# Course Drafts for Instructors

Course Drafts allow instructors to prepare courses more thoroughly and save any changes in the draft until they are ready for publication.

When creating a course with Course Builder, at the top right corner check the option "**Make Draft**" in order to save the course in a draft format.

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://691205473-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MDTL6WUldKvxQaP8jzz%2Fuploads%2FCyzmOHx9oIGy6x54n624%2FLMS%203.0.0%20-%20CB%20draft%20course.png?alt=media\&token=ad084cbc-07a9-4c2a-bb13-ea9f65fcbe96)

Also, you can change the status of the already published course.

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MIOebIAL80drHosYZbS%2F-MIOrp6h7agDaaS3ppGN%2Finstuctor_draft.png?alt=media\&token=bfae6d68-c0a3-4751-be71-49dd7016c9f0)

Courses saved as drafts **won't be displayed** in the search results on the website, and if the user tries entering the course page, it will notify the user that the page doesn't exist.

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MIOebIAL80drHosYZbS%2F-MIOryha1SZlcwePxMcS%2Fdraft_course_open.png?alt=media\&token=ae9dd40b-5048-4059-9c3b-141d23d2b4c5)

Please note if you enable the **Course Pre-Moderation** option when publishing the course it will have a **Pending** status, meaning the admin has to approve it. Only after approval, the course will be visible to students.

![](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MTKWx_-0lP22N1uXSrR%2F-MTKZoZ4KHtDaPztTC9d%2FScreenshot_60.png?alt=media\&token=29c76fa8-786a-425b-a36a-15bd5e5f2b02)

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MIOebIAL80drHosYZbS%2F-MIOsG2Lwrr6FY4FZoHT%2Fpending_approve.png?alt=media\&token=83fd2dd6-3340-4cfe-9c27-a20380db0178)

The course is marked as drafted (instructor's page):

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MIOebIAL80drHosYZbS%2F-MIOsULzg4owuftUCMg2%2Finstructor_drafted_course.png?alt=media\&token=32b2a9d3-4150-474c-b0d7-d975f96c272a)

Published course:

![The screenshoot takent from the Masterstudy theme](https://gblobscdn.gitbook.com/assets%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2F-MIOebIAL80drHosYZbS%2F-MIOsde1Qflab8eSRM6Z%2Finstructor_published_course.png?alt=media\&token=05567f1c-eec9-4734-9572-a92b6905b28c)