How to Add Downloadable Handouts to My Course

Some training materials — policy documents, worksheet templates, or external reference guides — work best when learners can download and review them offline.

With ProProfs Training Maker, you can upload downloadable handouts (PDFs, PPTs, Excel files, etc.) to any chapter or page in your course. This allows learners to save, print, or revisit materials even when they're not actively taking the course online.

When should you use handouts?

• For compliance or onboarding documents, learners need to keep

• To share templates, spreadsheets, or guides they’ll use outside the course

• When creating blended learning, where classroom discussion follows a handout study

• To give parents or external stakeholders (like in Early Learning Adventures) access to key documents without creating a separate course flow

The image below shows how your learners can download the handouts from your course. 
 

How to Add a Handout (Resource File)

You can add handouts to both chapters and individual pages. Click to expand and learn about the different file types ProProfs Training Maker supports.

The following steps will help you learn how to add downloadable handouts after a page or chapter:

Step 1: From the "Add New" menu,

• Select Resource.

• Click Add File

Step 2: Add a title and click Add a file to upload your resources.

Step 3: After uploading a file, you can edit its name. Using the Add another file option, you can also add more files as resources for learners. 

Below is what the uploaded file(s) will look like in the course editor.

Best Practices

• Use clear, specific file names (e.g., “Download: Emergency Exit Checklist.pdf”) to make them self-explanatory

• Group files by topic if you’re uploading several (e.g., “Week 1 – Reference Material”)

• If you’re selling courses, handouts can be a value-add to justify pricing tiers or membership levels

• For parent-facing content or external stakeholders, use handouts to avoid creating duplicate learner accounts