New "Claude Academy" ≠ the old Skilljar "Anthropic Academy" - What changed on August 20th, 2026

Anthropic launched the "New Claude Academy" on August 20, 2026, replacing the "Legacy Anthropic Academy" that launched on March 2, 2026. The new academy, hosted at academy.claude.com, offers open guest reading and requires a Claude account only for quizzes and tracking, unlike the old Skilljar-hosted version which needed a separate Skilljar account. It significantly expanded content to 22 courses, 119 tutorials, 148 use cases, and 66 webinars, and now awards completion badges linked directly to claude.ai accounts.