HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the standard protocol used for communication between web browsers and servers. They are three-digit numbers returned by web servers to indicate the status of a requested resource. Also, they provide information about whether a request was successful or not, and what action the client should take next. In these cases, the server responds with an HTTP status code that informs your browser about the outcome of the request. These codes range from informationa...
Mar 22, 2023•12 min
Email communication is a critical part of operating online courses. In this lesson, we're learning about email addresses so that you can have reliable emails going out for sales, helpful emails for teachers and administrators, and receive important emails from your students. In this lesson, we’re going to go over email addresses for online courses, what email addresses are, why you should have multiple email addresses, the main email addresses you should have, and even get into aliases, which is...
Mar 15, 2023•10 min
Visual aids, such as images, have become an essential tool for creating, engaging and effective online courses. Transparent PNG images have become increasingly popular among various image file formats due to their support, high-resolution graphics, and the ability to remove the background or make it transparent. In this lesson, we’ll be learning all about transparent PNG images for online course teachers so that you can have images with transparency. You can layer them and do all sorts of great ...
Mar 08, 2023•8 min
Ideal Target Audience (ITA) is an essential component of any successful online course. It refers to the specific group of people that the course is designed for and aimed at. In this lesson, we’re learning about understanding your ideal target audience or ITA so that you can make great marketing materials and the steps involved in identifying and defining the ideal target audience for an online course. Challenges online course creators can face if they don’t identify their Ideal Target Audience:...
Mar 02, 2023•10 min
As an online course creator, there are various methods to interact with your students, but what’s important is finding the best way to engage your students the most. Live webinars may be one of the best ways to keep students accountable for their courses. With live webinars, you can reach out to your students and prospects through electronic devices like smartphones, tablets, etc. That way, they can actively participate in the courses and be in sync with discussions about the topics involved. In...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min
When did you first realize that you were creative? Was it during your first dance recital in 1st grade? Have you been singing since you could remember? Maybe you just discovered that you love creative writing. As creative teachers, all of us have experienced a pivotal moment in which we realized that we possessed a creative spark. We recognized that we had a natural gift or skill to express ourselves in an outstanding way, and others appreciated our art. What Is the Theory of Multiple Intelligen...
Feb 14, 2023•7 min
Are you looking to create a PDF resource guide for your students using Google? Trying to convert other file formats to PDFs may be stressful, but Google is here to help. Google Docs and Google Slides provide a quick and easy way to create organized and visually appealing PDF guides in minutes. They also improve your efficiency and effectiveness. By creating PDFs, you can conveniently share your files with your students and community. In this lesson, we will explore the steps involved in creating...
Feb 09, 2023•6 min
Making your checkout process easier is necessary for the life of your online course business. The easier and safer it is for students to checkout, the better they trust your course business. In this lesson, we’re going to analyze the e-learning checkout process. So how do customers turn into students when they go to your website, course, or community and actually pay and check out then buy that service you offer? Problems course creators can encounter if they don’t use the checkout process: • It...
Feb 01, 2023•12 min
One way to make online courses more accessible and affordable for your students is to offer course payment plan options. Payment plans allow students to spread out the cost of the online course over a period of time if they can’t pay for the full amount upfront. This can be especially helpful for students who may not have the financial resources to pay the full amount before they learn the new higher-earning skills. Payment plans may also be helpful to teachers if they haven’t finished the cours...
Jan 25, 2023•7 min
Descript is a video editing tool that allows users to edit audio and text transcriptions of their videos. It also includes features such as automatic transcription, editing transcriptions directly, and automatically eliminating unwanted words from your video while producing a smooth output. It is designed to make it easier to edit videos just by editing your words. In this lesson, we will look at the Descript video editing tool, how it can help you achieve your desired result, and how you can ed...
