This guide helps course providers change selected button labels and the forum name for one course. A custom label changes the words people see, while the action and access rules stay the same.
Before you start: Custom Labels is available on Pro, Teams and Enterprise plans. Use a System Admin account or Course Owner access to the course. On Free and Starter, the section is visible but disabled. For plan information, see Understand Cademy Plans, Limits and Fees.
Change the labels for a course
Example of the four Custom Labels fields. The full route is Settings → Advanced Settings; the surrounding editor layout can differ from this earlier image.
Switching sections within an existing course editor can save outstanding course changes. Do not use a tab change to discard edits.
Open the Cademy admin dashboard and select Courses.
In the list of courses, find the course and open its three-dot menu, then select Settings. If the Courses page is showing dates or a calendar instead of the list of courses, select the List View icon first.
Select Advanced Settings, then scroll to Custom Labels.
Enter your wording in the appropriate field: Booking Button, Start Course Button, Continue Course Button or Forum Name. The next section explains each field.
Select Save and wait for Course saved. If an error appears, resolve it before assuming the wording was saved.
Check the relevant page for the same course. For a published course’s booking button, use Open in new tab beside Share. Use the learner-checking steps below for lesson buttons and the forum. The public booking page does not show a particular learner’s access or progress.
Example of a course row’s three-dot menu in List View, with Settings highlighted.
Labels are saved separately for each course. You can prepare them while a course is unpublished; check its public wording after publication.
Check the learner wording
Use your own learner account if you already attend this course, or ask a learner attending the course to check their own account:
Log in using the email address connected to the course place. Open My Account → My Courses & Bookings.
In My Courses, find the course under Your Courses and select its card.
Select the Overview tab to check the lesson button. An on-demand course card opens Content first, where the separate Start and Continue controls keep their normal wording. The Overview button depends on that learner’s access and recorded progress.
To check the forum, look for the tab with the forum name you saved and open it if that learner has access.
For help reaching the correct account and course, follow Log In and Find Courses You Are Attending or Bookings You Made. An admin preview alone does not verify a particular learner’s result.
Choose which wording to replace
Booking Button
Example of a renamed main booking button. The surrounding page design and payment badges are illustrative and do not describe the payment options enabled on your course.
Changes the main booking button for the course, replacing wording such as Book, Buy, Enrol or Apply when that button is available. It supports scheduled, on-request, on-demand and blended courses.
The Booking Button label is used in these places and nowhere else:
The full course page for this course. This includes the public course page on your minisite, the Full Course Page embed and a WordPress course-detail page.
The Price Card embed.
The booking action in a Feature Card embed. For scheduled and blended Feature Cards, the booking action depends on an upcoming date being available to that card. The separate View action keeps its normal wording.
To add one of these embeds to your website, see Embed Courses or Forms on Your Website.
Start Course Button
Example of custom Start Course wording in a learner’s course details. The learner must have access to the online lessons.
Changes the button on the learner’s Overview tab that opens Cademy-hosted online lessons before recorded learning progress starts. This applies to on-demand and blended courses with Cademy-hosted lessons.
Continue Course Button
Example of custom Continue Course wording. Which button appears depends on the learner’s recorded progress and access.
Changes the button on the learner’s Overview tab for returning to Cademy-hosted online lessons after learning progress has been recorded. A learner does not have to finish a lesson before the Continue button can apply.
Forum Name
Example of a renamed course forum. Changing this wording leaves the forum’s access requirements unchanged.
Changes the forum tab, browser-page title, welcome message and restricted-access message for the course. It does not enable the forum or give a learner access to it.
To enable the forum separately, open the course’s Edit Course → Settings → Course Forum, set Forum Status to Enabled, then save the course. This settings item uses the word chosen under Which keyword best describes this service? in Advanced Settings. This guide calls that word the service keyword. For example, choosing Bootcamp makes the item read Bootcamp Forum. For the forum’s other settings, see Set Up and Manage a Course Forum.
