Udemy

So ok you’ve had this great idea to create an online course. You were full of enthusiasm but today you’ve hit a brick wall. You just can’t seem to get going. You are procrastinating. It’s all milling around in your head but nothing is happening.   Don’t worry we’ve all had those moments. I am a super procrastinator so I can go off track really easily especially if I’m finding something challenging to do, like course creation.   So how can you unblock yourself? Here are some tips to try out…all you need to do is grab your notebook and a pen. Just pick 2 or 3 things from the list below and do each one for just 20 minutes. Just doing something different for a short time can trigger your brain into focus and bam you’re back on the production train again.   1. Get your outline onto the Udemy dashboard if you haven't already - so you can physically see the course building bit by bit. 2. Explore your course objectives / course landing page and see if you can improve them – again write them into your course and keep tweaking. 3. Start to fill in the lecture descriptions - and remember you can tweak as you go along. 4. Watch a variety of preview videos from courses in the same topic area as yours to understand their offering and work out how yours will be different. 5. Get a blank sheet of paper and brainstorm your own Bio – explore other instructors Bios for ideas 6. Start to write your Bio into Udemy - and remember you can tweak this at any point. 7. Research and explore additional documents /material you can add to your course. 8. Create your additional documents. 9. Spend time here in the forum Studio U observing and getting involved. 10. Brainstorm course titles and subtitles. 11. Have a play and experiment with your test video and filming in general. 12. Take the plunge and submit your test video - you'll get great feedback. 13. Get creative and start to explore your course image(s). 14. Get brave and hold yourself to account by posting about your course and course launch date on social media. 15. Try not to be a perfectionist. Tell yourself your course is a "work in progress" and you can continually improve it after it is live. 16. Remind yourself that doing something is better than nothing. 17. Have a complete break, grab a coffee or go for a walk.   Have you got any other tips to add to the list?  ... View more

Hello everyone,   Whatever your goals are either in creating online courses or in life generally please give yourself an easier time. There are few people who get from A-B without a little bump in the road or in many cases a number of potholes.   The reality is that we often take two steps forward and one back and at times it might feel like two or three steps back. I've certainly had many moments in course creation where I've started something and then scrapped it to start completely again.   However, these steps backwards or hitting bumps in the road are still a move forward because the steps backwards are time to rejig or refocus what you are doing. So dust yourself off and get back on that road.   What do you do to keep yourself going?   ... View more