Course Creation Process

Is there any new/relevant material that needs to be added to your program to make your content extraordinary? Make note of that material in this step. 

Before creating the course outline, I highly recommend surveying your students/audience to be sure you are providing them the content that they actually want from you!

If you haven't surveyed your students before, you can follow my process (see below). 

Survey Process: https://www.process.st/templates/2-3-listen/#21-questions-pt-1

To get an even better idea of what content you should be including in your next course video(s), get on the phone with your past students. Not only will this be a valuable opportunity to collect case studies, but you will also be able to dive deep with your students to determine their wants and needs. In order to efficiently execute on this step you should consider the following:

1) Have a Process for Identifying WHO to reach out to (what are the qualifications, which students will provide the most valuable feedback, etc.).

2) Create a Process for HOW you reach out to those people (Email, Phone, Skype, Scheduling, Etc). We use Calendly for booking calls. 

3) Process for the CALL. (Questions, recording, and relaying data)

Map out your lesson plan. Organize your 

Once you have feedback from your audience, and you have determined what you want to cover in your course, you'll need to map out the overview of the content. To use a book as an example, in this step you will determine the Title of your Program and the Chapters (aka Modules) you will cover in your course. 

Once you have your Big Picture Outline, you will fill in the different lessons you want include in each module. Example below:

Course Name: How to Tie Your Shoes

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Modules 1: Get shoes With Laces

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1.1. Finding The Right Pair of Shoes

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What You'll Learn in this Video

• this
• this 
• and this

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Pick Shoes That have:

• Laces
• Soles
• Tongues

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1.2  Paying The Best Price Possible

Module 2 : Socks

2.1 

Module 3: Laces

Create 2-3 SLIDES that look **EXACTLY** how you want the entire slide deck to look. 

Tip: You can find pre-designed slide decks on GraphicRiver.net

The easiest way to record course content is to use Screenflow. There is no need to be on Camera in this step. However, we have done course videos both ways. If you do want to be on Camera, I recommend using a teleprompter, and if you still want to incorporate slides, then you can have a TV behind or next to you displaying the slides. 

To make editing easier, follow these 3 Steps after making a mistake while recording. 

In Dropbox--->

FOLDER---> Course Name

Sub-Folder---> (for each module)

Each Screenflow File is located in Sub Module Folder.

See example below:

Create Instructions for the INTRO and OUTRO of each Video.

Kajabi is the easiest solution for building out your course. Each Module will be a "Category", and each lesson within the Modules will be a "Post."

This is a simple image that visually describes the Module. 

If you have additional resources that accompany your content, add them to your course in this step.