Skip to content
UdemyTeaching & AcademicsPaid courseBeginner level

Create Your First Online Training Course - Beginners Guide (Udemy.com)

Beginners guide to creating an Online Course course creation and course video production and course marketing.

Created by: Mark Timberlake

Last updated January 2025

icon
What you will learn

  • Understand how to plan a Udemy course
  • Understand the core concepts of course production
  • Understand the core concepts of the golden triangle of marketing a Udemy course
  • Learn the basics of creating online courses

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 27% of them
  • Reviews126#412 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length0.8 hoursshorter than 95% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2025more recently than 63% of them

icon
Course Description

Do You Want To Understand How To Create A Udemy Course?

In this simple introductory course we cover some core principles that you need to be aware of when creating a Udemy training course.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for beginners who are new to course creation and want to understand what is involved in creating a Udemy Course.

Why Should You Listen To Me?

I have produced 11 successful Udemy courses with over 9,000 students and 110 reviews. I also know how to successfully market those courses.

I also run an online marketing company called SME Heroes, which offers video production, online marketing, web development and commercial photography.

I have also been teaching on a voluntary basis for over 10 years.

What You Will Learn From The Course?

You will learn how to approach course creation on Udemy.

You will also get some simple tips and tricks to help you avoid some simple mistakes that many Udemy instructors make when starting out.

What Is Covered In The Course?

We will discuss the following topics:

The Golden Triangle

We will explore what are the key factors in creating a successful course and will cover subjects like quality courses, social proof and marketing funnels.

The First Steps

In this section we will give you some simple tips to get you going and put you on the right path to create a successful Udemy training course

Video Production

An introduction to lighting, filming and sound will be covered in this section, we will guide you through some of the basic decisions you need to make when filming your Udemy course.

SEO For Udemy Courses

What is the point of having a great course that nobody can find? We share some key principles in this section so that you can practice good Search Engine Optimisation skills.

Building Social Proof

People don't buy from people who tell others how good they are!

They buy based on what other people think, so we explore this in this section.

Creating A Marketing Funnel

This is key if you really want to start getting sales from your Udemy course, this introduction will help you understand the principles of a marketing or sales funnel when it comes to digitial marketing online or even using Udemy's internal marketing system.

Bonus Goodies

We will share lots of bonus goodies for free in this section as they become available.

Join us on the other side:

So join us on the other side and start learning how to create your first Udemy course!

icon
Udemy Discount

The discount is applied through our link. Open the course from here and Udemy's current promotional price is applied at checkout on most courses, no code to type.

Some courses are excluded from Udemy's promotions. If the price does not drop, clear your browser cookies and use the button again.

icon
Instructor Details

Mark Timberlake

Mark runs an online training company called SME Heroes, which specializes in training on all things to do with sales, online marketing, management, and his personal passion entrepreneurship.

He has extensive experience with online business in various forms over the last 20 years and loves to share his hard-won lessons and techniques for online business success.

He runs online retail businesses, a video course training company, and a book publishing business.

This means he has a deep breadth of experience which comes through in his courses which are always designed to be easy to understand and to pass on the skills he has learned in a practical way.

icon
More courses by Mark Timberlake

$24.99

$149.99

$11.99

$18.99

Free

$11.99

icon
More Teaching & Academics courses

$11.99

$12.99

$10.99

$10.99

$69.99

$89.99

icon
Reviews

4.4

126 ratings on Udemy

Select a bar to show only those reviews.Select the bar again to show every rating.

By Tc on 5/17/2024

i took this class to learn about the "entire editing and programs needed" to record a UDEMY class. its not what I expected. I thought they would go into greater detail. They don't.

By Karl Wabrowetz on 8/18/2020

This is a very elementary overview of the process involved in creating an online course, which is what the author markets it as. If you are just considering the possibility of creating a course, then this is a great start in evaluating if it is something you will be interested in doing. If you do continue, expect to want a much more detailed course for detailed training.

By Nicki Rupe on 7/6/2020

Enjoyed this course. Great basic intro into the importance of the Golden Triangle to build your online course from creation content, marketing and promotion, and developing a sales funnel for continued sales.

By Prof. Bala (Balachandran Subramaniam) on 7/5/2020

Excellent in terms of concepts of creation and marketing of online courses. Enjoyed your clarity and delivery. The sections on choosing what to teach, getting acceptance, building social proof and creating trust were extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

By Matt S Rinc on 11/11/2015

Mark (the instructor) has given here more information from the real world experience than you can get in several other courses combined. True - you'll have to learn more by yourself, a shortcut is of course taking additional courses. Maybe they will be from the same instructor (with a lot of experience in marketing) but the most important is to start creating your (first) Udemy course. Immediately. After taking this one.

By Ramki M on 10/28/2015

The course content is less engaging because there is no clarity in the coach's voice. Sorry about that. Other than that its perfect starter for introduction to produce Udemy courses. I i was disappointed when I got to know in the ending that this is not a complete course. But anyhow it was a good intro video. Pls make all the tables and points be available in a ppt format if possible. Cheers.

By Vanessa T. on 10/21/2015

Being new to the subject I found all the information there very useful. I had to put the speed to 1,25/1,5 though. Some images/diagrams are lacking definition (even having the video set to 720p). For a free course it really is a good introduction.

By Barbara Tomlin on 9/20/2015

I've taken several courses on creating my first Udemy course. This one is among the best. This instructor excels in comprehensive course production and engaging content delivery. I particularly appreciate that he pays attention to student feedback and keeps the course material updated. Well done.

By Abhishek on 7/29/2015

I loved the course.. Content is very good .. After completing the course you are actually in a position to release a high quality course of yours .. Mark answered my questions in a matter of hours.. swift response to questions.. Guys take this course .. Learn thoroughly .. Take alot of notes .. And most important .. TAKE ACTIONS ..

By Eric Johnson on 6/8/2015

I learned a lot of things to consider outside of just creating my course. It was well structured and very helpful in identifying where I should spend most off my time when creating the course and marketing it as well. - Eric Johnson

Showing all 10 reviews on CourseDuck

Read all 126 reviews on Udemy

icon
Quality Score

No CourseDuck member has rated this course yet. Taken it? Give each part a thumbs up or down.

Content Quality
/
Video Quality
/
Qualified Instructor
/
Course Pace
/
Course Depth & Coverage
/

Overall Score : 88 / 100