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Here are my tips 1. Quality is everything. A high quality course will get around. For instance I have a student that told me my course is amazing and that he is posting his progress of my course on Twitter. 2. I use social media by responding to questions on reddit and Facebook. Usually the response will be a free video in my course page. I'll give a potential student a discount link. Then they end up on my page, watch the video, and in many cases sign up. 3. Don't give away a course for free. At least I have had very bad experience giving posting a course for free which later I converted to a paid course. The free students have never watched a single minute of my course, save 4-5 students.   That's it.  I have found Facebook not very effective. Reddit has been my best source of getting new students. Haven't tried any other social media yet but eventually will.   Happy Course Creation !   ... View more

  Good luck Beila   Hope your new job is fulfilling and great.   I will continue to create courses and eat hummus.     ... View more

Awesome.   I'd be happy to check it out.   Is there a link to the course ?   Good luck ! ... View more

thank you, I appreciate the resources and help. I went through the resources and currently I'm watching the webinar that you recommended.   Thanks !     ... View more

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement ! ... View more

Hey Michael,   Wishing you well from one person to another.   Good luck with Udemy and also good luck with the people around you.   Ron     ... View more

Just wondering. How do you go about creating captions for new languages.   I've only been on Udemy for six months and haven't considered that yet. ... View more

I go skateboarding everyday and walk a lot to relax.   Also cooking helps me relax. I'm currently at a serious Hummus phase. I'm making hummus like there is no tomorrow.   At the same time I continually update my courses and work on new courses on a regular basis. I found consistency is key.   I try to take everything seriously, but not too seriously.   Also I do not look at how many students sign up to the course. I only take a look at the end of the month. Initially I would check how many students would sign up everyday and that would really mess with me. I do check the Q&A obsessively and check for any new reviews to respond daily. Wishing everyone well ! ... View more

Hi Alexia,   Sounds interesting. I'd be happy to talk. In general I to have time to spare although over the summer I am completely free since I teach at a university and during the summer I am not teaching.   But I'm getting ahead of myself. Best if we would connect first. ... View more

Cool, thanks.   Indeed I registered for the coffee chat. ... View more

LLC sounds interesting. Actually a student just reached out to me about how to publish an app and not get sued. Obviously I could not give legal advice but explained that I understood it might be wise to be an owner of an LLC before publishing an app on the App store.   Does your field of expertise address this issue?  ... View more

Just regular hummus with chickpeas and tahini.   Some times I'll add some roasted bell peppers or roasted eggplant which is quite nice.   Never tried hummus with jalapeños. Sounds very interesting. ... View more

Thanks, I'll check it out. ... View more

Cool   Maybe it's rude to ask, but I'm to get to $1000 for a month, how many enrollments did you need?   I've noticed that on average it's $4 a student so I’m guessing 250 enrollments.   Also I'm having quite a hard time getting reviews. When students do review my course it's usually quite good (on rare occasions someone is not pleased).   Anyways hope you continue to have many enrollments and success.   ... View more

Who are you?  I'm Ron and I'm usually kind of hungry. Where are you from? U.S.A./Israel What is your teaching area? Programming/Mathematics Why did you join the Instructor Community? I was told it was a good idea and so far it's cool. I also like the meet ups via zoom. Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I'm preoccupied with eating Hummus and skateboarding. Everything else just doesn't seem important. Even when I teach at university which I do enjoy I find myself looking out the window on a sunny day asking myself how did I get here, definitely should be out skating. ... View more

Hi, I agree.   I have quite good reviews. But one student was quite upset. Complained that the code is not available in the course (actually it is) and the audio quality is poor.   I apologized for the experience and asked which lectures had bad audio. It turns out that there were very specific lectures that had a slight echo. However the student did not respond.   I also told the student to always feel free to reach out and I'll do my best to help.   So I recommend to just be polite and genuinely helpful and try not to take it to heart.   I also was upset but at the same time a little bit amused. My first thought was "Dude, chill".   And yes I totally agree that if the student didn't decide to reach out in the first place then such a bad review or bad response is not pleasant. ... View more

The video looks nice.   Maybe it would be possible to provide captions because there is a slight accent.   The video does look very professional.   To be honest I think introductory videos should be short as possible, under a minute, but I might be wrong. Maybe it's worthwhile to look at Udemy's videos on course creation. Perhaps they have guidance for the intro video creation.   Good luck ! Ron ... View more

