Creating an online course is a great way to showcase your authority and earn extra revenue. It's also a great way to show off your unique style and personality.
Online courses allow you to upload different lessons to create the best experience for your customers. You can upload videos, downloadable files, quizzes & more!
In this article, we will teach you how to create an online course on Podia.
What is an online course?
Podia makes it simple to create a clean and beautiful online course your customers will enjoy.
Online courses give you the freedom to share a wide range of content. You can upload and host your videos right on Podia, and include downloadable files to support your customers’ learning.
You can also add plain text lessons or include quizzes to help your customers stay engaged and check their understanding along the way.
Creating an online course
Here's how to create new online courses on Podia:
In the sidebar menu, click on Products.
From the Products page, click on "+ New Product".
On the product creation page select "Course" and give your product a name.
Click on Create product to create your online course.
And that's it! Your online course has been created. Now it's time to populate it with content.
Adding content to online courses
After you create your online course, you'll need to add content to it (such as lessons, files, etc.) before you can publish it.
To add a new lesson, click on + New lesson and select the type of content you would like to add to your online course.
Here are the types of content you can add to your online course:
Files - Video, audio, PDFs, text files, etc.
Embed - Link to any external website (Note: you can even embed YouTube, Vimeo, etc. using links).
Quiz - Add quizzes to test your students' knowledge.
Add coaching - it lets people book sessions with you directly from your online course.
Creating sections/modules
As your course gets bigger, it might be interesting to organize them into sections/modules.
Sections act like modules that help you keep your course content organized.
They let you group lessons by content type, break information into smaller parts, and make it easier for your customers to follow along and learn step by step.
To add a new section, click on the + New section button.
Tip: You can easily drag and drop lessons into different sections—or move entire sections around—to organize your course exactly how you want.
Adjusting product details
After adding content, navigate to the other tabs of your product - Details, Pricing and Availability - to adjust additional settings.
Here are the parameters for each one of the options.
Details
Details: Name, description, and image.
Included products: Give customers access to specific products once they join your online course.
Categories: Set up categories for your online course.
Integrations: Sync new product signups with an external mailing list when they complete their account setup.
Pricing
Offer: Set up a free or paid offer for your online course.
You'll also be able to set up a trial period for paid subscription pricing.
Upsells: Set up upsells that customers can buy after they purchase your online course. Upsells show up during checkout after the main product is purchased.
Availability
Availability: Determine availability options, such as status, visibility and access
Status: Choose if you want your product to be available to new and existing customers or not.
Draft online course will prevent new people from purchasing and remove access for existing customer.
Visibility: Choose whether you want your product to appear on your site. Hidden products are only available through their specific link or if manually added to your site.
Access: Choose if people can sign up for this product or not.
Limits: Set up a start date, access duration or sign-up limits.
Publishing your course
Once you're finished setting up your online course, hit “Publish” on the top right to make it ready to be shared with your audience.
FAQs
What do online courses look like to customers?
What do online courses look like to customers?
Customers will see all of the available lessons on a left-hand menu. They can also use this left-hand menu to navigate through the available lessons.
From there, they'll also be able to view how many lessons they have completed.
If you want a real-time demo of online courses, you can check out our demo site at https://demo.podia.com/
Can I customize the course viewer page of my product?
Can I customize the course viewer page of my product?
No, the course viewer page cannot be customized at this time.
What's next?
You can check additional online course help docs to customize them even further!
Still need help?
If you have any questions, send an email to hello@podia.com or click the purple help icon to send us a message 😄