Pricing Tertiary education
Every Zalvi engagement scales in 5-credit blocks — development, print production, and ongoing course currency are all priced per block. A larger course is simply a multiple of that one unit, so the price you'd pay for 100 credits is exactly 20× the price for 5.
Course development
Covers course mapping, AI-assisted drafting, learning design, assessment and content alignment, canonical structured content, human editing and review, governance, QA, version control, audit history, teacher guide and lesson plan generation, and publication to your chosen digital delivery destination(s).
| Course size | Blocks | Price (ex GST) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 credits | 1 | $6,000 |
| 10 credits | 2 | $12,000 |
| 15 credits | 3 | $18,000 |
| 20 credits | 4 | $24,000 |
| 100 credits | 20 | $120,000 |
| 400 credits | 80 | $480,000 |
Quoted separately: bespoke video production, specialist interactive development, subject-matter-expert commissioning, redevelopment beyond the included revision allowance, complex assessment development, and print-ready publishing (below).
Delivery channels
Your content is developed once, as a single canonical document. Publishing it is then a separate choice — one destination or several, in either order — priced by what each one actually involves, not by which you choose first.
| Delivery channel | What's included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Digital publication | iQualify (Direct API), Moodle, Canvas, SCORM, Common Cartridge, DOCX, web/HTML | Included |
| Print-ready publishing | Professional typeset interior layout, full editorial validation pass, cover design | $1,500 / block + $800–$1,500 cover |
A 20-credit (4-block) course, delivered both online and in print:
$24,000 development + $0 digital publication + $6,000 print layout + $1,200 cover = $31,200.
Review and sign-off
| Engagement | Included before sign-off |
|---|---|
| First course with Zalvi | 1 initial draft + up to 3 revision rounds |
| Subsequent courses | 1 initial draft + 1 revision round |
Additional revision rounds beyond those included are billed at $1,500–$2,000 per 5-credit block affected — a rework touching one part of a larger course is priced for that part, not the whole course.
Annual course currency & governance
A separate, ongoing service from course development — corrections, wording updates, reference/date updates, compliance-driven changes, and re-approval after a minor edit. Does not include new activities, restructured topics, or rewritten learning outcomes — those are redevelopment, quoted separately.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Course currency & governance | $900–$1,200 per block/year, incl. up to 10 hrs editorial time per block |
| Print layout currency (courses with print-ready publishing) | + $400–$600 per block/year, up to 2 refresh passes included per block |
A 20-credit (4-block) course is therefore $3,600–$4,800/year for currency & governance. Additional editorial time is billed at the standard editorial rate; additional print refresh passes at $300–$500 each. Cover refreshes and physical print runs are quoted separately.
Edit vs. redevelopment
An edit is a change that does not materially alter a course's approved learning outcomes, assessment intent, topic structure, or activity design. Redevelopment is a change that does. Redevelopment is quoted separately, against the specific 5-credit block(s) actually affected — agreed with you before any work begins, not discovered afterward.
Every engagement starts with a real conversation about scope, credits, and delivery channels — not a self-serve checkout.
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