“Is my content good enough? Will students love my course?"

From chapter length to what kind of lessons you should have in your course, to how to create a good video lesson, there's a lot of decisions to make and learning when you get started making your first course.

We know you don't want to let your students down.
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Learn how to confidently create great student experiences

This free training will help you jump the content hurdle.

During this course you'll design a curriculum with learning design best practices mind. Then, you'll get how-to guides for creating video lessons, text lessons, quizzes and more.

By the end of this 90 minute course, you'll have a course that your students will love to learn with.
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By the end of this course, you will...

  • Learn why great student experiences grow your business

    We'll show you how great student experiences have helped Thinkific users create and grow online businesses successfully already

  • Draft a course curriculum designed for student success

    Get a crash course in learning design and get best practices for lesson creation so your students can find success with you faster

  • Confidently choose the right lesson format

    No more guesswork! You'll be able to confidently decide when to use video, text, downloads, quizzes, surveys, and other lessons types in your course

  • Produce multimedia lesson content without spending thousands

    We'll show you how to produce a professional video and other multimedia content in less time and for less money.

  • Add more value to your course by creating great learning supports

    We'll show you how to put together effective downloads, quizzes, assignments, and other learning supports for your students

  • Create your course and add your content in Thinkific

    We'll walk you through using Thinkific to build your online course from your curriculum and lesson content so you can launch faster

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Learn student experience best practices and how to put them into action

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Explore the course curriculum

This course takes under 1.5 hours to complete

    1. Welcome! 👋

    2. How to use this course

    3. Before you begin...

    1. How great student experiences help you grow your business

    2. Mapping your learning journey

    3. Drafting your course curriculum

    4. Learning check: Plan your student experience

    1. Choosing a lesson format

    2. Creating text & image lessons

    3. Creating a video lesson

    4. Creating downloadables

    5. Creating assessments

    6. Learning check: Producing lesson content

    1. Overview: Create a course in Thinkific

    2. Creating a course in Thinkific

    3. Adding learning supports to your course

    4. Customizing your learning experience

    5. Branding your learning experience

    1. What happens next?

    2. Before you go...

About this course

  • Free
  • 20 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Meet your instructor

Aaron Morin is the Lead Educator at Thinkific, the most trusted platform for creating online courses and learning communities. He’s studied over 50,000 courses to understand what works for creators—and what doesn’t. Aaron has more than 10 years of experience teaching online and has launched online courses for Thinkific that have helped thousands of people get started creating and selling engaging courses.

Aaron Morin

Education Manager, Thinkific

What students are saying about this course

Luana Rose

5 star rating

“I was lost and confused before I did this course. I didn't know how to map out a simple and succinct blueprint for me course. Now I have a colour coded blueprint, feedback from a potential buyer and a heck of a lot more confidence and clarity to m...”

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“I was lost and confused before I did this course. I didn't know how to map out a simple and succinct blueprint for me course. Now I have a colour coded blueprint, feedback from a potential buyer and a heck of a lot more confidence and clarity to move forward. Thank you!”

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Meg Parker

5 star rating

“After taking this course, I feel like I'm starting to go into the correct direction of getting my 1st recorded online course finalized sooner then later.”

“After taking this course, I feel like I'm starting to go into the correct direction of getting my 1st recorded online course finalized sooner then later.”

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Issa Oré

5 star rating

“I enjoyed this training thoroughly. Since I am already working on the design of a course it has helped me clarify details to keep in mind. Thank you!”

“I enjoyed this training thoroughly. Since I am already working on the design of a course it has helped me clarify details to keep in mind. Thank you!”

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Lucy Daniels

5 star rating

“I was happy finding out that I can startup with much help for free.. its simply amazing... thumbs up to Thinkific ”

“I was happy finding out that I can startup with much help for free.. its simply amazing... thumbs up to Thinkific ”

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Randy Rolfe

5 star rating

“It is just what I needed to understand all the moving parts of my online course.”

“It is just what I needed to understand all the moving parts of my online course.”

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Alan Edwards

5 star rating

“The course was very detailed and informative.”

“The course was very detailed and informative.”

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Frank Hes

5 star rating

“Useful, clear and nice to follow for a beginner ”

“Useful, clear and nice to follow for a beginner ”

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