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Online Course Creation with Udemy.com
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Course Image
Make your course stand out with a great image from Udemy's design team based on your preferences and style. * Get your free image (https://info.udemy.com/course-image-design).
- If you create your image, it must meet our course image quality standards to be accepted.
- Important guidelines: 750×422 pixels; .jpg, .jpeg,. gif, or .png. no text on the image.
- “Udemy licenses images when we create a course image for you. That license extends to instructors only when you use the image to advertise your Udemy course. So you can post the image on Facebook\\, your personal website, or other areas, but only if you're using it to promote your Udemy course." ==You’re Invited!== [[Studio U is a community of more than 40k instructors who are also creating their own courses. You’ll also see some Udemy employees answering questions and providing insight.
If you’re struggling with video editing, need feedback on your course, want to meet other instructors or learn about promotional strategies, Studio U is the place for you.
This Facebook group is always on, always there, and always helpful. https://info.udemy.com/studio-application
Create an Engaging Course
“It's important to make sure you're engaging your students with a well-structured, practical, and rewarding course experience. The most successful instructors spend time planning their course before diving into filming to ensure their course will help students achieve clear goals.”
Step 1: Choose your course topic
“Pick a course topic you're experienced in and genuinely excited about. Udemy has a few useful tools to help you understand the demand and competition for your chosen topic.”
Step 2: Define your target student and course goals
“Before you begin creating course content, it's important to determine who you are teaching and where you want to take your students by the end of your course. Check out these worksheets and questions to help guide your thinking.”
Step 3: Decide how students will practice what you’re teaching
”Udemy students love being hands-on with their learning: they want to practice what they've learned through exercises, activities, case studies, and more! There are lots of different types of practice you can include, so you'll want to choose what’s best for your topic.“
Step 4: Create your course outline
“Your course outline is the foundation for your course – this is where you decide how you will structure and visualize your content. Udemy has an outline template that can help you get started!”
Step 5: Script your course
“Once you know how your course will be structured, the next step is to prep for filming your lectures. Most instructors find that scripting each lecture (or writing bullet point notes) helps to reduce filming time and increases the smoothness of their delivery.”
FAQs
What are the components of a course?
“A Udemy course can consist of a combination of videos, slides, text, quizzes, coding exercises, assignments, and practice tests. You can also add additional resources to your course, including: PDFs, links, audio files, etc. These course components are structured into sections and course lectures (sections are groups of lectures).”
How long should my course be?
“The only course length requirement is that it must be at least 30 minutes. Your course should be as long as it takes to fully teach your course topic and allow your students to achieve the course goals. You can also take a look at other courses in your course category to get a sense for the average course length of similar courses.”
How much time does it take to create a course?
”Course creation time varies greatly depending on the length of the course and an instructor's time commitment. Many of our instructors complete their courses in 30-45 days.“
Do students want quizzes, assignments, and worksheets?
“Yes! Udemy students love to practice and apply what they are learning. Course practice activities can be anything that makes a student apply their learning, not just quizzes or course worksheets. Udemy gives you the tools to create quizzes, practice tests, coding exercises, and assignments in your course.”
Are there any course requirements? What are they?
Course requirements: “Courses must contain at least 30 minutes of content, include at least 5 separate lectures, and videos must be HD quality. See here for a complete list of the minimum course requirements.”
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