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Create a Course People Finish
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Design lessons from the learning research (active practice, short videos with tests between, quizzes, feedback and deep questions) and build your first one in the Creator Studio.
2h 59m5 constellations
01Write course outcomes as skills and design for the learners you have
02Build lessons around doing, worked examples and deep questions
03Use short videos, quizzes and feedback the way the evidence supports
04Read your course data, and publish your first lesson in the Creator Studio
Every lesson of Create a Course People Finish
15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.
Level 1Why Courses Fail, and What HelpsFree · 3 lessons
- Most people never finishSee how many learners really finish online courses, and what that means for how you design yours.11 min
- Promise a skill, not a topicWrite course outcomes learners can do and show, and check the time your course asks for.12 min
- Checkpoint: teach the learner in front of youMatch support to what learners already know, and set up your course's foundation.12 min
Level 2Lessons That TeachMembership · 3 lessons
- Make them do somethingBuild lessons around doing, the way the strongest evidence on teaching suggests.11 min
- Worked examples, then practiceAlternate solved examples with problems, and fade the help as learners improve.12 min
- Checkpoint: the shape of a lessonAssemble a complete lesson outline from the practices with the strongest evidence.13 min
Level 3Video and Media That HelpMembership · 3 lessons
- Short segments, questions betweenCut videos into short segments and put quick tests between them.11 min
- Questions before the lesson?Know what pre-questions can and can't do, and what to count on instead.11 min
- Checkpoint: pictures that explainPlan the media of a lesson so every picture and video teaches something.12 min
Level 4Quizzes and FeedbackMembership · 3 lessons
- Quizzes that teachWrite quiz questions that make learners retrieve the key ideas, and bring them back later.12 min
- Feedback that helpsGive feedback about the work and the next step: the kind that improves performance.12 min
- Checkpoint: questions that make them explainEnd lessons with a why question and give learners a rubric to check their own answers.12 min
Level 5Launch and ImproveMembership · 3 lessons
- Nudges: what works at scaleKnow how much reminders and planning exercises really help, and where to invest first.11 min
- Improve with your dataRead where learners stop, how questions perform and what confused people, then change one thing.12 min
- Capstone: build your first lessonBuild, play and publish a complete lesson in the Creator Studio.15 min
AFTER THE CORE