Jan 19, 2023•9 min
Introduction Getting started with your first creative course can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of moving pieces, and it can be frustrating trying to keep track of them all. Add that to the fact that some of us aren’t teachers by trade, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. Luckily, the educators that came before us have already carved out the tricks of the trade when it comes to creating quality courses. There are several theories, formats, and templates that can help new and experienced te...
Jan 11, 2023•8 min
A title slide lets students know what is coming in the lesson and lets them mentally get ready to receive the information from the teacher. This lesson has a bunch of tips on how to make great title slides for your online courses. Here are some potential problems course creators could face if they don’t use title slides: • Your students will not have a context so they will be able to digest the next lesson • You won’t be able to summarize your lessons so your students can understand • Your stude...
Jan 06, 2023•7 min
Ikigai, which means reason for being, is a concept believed to be why Japanese people live longer and happier lives. This lesson explains how to use ikigai when creating your course business. Here are some potential problems if you don’t consider Ikigai when planning your course business: • You could have a hobby that you can teach as a skill, but you won’t be able to use it to solve problems and help people. • You may have a skill that you’re good at and can teach, but it’s cover expenses and y...
Dec 31, 2022•5 min
After you create your online course, the next step is to get prospects to engage with and ultimately purchase it. Creating an ad is one of the best ways to market to your students. This lesson teaches you what you need when creating an ad. Here are some typical problems if creators don’t use ads for their online courses: It would be challenging to reach out to prospects when nobody knows about your course If you intend to make money, you may not earn sales without ads If you don’t create ads, yo...
Dec 26, 2022•6 min
Stripe is likely every course creator’s favorite payment service provider. It lets you accept payment from various methods and offers lower fees and many more features than other platforms. Here are some important tips to help you with Stripe: • Integrate your different systems with Stripe so you can unify all your financial records • Create payment links to add to websites or send email invoices to your clients • Stripe helps you set up monthly, quarterly, and annual subscriptions with recurrin...
Dec 15, 2022•8 min
You want to share your skill with people and make money from it, so you’ve decided to create a course online. Starting a course is easy, but may be challenging to finish. This lesson shows you how to manage your time and set your course goals. Here are some key tips to help you finish your online course: • Manage your time properly, set a timetable, and stick to it • Organize your workspace, and make it conducive for working on your course • Don’t get carried away by complexity, use basic tools ...
Dec 09, 2022•11 min
How to host your video lessons on a server for your online course. Including how to think about quality, quantity, cost, management, security, accessibility, and other important business factors. Here are a few of the most important tips when thinking about how your videos are hosted:: • If you’re a beginner teacher, then start with an integrated video file experience • As you grow your total courses, consider decoupling videos from your LMS • Careful with free hosting options like YouTube, whic...
Dec 01, 2022•11 min
Teachers and coaches can utilize a SWOT Analysis to think about new courses and businesses to consider. The analysis can also reveal how to tweak existing businesses to survive problems and threats. Here are a few of the most important tips for analyzing your situation with SWOT: • Assess the main creative skills and expertise that you teach • Assess your secondary generic skills like writing, production, marketing • Assess your current customers, social, mailing lists, community • Identify your...
Nov 24, 2022•7 min
Online teachers, coaches, and community leaders should manage their team and clients with user role system settings so that users only have access to what is necessary, paid for, or free. Here are a few of the most important tips for using user roles in your businesses: • Come up with a few key user roles that you reuse • Avoid assigning users custom permissions • Map team members to custom roles • Limit rights to what is required to accomplish their goals • Review how roles are different across...
Nov 16, 2022•7 min
Students may feel buyer’s remorse after purchasing a new course, but in this lesson we'll review tactics that course business owners can use to win over new customers and reduce the number of refund requests. Here are some of the most important tricks to avoid buyer's remorse: • Explain precisely who this is for on your sales page • Make sure students know they can take their time learning • Answer questions in your Frequently Asked Questions section • Offer a guarantee, even though most custome...
