# Agavien Studio > Agavien Studio is desktop course authoring software for Windows and macOS. Create interactive lessons with templates, quizzes, flashcards, media, and other learning elements. Local authoring is free. Plus is a one-time purchase with additional benefits described on the pricing page. Consult the linked pages for current prices, availability, sharing limits, and build-dependent features. Course creation, website accounts, and hosted sharing have different requirements. The canonical website is https://agavien.com. English pages are unprefixed; other website languages use /es, /de, /fr, /ja, /pl, /it, /da, /no, /nl, /sv. Help is available in en, es, de, fr, it, pl, nl, sv. Localized help articles also have Markdown versions by appending .md to the article URL. ## Product and policies - [Agavien Studio](https://agavien.com/): Desktop software for creating interactive courses. - [For teachers](https://agavien.com/teachers): Adapt templates and create interactive lessons. - [For marketers](https://agavien.com/marketers): Create interactive product education and customer learning. - [For students](https://agavien.com/students): Explore courses and interactive learning materials. - [Corporate training](https://agavien.com/corporate-training): Build training for teams and organizations. - [Features](https://agavien.com/features): Authoring tools, interactions, imports, and publishing options. - [Templates](https://agavien.com/templates): Ready-made starting points for courses. - [Community library](https://agavien.com/library): Browse community course content. - [Free and Plus pricing](https://agavien.com/pricing): Current prices, included features, and sharing allowances. - [Download](https://agavien.com/download): Current Windows and macOS installers and requirements. - [Frequently asked questions](https://agavien.com/faq): Answers about authoring, licensing, and publishing. - [Your content](https://agavien.com/your-content): Content ownership and portability. - [Compare](https://agavien.com/compare): Compare course authoring approaches. - [IT, legal, and procurement](https://agavien.com/it-legal-procurement): Information for organizational evaluation. - [Contact](https://agavien.com/contact): Product questions and support. - [Terms](https://agavien.com/terms): Terms of service. - [Privacy](https://agavien.com/privacy): Personal data and privacy policy. - [Refunds](https://agavien.com/refunds): Refund policy. - [Cookies](https://agavien.com/cookies): Cookie and analytics policy. ## Help articles (Markdown) - [Create your first course](https://agavien.com/help/first-course.md): Go from a blank project to a short interactive course you can preview and share. - [Start from a template](https://agavien.com/help/templates.md): Use a ready-made course as a starting point, then adapt it to your audience. - [Save, open, and back up project files](https://agavien.com/help/project-files.md): Understand .agavien files, autosaving, and the difference between a project and an export. - [Use Free and activate Plus](https://agavien.com/help/trial-plus.md): Create unlimited local courses for free, including templates, course import, AI JSON export and reimport, and all local export formats. Free exports include “Made with Agavien Studio” attribution. No account or payment card is needed for local work. - [Organize chapters and elements](https://agavien.com/help/chapters.md): Build a clear course structure and move content into the right order. - [Add text, columns, tables, and code](https://agavien.com/help/text-layouts.md): Choose a text element that makes your explanation easy to read. - [Use images, galleries, and banners](https://agavien.com/help/images-galleries.md): Add useful visuals and choose a layout that fits the explanation. - [Add audio and video](https://agavien.com/help/audio-video.md): Include media playback in a chapter and distinguish it from generated narration. - [Add charts, embeds, and downloadable files](https://agavien.com/help/charts-embeds-attachments.md): Explain data, include external content, or give learners a file to keep. - [Reuse elements with the library](https://agavien.com/help/reusable-elements.md): Save a useful element once and insert it into other courses. - [Build accordions, tabs, and flashcards](https://agavien.com/help/accordions-tabs-flashcards.md): Let learners reveal information in smaller, manageable pieces. - [Explain labeled graphics and image comparisons](https://agavien.com/help/labeled-images-comparison.md): Use image markers to identify details, or compare two images with a slider. - [Present processes and timelines](https://agavien.com/help/processes-timelines.md): Show an ordered procedure or a sequence of events. - [Create checklists, sorting activities, and scenarios](https://agavien.com/help/checklists-sorting-scenarios.md): Give learners a practical action, a classification task, or a branching decision. - [Add links and Continue controls](https://agavien.com/help/buttons-continue.md): Use link buttons for destinations and Continue controls to pace a chapter. - [Write knowledge checks and graded quizzes](https://agavien.com/help/quizzes.md): Choose the right assessment element and test its answers and feedback. - [Add an ungraded survey](https://agavien.com/help/surveys.md): Ask for opinions or reflection without treating responses as correct or incorrect. - [Set course language, navigation, and completion](https://agavien.com/help/completion-navigation.md): Control how learners move between chapters and when a course is considered complete. - [Style the course with themes and element settings](https://agavien.com/help/themes-styling.md): Apply a consistent palette, fonts, logo, and cover, then refine individual elements. - [Map content and questions to learning objectives](https://agavien.com/help/learning-objectives.md): Check whether each intended outcome has teaching content and assessment evidence. - [Translate a course and exchange XLIFF files](https://agavien.com/help/course-translations.md): Maintain alternate-language text while sharing the course’s media and structure. - [Write scripts and generate narration](https://agavien.com/help/narration.md): Create chapter voice-over from a separate narration script. - [Customize learner-facing text and terms](https://agavien.com/help/text-terms.md): Change built-in player labels and save wording sets for reuse. - [Find and replace course text](https://agavien.com/help/find-replace.md): Update repeated wording across chapters with one reviewed replacement. - [Save checkpoints and restore earlier content](https://agavien.com/help/version-history.md): Use version history to keep milestones and recover from unwanted changes. - [Apply course-wide rules and save macros](https://agavien.com/help/rules-macros.md): Make repeatable styling or pacing changes without editing every element individually. - [Preview, diagnose, and check publish readiness](https://agavien.com/help/preview-readiness.md): Test the learner experience and find issues before exporting. - [Export a SCORM 1.2 course for an LMS](https://agavien.com/help/scorm-export.md): Package your course for an LMS that supports SCORM 1.2 tracking. - [Export a single HTML file with a completion certificate](https://agavien.com/help/html-certificates.md): Share a self-contained course and optionally let learners download a certificate. - [Export a web package for hosting](https://agavien.com/help/web-zip.md): Keep the player and assets as separate files for traditional web delivery. - [Create and edit courses with an AI tool](https://agavien.com/help/ai-workflows.md): Exchange structured course JSON with a chatbot, then review the result in Studio. - [Import existing Rise or Easygenerator course packages](https://agavien.com/help/import-courses.md): Convert supported course exports into an editable Agavien project. - [Prepare course materials for Google Classroom](https://agavien.com/help/google-classroom.md): Create native draft materials where supported, or share an HTML course through your own assignment workflow. - [Share a course with a hosted link](https://agavien.com/help/cloud-sharing.md): Connect an account for free hosted sharing: 15 courses, 100 MB storage and 200 MB delivery per UTC calendar month. Both tiers allow uploads up to 40 MB. Hosting limits apply across devices; local projects and exports are not subject to these limits. ## Discovery - [XML sitemap](https://agavien.com/sitemap.xml): All canonical public marketing, help and approved community course pages with language alternates. - [Text sitemap](https://agavien.com/sitemap.txt): The same canonical page URLs, one per line. - [Crawler policy](https://agavien.com/robots.txt): Public crawler access rules.