It would be nice if we had the option to conduct quarterly live meetings with our students.   For example: It could be live coding, or Q&A, maybe even something like the coffee chat Udemy has with their instructors.   I mean it would be good if Udemy provided some guidelines before such a meeting. For instance what is permitted and what not.   Just thing it would be a more personalized experience that the students get to know the instructor a little better and vice versa.   Thanks ! ... View more

Hi Anup,   Indeed the list you sent is very helpful.   Much appreciated.   Best, Ron ... View more

Hi Dr. Hina Khan,   I can share what I did : 1. After publishing my course I went to Facebook and searched for Udemy coupons groups and also I searched for groups about my course topic (iOS programming and SwiftUI).   I made coupons for $9.99 and $12.99 and I gave nothing away for free.   Slowly slowly students joined. I believe I published my course in mid September.   Black Friday in November helped a lot.   I still post coupons on Facebook groups from time to time.   2. Here is a little constructive criticism. I looked at your course titled "Learn Early Childhood Care Education". The topic looks very interesting and you seem to be very professional. However the introduction video is much too long in my opinion. (It is 3.5 minutes and I think it should be only one minute).   Also it is very hard to understand what you're saying and it is also hard to read the slides.   Unfortunately people lose patience very quickly. I think you need to do something about the audio and the editing software.   Also I believe students might want to see you in the introduction video. In general during my course I never show myself except in the introductory video.   Finally I looked at the preview on brain development. It looks very interesting. The problem is you are reading from slides for 10:30 minutes (I only watched the first 40 seconds so maybe it changes).   I don't believe anyone wants to watch a slide for ten minutes.   Perhaps present examples from daily life. Also maybe use interesting images involving brains, children, mothers.   For example if you google the sites pexels or pixabay you can find free images to use for your course and I'm pretty sure you can find free videos.   Here are some examples I searched for :   https://www.pexels.com/search/brain%20child%20development/    https://www.pexels.com/search/mother%20educator%20teacher/    You are a professional in your field so you could probably make a better search than I can.   That way you can make your course more interesting.   The bottom line is that it looks like you are a real professional and that you know what you are talking about and you have valuable information to share. The problem (in my opinion) is that it is hard to understand and a little too intense to watch a slide for ten minutes.   Also Udemy has the possibility to add assignments and video assignments and quizzes.   Perhaps you could add that to make the course more interesting. Maybe describe interesting scenarios and ask the students how they would deal with these scenarios based on the course you are teaching.   Finally the requirements are unclear: It says "No experience needed but student with intermediate or graduate level can apply."   What does that mean? So that means it's for beginners. What is the meaning of intermediate then? I understand graduate. Does that mean graduate studies? In what field? Education? Child development ?   By the way the course description is very nice, but it is one very long paragraph. Perhaps you could split it into two or three easier to digest paragraphs.   That's it. Please don't take offense. I'm just sharing my opinion.   Good luck with your course and I really do suggest that you redo the introductory video and maybe even ask some friends what they think (Initially I had many of my friends watch my videos and also my brother and family and they all gave me very good feedback).   You could also sign up for free courses that Udemy offers about course creation. I did this and it helped. Note that I am referring to courses by Udemy. Any course that says "unofficial" is not by Udemy. That does not mean the course is bad, it just means it is not by Udemy. I think the Udemy courses on course creation are excellent.   Good luck Ron   ... View more

My main goal was to actually publish a course and that I did.   Also so far the course is successful in the sense that I get positive feedback from students.   I published a second free course and in my opinion that was some what of a failure.   The students that signed up do not watch the lectures.   I converted the course to paid and added a little more content.   The problem is my first course overshadows the second.   Both of the courses cover the same topic but the second shorter course is a "crash course".   It seems like students prefer longer courses.   All in all it has been a good experience so far. ... View more

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Thanks for the help. It works now. Have a nice day. Ron ... View more

I just look at the date of the very first student enrollment as a rough approximation of the course publication date.   Ron ... View more

I mainly do screen casting    I use two monitors whew one is a Thunderbolt Display. So I use the monitors camera if necessary. I use blue yeti as a microphone and screen flow for editing. I also bought a filter which passed to Screen flow to improve audio.   Sometimes I will use notability to sketch something for students    That’s my set up  ... View more