Nov 07, 2022•7 min
Use microlearning to help your students learn and use specific skills quickly and without any distractions. We’ll go over the benefits and how to actually structure your micro lessons. Here are some of the key ideas to teach using microlearning: • Use a hook to get students interested in what you are about to teach • Teach one small, specific, and useful skill in your lesson • Demonstrate how to use the skill with the most popular needs • Review and summarize the most important steps without all...
Oct 30, 2022•5 min
Learn how to use captions and subtitles with your video lessons to help students with accessibility and languages. Here are some of the key attributes of captions and subtitles: • Dynamic vs Burned • Accessibility & Foreign Learners • View Settings vs By Video • Auto Generated vs Typed • Dynamic vs Static Colors • Dynamic vs Static Font Sizes • Dynamic vs Static Screen Position For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/captions-and-subtitles-...
Oct 18, 2022•4 min
Learn how the ADDIE instructional model can help you design effective online courses for your creative students. Here are some of the key steps for using ADDIE in your courses: • Use the analysis phase to research student gaps and goals • The design phase will help you outline the right content for your students • Move into the development phase to create and flesh out the specific content and supporting assets • Implementation is when you actually deploy the course and real students start learn...
Oct 09, 2022•6 min
Course creators don’t have to build and manage online courses all by themselves. In this lesson, you’ll learn about different kinds of outsourcing to help you offer amazing courses while saving time and money. Here are some of the key reasons to outsource course work: • You need time off • Your opportunity costs are too high • You don't have the skills • You can't handle the quantity of work • You don't have the experience • You are scaling your business to operate without you For more detailed ...
Oct 02, 2022•7 min
Creative students want to hear updates from teachers about new courses, resources, and tips, but sometimes teachers forget to update their prior students. Here are some of the key ways for keeping your students updated: • Course system messages • Emails • Social • Podcasts • Videos • Community For more detailed information and other tips check out our article at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/keeping-your-course-students-updated/ Get email tips and resources for course creators: https://www...
Sep 23, 2022•6 min
This article helps online course creators learn how selling services with Monthly Recurring Revenues (MRR) like communities or coaching can help stabilize monthly income and grow total earnings. Here are some of the key topics covered: • Course businesses revenues can fluctuate • The downside of businesses with variable earnings • Subscription businesses earn money every month • What is Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) • Important growth examples: Community & Coaching • Why MRR is beneficial ...
Sep 16, 2022•8 min
As an online teacher, how can you answer your many students in a fast, accurate, and detailed way? This article goes over different options to provide great support while also thinking about time and profitability. Here are some essential tips for thinking about your course support: • Think like a Service Level Agreement (SLA) - Price, Duration, Uptime,... • What speed do you provide support? • How was it communicated on your sales page? • What is the quality of your answers? • How can you impro...
Sep 10, 2022•6 min
Teachers that create and use online course resources like guides help students faster and earn more money. This lesson summarizes how to create a guide for your course. Here are some of the key tips for creating resources: Brainstorm on ideas Break your guide into sub-topics Leverage content from your course Add supporting photos and graphics Edit your course resources Put your bonus into a PDF Add a title page Get feedback on your resources Update your course value Revise your course sales page...
Sep 01, 2022•5 min
Hey Creative Teachers, In this lesson, we'll go over auto play and auto complete • Auto start when students start or clicks on lesson • Auto complete when students end lessons and update progress • Accessibility benefits • Good default settings in the LMS and for student profiles For more details and other tips check out our article at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/online-course-auto-play-and-complete/ Subscribe to this podcast if you want more course business tips automatically! https://a...
Aug 26, 2022•4 min
Hey Creative Teachers, In this lesson, we'll talk about how teachers and students can benefit from lessons with large primary content as well as seeing the teacher in a smaller secondary video window called Picture In Picture. • Second video position • Size of Picture in Picture • Teacher video backgrounds • Shape of teacher screen • Production complexity For more detailed information and other tips check out our article at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/teaching-with-your-picture-in-pictur...
Aug 17, 2022•4 min
