DMARC Tracking for Online Course Student Emails

As an online course creator on platforms like Teachable or Thinkific, student communication is paramount. Ensure your onboarding, lesson, and announcement emails reliably reach students, enhancing their learning experience.

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The problem

Online course platforms are heavily reliant on email for critical student communications: welcome sequences, lesson unlock notifications, assignment reminders, and community announcements. If these emails, sent from your custom domain via platforms like Teachable, Thinkific, or Kajabi, fail DMARC authentication, they can land in spam folders or be rejected. This leads to frustrated students, missed deadlines, decreased course completion rates, and increased support requests, all directly impacting the perceived value of your course and your brand's reputation.

Many course creators integrate with external email marketing tools (e.g., ActiveCampaign) for more complex automation, adding another layer of email sending. Without a unified DMARC reporting solution, it's a constant struggle to verify that every email touchpoint is properly authenticated. You need clear visibility to ensure that SPF and DKIM are aligning correctly across all your sending services, guaranteeing that your valuable educational content reaches your students' inboxes consistently, fostering engagement and positive learning outcomes.

How Aligned solves it

Parse DMARC aggregate reports to show alignment status for all emails sent from your course domain.

Identify which online course platforms or ESPs are correctly authenticating SPF and DKIM.

Ensure all critical student communications avoid spam filters and reach their intended recipients.

Concrete example

Online Course Email Deliverability Report

Domain: your-course-academy.com

Date Range: Last 30 Days


{
  "your-course-academy.com": {
    "Teachable (Platform)": {
      "dmarc_aligned": "99.7%",
      "spf_aligned": "100%",
      "dkim_aligned": "99.7%"
    },
    "ActiveCampaign (Marketing)": {
      "dmarc_aligned": "98.2%",
      "spf_aligned": "98.2%",
      "dkim_aligned": "100%"
    },
    "Unidentified Sender": {
      "dmarc_aligned": "0%",
      "spf_aligned": "0%",
      "dkim_aligned": "0%",
      "volume": 5
    }
  }
}

Verify all your course emails reach your students reliably.

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Frequently asked questions

How does Aligned help with emails sent from my online course platform?

Aligned parses DMARC reports to show if emails sent by your course platform (e.g., Teachable, Thinkific) using your domain are correctly aligning SPF and DKIM. This ensures crucial student communications consistently reach their inboxes.

Can DMARC issues impact student engagement and course completion rates?

Absolutely. If essential emails like lesson notifications or assignment reminders don't reach students due to DMARC failures, engagement can drop significantly, leading to lower course completion rates and student dissatisfaction. Aligned helps prevent this.

What if I use an external email service like ActiveCampaign for my course communications?

Aligned provides a consolidated view of all email senders for your domain. If you use ActiveCampaign alongside your course platform, Aligned will report on its DMARC, SPF, and DKIM alignment, ensuring all your email streams are secure and delivered.