What can Sidekick help with?
Sidekick can find courses and lessons, explain saved student access and progress, summarise enrolments, and identify pending reviews. It can also check email send attempts and course settings. Answers can link you to the relevant Alva Courses page for follow-up.
Start a conversation
1. Open Sidekick
Click the Sidekick icon in your Shopify admin. Ask: “Use Alva Courses to find my courses.” Mentioning Alva Courses helps Sidekick choose the correct app.
2. Approve the app for this conversation
When Shopify asks, approve Sidekick’s use of Alva Courses. Approval applies to the current conversation; Shopify can ask again in a new chat.
3. Ask about a specific course
Try: “In Alva Courses, show the lesson outline and product links for [course name].” Replace the brackets with your course’s name. Follow up with one student, course or date range at a time.
For more examples, see Sidekick prompts for courses and students. Shopify explains conversation approval in its guide to using Sidekick with apps.
Common questions
Do I need to enable Sidekick in Alva Courses?
No. The Alva Courses integration is enabled by default for all installed stores. Shopify’s approval prompt for a conversation still applies.
Will asking questions change course data?
No. Alva’s data tools read information without changing enrolments, progress, grades or message read status.
Can Sidekick edit emails?
Yes. Sidekick can propose changes to a course’s enrolment email. Review the draft and click Save in the email editor to apply it. Saving does not send an email.
Can Sidekick enrol students or create courses?
These actions are not supported by the Alva Courses integration. Use the existing course and member pages to make those changes.
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Last updated 2026-10-05