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School Launcher is a Japanese platform for running an online school or course business, made by Proseeds Co., Ltd. (株式会社プロシーズ), a company that also provides corporate e-learning systems, education content and training support. The company's blog describes it as an online course platform that lets you manage and build a business around both live-streamed and on-demand courses: "ライブ配信形式とオンデマンド配信形式の両方で管理・ビジネス展開できるオンライン講座プラットホーム" (an online course platform that can be managed and developed as a business in both live and on-demand formats). In August 2025 the company announced that the service, which it calls an online school operation system and wrote as SchoolLauncher, was being renamed スクラン, and the blog now runs under that name. The reader it serves is a creator or company selling courses to the public: a training school, an expert with a paid program, or a business that wants to turn its know-how into an online academy. Its feature menu groups the product into course creation and management, learning management, user management, communication management, features for businesses selling to individuals, features that motivate learners, and a scout function that supports a recruitment business.

Live and on-demand in one platform

The central idea is hybrid learning. Proseeds' blog defines it as combining several learning methods to get the advantages of each, and explains how it works for an online course: an instructor first releases on-demand video so learners arrive with the basics, then runs live sessions for discussion, workshops and questions. For the instructor, that means live time goes further and fewer staff hours are spent on live delivery; for learners, it means studying at their own pace and still being able to ask questions in a live class. School Launcher supports both formats in one place, so a school can sell a recorded course, a live program, or a course that mixes the two. The blog's comparison table marks School Launcher as supporting learning management, content registration and delivery, and hybrid learning. The blog describes learning management as the part that shows each learner's progress and level of understanding, so instructors can give well-aimed advice and learners can see their own understanding at a glance.

Selling courses

The payment options are built for Japanese buyers. The blog states that School Launcher accepts credit card payment, bank transfer and convenience-store payment, and that card payments cover one-time payment, installments and subscriptions. That combination lets a school sell a single course outright, spread an expensive program over several payments, or run a monthly membership.

School Launcher also supports a free membership tier. The blog's reasoning is that prospective customers often hesitate because they cannot tell whether a course will give them the skill they want or whether the system suits them, so a school can publish courses that free members can view, let them try the actual course and system, and move them into paid enrollment from there. Coupons are supported too, and the blog describes them as a way to discount a course or make it free and to run time-limited campaigns aimed at new or hesitant customers.

To help with attracting students, Proseeds runs an online learning service called Re:ST that matches its customers' courses with learners. The blog is candid that this is a partial answer: in its own comparison table, School Launcher gets only a middling mark for student acquisition, so a school should still plan its own marketing.

Keeping learners motivated

School Launcher puts weight on keeping learners going once they have enrolled. The blog lists three features:

• Peer exchange. Bulletin-board and messaging features let learners share information and exchange views, which the blog presents as a remedy for the isolation of studying alone.
• Automatic mentoring emails. The operator, who can see each learner's study status, can have encouraging emails sent automatically to nudge learners who have drifted away.
• Badges. Learners earn badges that let them look back on their effort, since in most online courses video progress and periodic knowledge tests are the only signs of how hard someone has worked.

The comparison table also marks School Launcher for design changes, so a school can adapt the site to its own branding, and for operational automation. The blog defines that category as step emails, which send messages to all users or selected ones, issue coupons to free members, set push notifications and track whether messages were read or answered, together with the automatic assignment of course materials after each purchase, so staff do not have to send materials by hand.

The scout function

An unusual feature is scouting. Companies that are hiring can scout learners on the platform, and learners can present themselves to those employers through their badge count, learning attitude and the work they have produced. The product menu describes this as a scout function "人材紹介ビジネスもできる" (that also lets you run a recruitment business), so a school that trains people for a trade or profession can connect graduates with employers and earn from placements as well as course fees. For learners, the blog adds, it gives them a concrete skill goal to work toward.

Support and the company behind it

School Launcher's support answers questions about using the system. Beyond that, the blog says Proseeds can follow up on operational questions from the operator's point of view, drawing on know-how it gained running its own business-to-consumer services. The product site has pages on case studies, the implementation process and pricing, plus a contact and document-download form; the blog does not quote prices.

Proseeds itself is a broader education company. Its site lists an LMS, support for digitizing training (including in-house content production and AI use), education content and course production, solution packages, and studio and rental space, and it publishes LearningNote, a column site on e-learning and staff development. Its corporate learning management system, LearningWare, is a separate product; School Launcher is the product aimed at running courses as a business.

Who it suits

School Launcher suits a Japanese training school, professional academy or expert who wants to sell courses online and needs the payment methods Japanese buyers expect, including bank transfer and convenience-store payment alongside cards and installments. It fits operators who want to mix recorded lessons with live classes, keep learners engaged with badges, peer interaction and automated mentoring emails, and use a free membership and coupons to turn prospects into paying students. The scout function makes it particularly interesting for schools that prepare people for jobs. Buyers outside Japan should note that the product site and blog are in Japanese.