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Course Creation Rock-Star - Make Your First Online Course (Udemy.com)

How to research, record, and publish your online course using free and paid tools like Camtasia, PowerPoint, and Udemy

Created by: Ron Hogue

Last updated July 2016

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What you will learn

  • Create and post your first course online
  • Identify what to teach by researching, asking questions, and listing personal experiences
  • Structure topics logically to take your students through each step in your process
  • Identify tools to use for screen recording
  • Record and edit your voice and computer screen
  • Choose the right microphone based on your budget and recording preferences
  • Build a presentation from scratch
  • Design a clean slide deck by choosing a color scheme and applying professional animations
  • Choose the best platform for hosting your course (hint: you're already here)
  • Watch behind-the-scenes videos to learn how this course was created

How it compares

Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 87% of them
  • Reviews75#453 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length4.7 hourslonger than 60% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2016earlier than 95% of them

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Course Description

Start making your course with little or no experience in training. Use free tools and trial software to get started as cheaply as possible.

About this course:

  • Lifetime access
  • Extra lectures and resources always included for free
  • Unconditional Udemy 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Activities to put into practice what you learn here
  • In the Bonus area, you also get key lessons from my Camtasia Essentials course which sells right here on Udemy for $67

See how I:

  • Research a course topic
  • Structure ideas into a course outline
  • Create a presentation from scratch using free design and presentation tools
  • Record and edit audio
  • Record and edit the computer screen
  • Produce a video file
  • Create PDF resources for students
  • Upload videos to Udemy

You'll learn how to:

  1. Choose what to teach
  2. Identify your target student
  3. Set expectations for your students
  4. Collect and organize lecture topics
  5. Build a professional looking presentation
  6. Create resources and activities for students
  7. Capture the best audio possible
  8. Speak with confidence using the right words
  9. Record and edit your computer screen (screencast)
  10. Produce video files
  11. Choose the right platform to host your course
  12. Upload your course video files

... and much, much more!

You've read this far! Thank you!

Check out the free video previews so you can see how this course is presented.

Click the "Take this course" button in the top right now to begin making rock-star courses!

Ron Hogue

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Instructor Details

Ron Hogue

  Delivering technical training since 2003, Ron has taught hundreds of students everything from Microsoft Office applications to soft skills to Networking.  His passion for training is evidenced in his energetic and engaging deliveries. 

  In 2012, Ron won two separate awards for his "Top Five-ish Screencasting Tips" video.  He was recognized twice as one of the top ten New Horizons applications instructors in the world (Dec 2004 and Oct 2005). 

  Ron's love of learning and technology began in 1985 with a life-changing teacher and a Commodore 64 computer.  He's upgraded his computer a few times over the years (it's now an i7) and continues to share what he learns. 

  Southeastern College in Lakeland, FL is where Ron earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Education - Secondary Mathematics.  Since graduation, Ron's job titles have included Director of Education, Applications Instructor, Technical Instructor, Training and Operations Manager, Sr. IT Learning Specialist, Technical Trainer, Manager of Technical Training, and Training and Development Manager.  He has facilitated Train-the-Trainer sessions to coach and mentor new and seasoned instructors.  Ron has created custom courses for a variety of companies including financial institutions, manufacturing, industrial, talent management, and was even flown to Memphis to deliver a custom class at FedEx headquarters. 

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Reviews

4.8

75 ratings on Udemy

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By Harry Heijligers on 3/21/2019

Ron is a very good teacher and presenter. He knows how to teach often complex things in a very simple and elegant way. He is definitely an online trainer I admire! This course is very helpful and beneficial to me.

By Kyle Fowers on 10/16/2017

Very Professional, I am learning exactly what I need to do the online course that I have been planning to do. I had already started to plan prior to taking this course but the tips and tricks are helping me to get more organized.

By Jess Stuart on 5/31/2017

Great course but a lot of detail and some of it i already knew but for a complete novice it covers everything and is done in a way that's easy to understand and step by step with great delivery

By Virend Singh on 4/8/2016

A good course with excellent content. While the presentation was good, I found combining the talking head video with the slides somewhat "busy" and a little distracting. I was more focused when it was one format or the other.

By Ron Masa on 2/12/2016

Thanks for a very informative, very thorough and also very interesting class. I appreciate how focused and brief and digestible the lectures are. I also appreciate your prompt response and helpful info when I ran into a snag. I have recommended this class to friends already. thanks, Ron Masa, Ph.D.

By Gustavo Zarruk on 1/13/2016

I have been doing presentations for most of my professional life. But recently decided to start recording them and offer them as online courses. I started doing it and made lots of mistakes but kept on going. But it was a treacherous road. Luckily I found Ron's course and now the entire process of creating the course material, particularly the videos and audio, flows smoothly.

By Anne Walsh on 12/12/2015

I've already recommended this course to several people in my own training community. It's clear, comprehensive and I'm really looking forward to developing my own online courses after this. The style is engaging and personable. Production qualities excellent. If you are thinking about developing your own online course - this would be a great investment. Highly recommended

By Chris Cranston on 12/7/2015

I'm taking a few of Ron's courses. I'm guessing that as of this review, this course is his latest and I think, his best. He's very good. I have no reservation recommending him for any of his courses.

By J J Smith on 11/30/2015

This course is filled with lots of good and useful information. It would be nice to see more illustrations/pictures when he talks about equipment and other things. I wish I could take his two Camtasia courses, but being a disabled/retired vet - they are out of my budget.

By Bob Lockwood on 11/21/2015

Ron your course was great and gave me the confidence to get started with developing a tutorial covering a visual basic application I have done for a formulation calculator for work. I agree that the planning and outline is definitely the most challenging and most important part of the project.

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Overall Score : 96 / 100