Course

About Course Schema

The Course schema type is used to mark up educational courses and programs. Implementing this structured data helps search engines understand your content better and may qualify your pages for rich results in Google Search.

Properties

Best Practices

• ✅Validate your JSON-LD with Google’s Rich Results Test before publishing.
• ✅Populate provider, courseCode to unlock enhanced snippets.
• ✅Keep structured data in sync with the visible content on the page.

Common Pitfalls

• ⚠️Avoid mixing multiple schema syntaxes for the same entity.
• ⚠️Do not include claims that the user cannot see or confirm on the page.
• ⚠️Remember to update dateModified whenever the content changes.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Course",
  "name": "Introduction to Web Development",
  "description": "Learn the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript",
  "provider": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Example University"
  },
  "courseCode": "CS101",
  "hasCourseInstance": {
    "@type": "CourseInstance",
    "courseMode": "online",
    "instructor": {
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Prof. John Teacher"
    }
  }
}