Creating Studies

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Create Bible studies to organize your church's teaching program and track student progress through each lesson.

Creating a New Study

1. Navigate to Bible Studies in the sidebar
2. Click the New Study button
3. Fill in the study details:
   • Study name — A descriptive title (e.g., "Book of Acts Study," "New Believer Foundations")
   • Description — Optional summary of what the study covers
   • Teacher — Select the teacher who will lead this study
   • Students — Add students to the study
4. Click Create to save

Using a Study Template

If your church has study templates set up, you can create a study from a template:

1. When creating a new study, look for the Use Template option
2. Select a template from the list
3. The study will be pre-populated with the template's lessons
4. You can still customize the study name, teacher, and students
5. Click Create

See Study Templates for more on creating and managing templates.

Managing a Study

After creating a study, you can:

• Edit the study name, description, or teacher
• Add or remove students at any time
• Change the status (Draft → Active → Completed → Archived)
• Add lessons to the study

Study Detail Page

Click on any study to open its detail page, which shows:

• Study information (name, teacher, status)
• Student list with individual progress
• Lesson list with completion status
• Actions to manage the study

Archiving a Study

When a study is finished:

1. Open the study detail page
2. Change the status to Completed or Archived
3. The study will no longer appear in the active studies list but can still be viewed in the archive