Instructional design to create online courses or teach online on Thinkific Elearning. Create an online course & sell
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π€ Seeking a comprehensive roadmap to master E-Learning in 2024
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π€― Ready to elevate your courses to the top ranks and attract a devoted audience of learners?
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π Interested in uncovering the art of crafting compelling course descriptions and eye-catching promotional materials?
ποΈ Craving practical tactics to generate excitement and foster organic discovery of your online courses?
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π¨ Excited to discover the keys to launching and scaling a thriving online course business?
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π» Dreaming of implementing sustainable monetization models for long-term course success?
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Learn at your own pace with over 5 hours of pre-recorded video lectures that you can access anytime.
Supplement your learning with a downloadable resource, such as a cheat sheet, workbook, or practice exam.
Take your studies anywhere with access to the course materials on your mobile devices and even on your TV for a comfortable learning experience.
Never lose access to the course content. Enroll once and revisit the lectures and resources whenever you need a refresher.
Earn a certificate upon completing the course, a valuable recognition of your accomplishment.
Articles to help improve your knowledge on the course
- Online course creation to make a best-in-category course
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- How to get your video, lighting, and audio to be perfect
- Marketing and sales for courses
- Gain Elearning savviness, and succeed in Elearning
- Follow the online course creation steps of a professional
- Create an Elearning roadmap for creating multiple courses
- 40-point online course creation quality checklist to make your course fantastic
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- How to create different types of instructional videos
- See how Elearning veterans promote their courses
19 sections β’ 80 lectures β’ 5h 10m total length
Course creation: welcome and what to expect from the course 03:11
Where to sell courses and how much you can expect to make in Elearning | 07:07
In what topics are you expert? Where can you make "best in class" course? | 02:03
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU MAKE?? And where to research demand | 06:12
Choosing course topics & case studies of successes and failures of my courses | 06:10
Inviting co-instructors to aid your course creation | 05:02
Position you as thought leader | 02:36
How long should each video be for optimal Elearning? | 02:12
How long should an online course be for sound instructional design | 06:45
40-point online course quality checklist for good instructional design | 07:53
Section introduction - measuring course demand from Google | 02:02
Researching online course demand with the Google Keyword Tool | 04:33
How to create a course outline - Elearning design | 05:24
How to make the course flow well and design a perfect Elearning experience | 04:28
Should you have quizzes, exercises, and downloadables | 02:37
Course gamification and contests in Elearning | 02:38
Testing your course | 02:31
Masterclass quality issues | 04:42
Five video format options for recording to appear on or off camera | 05:17
Talking head videos | 03:55
Screencast videos | 02:45
Picture in picture video genre | 04:01
Best video format for presenting or teaching | 06:23
Lighting and shadows | 05:31
Improving lighting, background and shadows with better equipment | 05:23
Audio section introduction | 02:26
My favorite microphone that I use and recommend | 06:03
Getting rid of sound echo with studio foam | 01:32
Editing your course videos | 04:10
Camera options for filming Elearning course videos | 04:49
Body language section introduction | 03:09
Clothing and appearance | 05:54
Basics of your speech and tone when presenting | 04:23
Should you pre-script? What kind of preparation? Teleprompter | 02:12
Parasite words in your speech - how to recognize and get rid of them | 03:36
If you have an accent like I do - does it impact your Elearning potential? | 03:34
Title and subtitle of your online course | 06:23
Social proof | 03:18
Description for a course on Udemy - different from other Elearning sites | 03:21
Course price October 2019 update | 03:53
Course price | 02:11
Structure courses so after they finish your current course, can recommend next | 04:46
Recycling videos and content for multiple courses | 03:11
Where to get extra ideas for videos for natural course length boost |Β 02:36
Free to paid strategy for selling online courses | 05:27
Udemy terms of service for changing the course from free to paid | 01:51
Results of free coupon giveaways | 12:05
List of sites and Facebook groups to post your course promotion | 01:11
How to make students promote your online course if they love your course | 04:24
Udemy Terms of Service |Β 01:27
Which tasks you can outsource | 02:22
Section introduction to creating beautiful and professional presentations | Β 01:40
