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How to Make Online Courses More Interactive

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In a typical online course, learning is straightforward. Course creators pass information through static lessons, and students turn in assignments, and the cycle repeats. However, learners may have trouble sticking with courses or learning the material without interactivity. Consider hosting weekly (or more!)

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Use YouTube to Build a Course in 3 Steps

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Course creation should be as easy as a click of a button. With LearnDash’s Course Creation Wizard, it actually is that easy. The Course Creation Wizard takes a YouTube playlist and builds an entire course in seconds by pasting in one URL and clicking load. Step 1: Outline a course with your existing video content.

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Why Course Completion Rates Matter (And How to Improve Them) 

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Online courses offer creators a great way to supplement income, share knowledge, and engage with learners across the world. In order to deliver the best possible course, creators need to track and examine essential metrics , particularly course completion rates. Why do course completion rates matter?

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10 Ways to Measure the Success of Your Online Course

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Wondering how you can demonstrate the effectiveness of your course? After going through all the work of researching, planning, and creating content for a course, the last thing an educator wants to find out is that it’s not working. Satisfied learners are a great way to demonstrate the value of your course. Course completion.

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4 Lessons to Learn from Launching Your First Course

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Your first online course is something you can only learn by doing. At a certain point, you have to reconcile yourself to some rough edges as you fine-tune your course. At a certain point, you have to reconcile yourself to some rough edges as you fine-tune your course. Experience is hard to come by. Testing pays off.

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How To Use Course Forums Effectively

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Forums are often used in elearning as an easy way to allow learners to communicate with each other, discuss any questions they may have relating to the content, and interact with the instructor. Depending on the topic of your online course it may make sense to include a forum. Should You Use Forums?

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Will Learners Pay for Your Online Course?

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Our commenter wanted to know whether a certain type of course content was still relevant, given the number of tutorials learners could find for free on the same subject on YouTube. Although this comment was related to a specific type of course, the question applies to almost all online learning. And it’s not just YouTube.

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