day it is being taught. Welcome to the Watchlist. We wanted a way to let students know that a class they are interested is happening, but also give teachers a better gauge of students' interest. We think this feature is great for all of our users. Simply add a class to your watchlist and we will let you know the second that awesome class is being taught again!

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  Add classes to your Watchlist

  Simply click the Watchlist button on any class and we will let you know the next time this class happens.

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  Manage watched classes

  All of the classes you add to your Watchlist will be conveniently listed in your dashboard where you can view the class information and also Unwatch them as you please.

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  The more the merrier

  The more watchers a teacher gets, the more likely they are to re-teach a Skillshare class. When and if the teacher adds a new date, you be notified instantly.

Why teach a class only once when there are so many interested students out there? We didn't want Skillshare classes to be one-time events. We introduced a way for teachers to quickly add a new date to their class. You don't have to worry about copy and pasting titles and descriptions or worry that links you sent out on Twitter will link to an old class. Simply add a new date and location, and you're all set!

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  Add a new date

  You can add a new date from your dashboard, your class' page, or from the create a class page.

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  View all available dates

  Users can see all upcoming dates to a class at a glance. If they can't make one of them, they have the option to take it another time.

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  Blast from the past

  We keep the last three past classes visible to users can see how great you did the last time around or see if any of their friends attended.