Creating an account in Google Docs so we can use Google Slides |Β 02:28
Looking at templates in Google Slides | 05:03
Creating a nice presentation cover image | 06:19
Creating beautiful and clean information slides with images and animations | 08:49
Looking at templates in Canva | 04:45
Next level for your presentations - storytelling with images to inspire | 05:45
Latest step in the evolution of slide designs for professionalism | 06:57
TEDx presentation guide for how they do storytelling | 04:33
Elearning presentation exercise | 00:48
Elearning presentation exercise - answer | 05:05
Thinkific section introduction | 02:11
Strategies for selling courses on Thinkific's site vs. your site | 03:13
Thinkific pricing and account options | 02:00
Signing up for the basic Thinkific account | 02:03
Starting to upload your first course | 01:31
Uploading the course one file at a time | 02:19
Setting the price and overview of broad pricing options and strategies | 03:27
Setting the course image and brief description | 02:30
Publishing your Thinkific course live | 00:59
Creating a sales widget in Thinkific | 03:10
Adding the course widget to your site and enabling the course to be sold | 02:24
Exploring themes and creating your banner - initial styling | 02:53
Adding a sales video to the course sales page | 04:30
Adding the course description | 03:01
Adding a call to action | 01:35
Adding a nice course banner image (hero image) | 03:05
Elearning course conclusion quiz | 2 questions
Course certificate for this Elearnign course: How to get it | 04:54
Thank you for taking this Elearning course, and parting words | 00:30
Desire to get into the eLearning business to get into the eLearning business
Online course creation and sales on Udemy, Skillshare, Teachable, Thinkific or other Elearning platforms. Create a best-in-class course that will dominate its industry and position you as an expert.
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I've been in the eLearning industry creating Udemy courses for six years. in this course, I teach you the best practice course creation techniques and insights of the Elearning industry.
Use the wisdom in this course to skip all the struggles and mistakes made by others who get into the eLearning and don't take outdated advice given out by other supposed experts. I'll show you how the top Udemy instructors plan, create, and promote their Elearning courses so you can too.
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BEST COURSES SELL THE MOST SO CREATE AN ONLINE COURSE THAT IS BEST IN ITS CLASS
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I'll show you how to create the best course in your niche. Quality sells and creating a great course will help you delight your students and make sales. We'll go over student shopping behaviors and I'll explain what signals they use to influence their shopping decisions.
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WHAT GOES INTO A COURSE: AUDIO, VIDEO, PRESENTATION, COURSE DESIGN, EXPERTISE
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If you want to create an online course that is dominant in its niche, you must master video creation and editing, audio creation and editing, common instructional video formats and styles, presentation skills, course curriculum design, and of course, you must be an expert in the course topic.I can't teach you how to become an expert in the topic of your course, but I will teach you how to do everything else that makes a great online course and leads to Elearning success.
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ELEARNING IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES
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Elearning and online course creation is one of the best online industries today. Elearning is revolutionizing education and if you create a course, you will position yourself to profit from Elearning.
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40-POINT ONLINE CREATION QUALITY CHECKLIST
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Once you understand how important course quality is to course success, we'll use a 40-point checklist to make your course as great as possible, and I'll show you how to make each of the 40 points as good or better than any competitor.Get this course, create an online course, and win in the eLearning space through quality and happy students!
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LEARN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
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Instructional Design is the art and science of creating an instructional environment and materials that will bring the learner from the state of not being able to accomplish certain tasks to the state of being able to accomplish those tasks.
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RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR: WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT
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If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don't respond. Well, I do because1) I care about my students.2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money's worth from the course.
People starting in Elearning who need to create and promote online courses