Joining a Cohort

Cohorts are structured learning groups tied to an academic intake (season + year) and a published course track.

Browsing Catalog

Navigate to Courses (`/courses`) to see published tracks. Self-serve enrollment links you to the learning path; your program may also assign a cohort.

Cohort assignment

Cohorts (for example Full-Stack Web Development — Fall 2026) are created by Tedlab Academy staff for each active intake. Admins enroll learners into a course and optional cohort from the Admin Control Center. You may be path-enrolled first and added to a cohort later.

Selecting Your Schedule

Standups appear on your dashboard when you are enrolled in a course and your cohort has scheduled live sessions. Morning and evening slots follow the cohort's local time zone.

Enrollment Process

From a track's detail page, follow Resume next lesson, enroll, or Browse courses as prompted. If payment is required, you'll be guided through checkout. Hired-to-Pay applicants can apply for deferred payment when offered.

After Enrollment

Once enrolled, the course appears on your dashboard. You'll receive session reminders and can access course materials immediately. Standup series membership is automatic — when checkout completes (or an admin enrolls you), you are added to your cohort's standup series and pre-registered for upcoming sessions. No separate "join series" step.

Platform chat

Your cohort Unified Chat channel is provisioned on the same enrollment event. Open Messages (`/chat`) to message classmates and mentors.

Assignments & milestones

Open a course detail page to submit weighted assignments and track module milestones. These count toward your enrollment progress alongside lesson checkpoints.

Module checkpoints

Each module ends with a checkpoint on your course page (`/courses/{slug}`). Finish the module lessons first, then open the checkpoint from the Module checkpoints panel. See Checkpoints & Exams in this tutorial for formats and unlock rules.