# Email Course Automation in Kit: Create a Self-Paced Course Without a Platform Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sgkNdYs2Yc Recap page: https://rapidrecap.app/video/_sgkNdYs2Yc Generated: 2026-01-22T21:05:05.408+00:00 --- ## Quick Overview The video demonstrates how to build a self-paced email course automation within Kit by setting up a sequence of emails and using custom tags on button clicks to guide subscribers through the course content sequentially or allow them to skip ahead if they click a link early. **Key Points:** - The self-paced email course automation uses a sequence of five main email lessons plus a final completion email, structured with one-day waits between lessons. - Subscribers who click the link in an email to proceed early automatically receive the tag corresponding to the next lesson, allowing them to skip the waiting period. - For example, clicking the button in 'Email Course - Start Lesson 3' applies the 'Email Course - Start Lesson 4' tag, bypassing the default one-day wait. - The initial welcome email ('Email Course - Lesson 1') includes a button linking to a 'Thank You' page on the user's website, which should also apply the tag for Lesson 2 upon click. - The automation relies on adding a new tag (e.g., 'Email Course - Start Lesson X') via an 'Action' block after the link click to control progression, ensuring the next email is sent immediately upon tag application if the subscriber clicks early. ![Screenshot at 00:05: The visual displays the core automation workflow in Kit, showing a vertical sequence of email steps \(red boxes\) and one-day wait steps \(green circles\) for a self-paced email course.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-00-05.jpg) **Context:** The tutorial, presented by Preston, a Lead Solutions Consultant at Kit, explains how to use Kit's automation builder to create a self-paced email course structure. This structure delivers course content (lessons) over time via email, but includes conditional logic via tags to allow motivated subscribers to advance through the material faster than the scheduled daily pace. ## Detailed Analysis The video guides the viewer through setting up a self-paced email course automation in the Kit platform. The automation is built as a linear sequence of email steps, separated by one-day wait periods, delivering content like 'Email Course - Lesson 1' through 'Email Course - Start Lesson 6' and concluding with 'Email Course - Completed Course'. The key mechanism for self-pacing is applying a specific tag when a subscriber clicks a link within an email to skip ahead. For instance, in Lesson 1, clicking the button to proceed to Lesson 2 applies the tag 'Email Course - Start Lesson 2'. If a subscriber clicks this link, they immediately jump to the next sequence step, bypassing the default one-day wait. The presenter shows how to configure this by selecting the 'Action' block after an email, choosing 'Add subscriber to tag,' and selecting the appropriate lesson tag. This process is repeated for every lesson's call-to-action button, ensuring that subscribers who click early proceed immediately, while those who do not click wait for the scheduled one-day interval. The presenter also briefly shows how to customize the landing page/form that triggers the initial subscription into the automation. ### Automation Structure - Initial email ('Email Course') followed by Lesson 1, a 1-day wait, Lesson 2 (Start Lesson 3 in video), Lesson 3 (Start Lesson 4 in video), Lesson 4 (Start Lesson 5 in video), Lesson 5 (Lesson 6 in video), 1-day wait, and finally 'Email Course - Completed Course'. ### Implementing Skip-Ahead Logic - After each lesson email, an 'Action' block is added to apply a specific tag (e.g., 'Email Course - Start Lesson X') if the user clicks the button to advance early. ### Email Customization - The presenter shows editing the first email ('Email Course - Lesson 1') in the editor, demonstrating how to style the email content and modify the button's URL to point to a 'Thank You' page that applies the next lesson's tag. ### Tagging Mechanism - If a subscriber clicks the link to skip ahead, the automation immediately applies the tag corresponding to the next lesson, causing them to jump past the waiting period and receive the subsequent content. ### Consistency - The pattern of Email -> 1 Day Wait -> Action (Tagging for Skip) is repeated for all lessons to maintain the self-paced functionality throughout the entire course sequence. ![Screenshot at 00:00: The main automation workflow diagram showing the initial sequence: Email Course -\> Email Course Lesson 1 -\> 1 Day Wait -\> Email Course - Start Lesson 3 -\> ...](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-00-00.jpg) ![Screenshot at 01:41: The email editor view for 'Email Course Lesson 1', showing the 'Welcome to the course' template and the button configured to link to a URL.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-01-41.jpg) ![Screenshot at 02:28: The 'Save & Publish' modal window open, showing the JavaScript snippet required to embed the form used to trigger the automation.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-02-28.jpg) ![Screenshot at 03:57: Editing the button link in the email editor, showing the settings panel where the URL field is active.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-03-57.jpg) ![Screenshot at 05:01: The workflow showing the 'Event' action block added after 'Email Course - Completed Course', which is set to trigger when a tag is added.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/_sgkNdYs2Yc/00-05-01.jpg)