How to teach an online course (Udemy.com)
Make professional instructional videos – on an amateur budget…
Created by: Huw Collingbourne
Last updated August 2014
What you will learn
- Create a home studio on a budget
- Achieve professional-quality video and audio
- Become an effective online educator
How it compares
Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
- Reviews295#313 of 504 by number of reviews
- Length1.1 hoursshorter than 89% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2014earlier than 99% of them
Course Description
You want to make online courses, tutorials or demos but you don’t know where to begin? Top-selling instructor, Huw Collingbourne, reveals the secrets of making professional videos on an amateur budget. Huw has taught more than 43,000 students on Udemy. He recorded all his videos single-handedly in a tiny room at home with budget-priced equipment. If Huw can do it, so can you. This course shows you how.
Covers…
- Cameras
- Microphones
- Lighting
- Backdrops
- Create a home studio
- Solving audio problems
- Video editing
- Screencasting
- Scripting
- Presenting
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
295 Reviews
Huw Collingbourne
Huw Collingbourne is the technology director at SapphireSteel Software, developers of programming tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. He is author of The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book Of Recursion from Bitwise Books and of The Book Of Ruby from No Starch Press. He runs Bitwise Courses and teaches courses on a range of programming topics.
Huw has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is a well-known technology writer in the UK. For over ten years he wrote the Delphi and Java programming column for PC Plus Magazine. He has also written numerous opinion and programming columns (including tutorials on C#, C++, Smalltalk and Ruby) for a number of computer magazines, such as Computer Shopper, PC Pro, and PC Plus.
In the 1980s he was a pop music journalist and interviewed most of the New Romantic stars, such as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Boy George, and Depeche Mode. He is now writing a series of 1980s murder mysteries.
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Reviews
By Maisha Samuel on 9/30/2016
I tried many of the things that were recommended, and nothing worked. E.g. I went out and bought the exact lapel microphone he suggested and it doesn't work with my iPhone at all, which he said it would. I feel the course was a waste of my money and time and really set me back with meeting my goal in a timely fashion.
By Tobias Luther on 9/9/2015
Huw has a nice way to bring things across, I did enjoy this course. He did a nicely condensed jumpstart course on how to produce online video courses in order to get you started. Also it is a behind-the-scenes for his other courses. I have got a long history with community radio broadcasting, therefore I obviously already knew quite a bit of this stuff. But the lightning hints will be quite useful for me and even though I'm an audio person I have never encountered such a vocal booth. I will definitely get one. Recommended course.
By Ombar Roghi on 6/21/2015
this course is all about the tools you need to make online videos, but very little on how to use them or how to structure your material. the title is a bit confusing, its not how to teach online, but it should be "Tools you need to make videos online".
By Masa Y on 2/9/2015
Nice Overview of what kind of equipment and preparation we should consider for online video. It is a nice and quick overview of what kind of equipment and preparation we should consider for online video. I enjoyed watching this course. At least, I got what I wanted to learn from this course. This course is not meant to learn how to use tools. Probably I need to learn how to edit video and audit a lot before getting ready to publish a video. Well, that's okay. We need to invest time and money to prepare for providing a decent online video course.
By Abid Syed on 11/21/2014
Nice job! I was truly amazed at how well Huw was able to take a mundane subject like "how to teach an online course" and turn it into a fun and interesting exercise. Really loved the simple yet functional approach on every aspect of audio, video, lighting, screen casting and presentation skills. And especially loved the candid camera humor intertwined in between the lectures...
By Sandra Earle-Russo on 9/16/2014
For me this really is a five star course. It not only does what it promises in the title it does it efficiently. Fairly short lectures so that it is quick and easy to revisit anything that you need a refresher on. Doesn't waste my time with fluff. Doesn't send me crazy with music, bad English or bad sound. Doesn't recommend only expensive 'stuff'.
By RSClark on 9/3/2014
I have always wanted to create online teaching courses. I have a few books I have written that I want to make accompanying video courses for and also I am a personal trainer and want to make videos for people on how to workout. Now I have the knowledge I need and a list of items to acquire in order to start creating my own video courses. Thank you.
By Nagaraja Gundappa on 3/2/2014
I have seen video lessons on this subject from at least 4 different sources and they were all superficial. They did cover a lot of details that this course has covered, but don't go into sufficient details to really enable us to decide what is suitable for us for our situation. I found that in video lessons from other sources, we land up being unable to decide in spite of a volume of information, whereas, with this course, we can decide for ourselves!!
By Amit Desai on 10/8/2013
This is a simple & beautifully structured & crafted FREE Course on Udemy which will give you a great insight into how to teach an online course. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate, this course is just perfect & concise enough to get you enough knowledge to make the most of what you have. Thank you Huw for such an amazing course. Truly grateful :) - Amit Desai http://www.artpixelphotography.com
By Carl Friesen on 7/19/2013
It was really good to see how the instructor has set up his studio, and also to see that he was able to do it without much upfront investment. He indicates that it's possible to do good work with little up-front money, but then to add equipment if and when you find it necessary. He doesn't cover issues such as curriculum development, marketing, and other business topics -- the course is about "How to teach an online course" and that's what he provides.
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