Demo/sandbox access for a Coursera-commissioned Jira Align course?

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm an e-learning developer, and our team has received a grant from Coursera to produce an official beginner course on Jira Align ("Jira Align Essentials"), aimed at product managers taking their first steps with the tool (program backlog, Program Board, dependencies, risks, PI objectives, roadmaps, Program Room).

What's blocking production is recording the screen walkthroughs (around 9 short clips, 2–5 minutes each). For that I need temporary access to a demo or sandbox environment, ideally with sample data. I know the Launchpad trial was sunset last year and the Strategy Collection has no self-serve trial, so I'm a bit stuck on how trainers are supposed to get hands-on access now. I'd only need edit access for 1–2 weeks, no integrations, no production use, and I'd gladly confirm the recordings are fine to publish in the course.

Since the course will introduce Jira Align to a broad Coursera audience of product managers, I'd love to get the product shown accurately and well: any pointers (or the right person to talk to) would be hugely appreciated. And if a demo instance isn't an option anymore, what is Atlassian's current recommendation for trainers creating Jira Align learning content?

Thanks!

Martin Runge · Answer

Hi @Maryna Khoruzhenko,

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

Building on Matthew's suggestion, I would not wait solely for a sales conversation. Jira Align is provisioned as its own separate instance, so a regular Atlassian Cloud trial or a partner demo site will not give you access to it. That is why there is no self-serve way in right now.

I would try these routes in parallel:

* Atlassian Learning / Atlassian University

Atlassian Learning is the team I would contact first. Atlassian already publishes its own learning content and has run courses on Coursera before, so a course labeled "official" will most likely need their alignment anyway. They are also the most likely team to have a curated training instance with clean sample data, which is exactly what you need for Program Board, dependencies, and PI objectives.
* An Atlassian Solution Partner with an Enterprise Agile Planning or Jira Align focus

Solution Partners who deliver Jira Align projects usually maintain demo instances with realistic SAFe-style data. Some may be open to a short screen recording session or a time-boxed guest account, especially if you credit them in the course.
* Your Coursera partner contact

I would also ask Coursera directly whether they have an existing relationship with Atlassian. A grant funded course is a good reason for them to make an introduction.

Before you publish, I would get written confirmation from whoever provides the instance that the recordings can be used commercially, and check the course title against Atlassian's trademark guidelines. Calling it "official" without Atlassian's involvement could cause trouble later.

Cheers, Martin

Matthew Sinclair · Answer

Honestly the best thing to do is to reach out to their sales team and inquire.

https://www.atlassian.com/collections/strategy/pricing

Seeing as this collection appears to be a sort of premium package with no real entry like Teamwork and Service Collections.