Use the default wording again
Open Courses, open the three-dot menu of the intended course and select Settings, then select Advanced Settings.
Under Custom Labels, clear the field you want to reset. Leave the other fields as they are.
Select Save, wait for Course saved, then check the public booking page or follow Check the learner wording above for lesson buttons and the forum.
A blank field uses the default wording for that label. The default lesson buttons use the course’s service keyword, such as Start Course or Start Bootcamp. Cademy preserves the capitalisation you enter, removes spaces at the beginning and end when saving, and limits each label to 50 characters.
What custom labels do not change
Custom labels do not change a button’s action, destination, booking process or the learner’s access. They also do not rename:
The completed-learning button. It uses the course’s service keyword, such as View Course or View Bootcamp, and has no Custom Labels field.
The headings around the Start Course and Continue Course buttons.
The separate Start and Continue controls within Content, or individual lesson controls.
Individual date actions, date cards, lists, tables and carousels, including Book and Book All.
Join Waitlist, Sold Out, Request a Date or Request Group Booking.
Ordinary course cards, search and list layouts, or WordPress course lists. The Feature Card embed’s supported booking action is the exception described above.
The checkout pages, emails sent by Cademy, or the course cards in a learner’s My Courses.
Admin dashboard wording or the Guest and Delegates fields.
If your plan changes
If the account moves to Free or Starter, the saved custom labels stop appearing to customers and learners. The labels remain stored and can be used again when the account returns to a plan that includes Custom Labels.
After a plan change, Cademy can take up to one minute to apply it to the wording. Reload the relevant page; do not assume that an already-open page has refreshed. A WordPress site keeps its own copy of a course page, so that page can show the earlier wording until the site refreshes its copy.
Troubleshooting
Custom Labels is missing or disabled
Check the account’s plan and your access to this course. The section is disabled on Free and Starter. On Pro, Teams or Enterprise, a System Admin or Course Owner with access to the course can edit it. Ask a System Admin to check these details if the controls are unavailable.
The old wording still appears
Check that the course saved successfully, then reload the relevant page. Confirm that you are viewing the same course and a supported location. Ordinary course cards, lists, individual date actions and WordPress course lists keep their own wording. In a Feature Card, check the booking action rather than the separate View action.
The forum name does not appear
Check that the forum is enabled for that course using the Course Forum settings described above. A learner still needs forum access to use it. A custom forum name can appear in a restricted-access message without granting that access.
The Start Course or Continue Course wording does not appear
These labels apply to Cademy-hosted online lessons on on-demand and blended courses. Check that the person is attending the course and has an eligible registration or order with current lesson access. An Order Contact (the person who booked) who is not attending does not get the learner’s button.
Pending approval, cancellation and expired access can prevent access to the lessons. Outstanding payment is not a universal block: manual-payment and invoice settings can permit access before payment. Renaming a label does not change those settings or remove a restriction.
The learner’s recorded progress determines whether the Start or Continue wording applies. After completion, the button uses the service keyword, such as View Course, instead of either custom label.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change a label for all courses at once?
No. Custom labels are saved separately on each course.
Can I rename View Course?
No. Custom Labels does not override the completed-learning button. Its wording follows the course’s service keyword, such as View Course or View Bootcamp.
Does changing a label change what the button does?
No. It changes the displayed wording only. The action, destination and access rules stay the same.
Can a label contain more than 50 characters?
No. Each field has a limit of 50 characters.
What happens to my labels if I downgrade?
They stop appearing on Free or Starter but remain stored. They can be used again on a plan that includes Custom Labels.
Can Forum Name turn the forum on?
No. Enable the course forum separately under the course’s Settings. Renaming it does not give learners access.
Why does a Feature Card still show normal button wording?
Check whether you are looking at the separate View action, which keeps its normal wording. The Feature Card booking action supports Booking Button labels; scheduled and blended cards also need an upcoming date available to the card. Check the course’s saved label and plan, then reload the embed.