Joshua Millage and Christopher Badgett talk about how to organize online course production in this LMScast episode. Joshua has created 4 classes to teach you how to organize your course development process by making an outline before you start putting it all together.
Building a structured framework saves time and frustration by keeping you on track and progressing smoothly. A tool like WorkFlowy will step you through the process, or simply make a Word document. But you really need a map to follow instead of wasting time and energy flailing, and working from an outline will make your courses flow.
Develop the basic curriculum based on your students’ needs and requirements. Then do research, build lessons and decide on content. Make multiple passes so your mind can assemble and refine each segment, and work within your high-energy windows. You want your delivery and presence to be dynamic to maintain student engagement, retention, and completion.
Working from an outline prevents you from trying to do too much in too little time by defining tasks into workable steps. It also aids everyone working with you in creating audio, video, and visuals by defining your concept and batching and coordinating their tasks. Your courses will be much more appealing as a result of organizing and pre-planning all production elements.
Building a course involves curriculum, content, publishing, and marketing, and Joshua’s classes will show you how to organize your online course production. Using a development platform like the LifterLMS plugin for WordPress will make your experience much more satisfying. Try a demo of LifterLMS and see for yourself what it can do for you.
