Course Slug Auto-Generation & Uniqueness Enforcement

Available from: v1.0.67

Every course on the platform is identified by a human-readable, URL-safe slug — the short identifier that appears in course URLs. Starting in v1.0.67, slugs are generated automatically and kept unique within your organization without any manual effort.

How Slug Generation Works

When a new course is created, the platform:

Takes the course title as the source string.
Converts it to lowercase.
Replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens (-).
Strips any characters that are not alphanumeric or hyphens.

Example:

Course Title	Generated Slug
`Introduction to Python`	`introduction-to-python`
`AI & Machine Learning 101`	`ai-machine-learning-101`
`Web Design: Basics`	`web-design-basics`

Uniqueness Enforcement

Slugs are unique within an organization. The same slug can exist in two different organizations without conflict, but no two courses within the same organization may share a slug.

Automatic Conflict Resolution

If a generated slug already exists in the organization, the platform appends an incrementing numeric suffix automatically:

introduction-to-python       ← first course
introduction-to-python-2     ← second course with same title
introduction-to-python-3     ← third course with same title

This happens transparently — instructors do not need to take any action.

Custom Slug Overrides

Instructors can override the auto-generated slug by specifying a custom value when creating or editing a course.

Rules for custom slugs

Must be URL-safe: lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only.
Must be unique within the organization. If the provided slug is already in use, the platform will reject the request with a conflict error.
Cannot be empty.

When to use a custom slug

You want a shorter or more memorable URL.
You are migrating content from an external platform and need to preserve existing URLs.
The auto-generated slug does not accurately reflect the course content.

Course URLs

Once a slug is set, it is used in all course-related URLs within your organization's tenant, for example:

https://<your-org>.example.com/courses/<slug>

Note: Changing a course slug after publication will break any previously shared links. Redirect existing URLs manually if you change a slug on a live course.

Summary

Behaviour	Detail
Auto-generated from	Course title
Scope of uniqueness	Per organization
Conflict handling	Numeric suffix appended automatically
Custom override	Supported; uniqueness still enforced
Available from	v1.0.67