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The first requirement for online education, I would say that you pay a lot of attention to the quality of video and sound. Second, it is the market analysis on the subject matter of the course you are going to offer, and when you see your competence, you analyze that you can teach different from the other courses that already exist. As a pedagogy, I would say that the classes last between 2 to 5 minutes and that you teach only one concept per class. Do a lot of practice and give written material to the students, they like it very much. Have fun teaching and make your students have fun too!   ... View more

Hi @Komal19 ! When I started as an instructor, I also didn't want to go out on camera, or thought it wasn't important. With time I learned that it is very important that the student knows the face of his instructor, since it is one of the ways that breaks the distance of online education. It is not necessary that you appear in all the videos, I only appear in the introductory video of the course and in the first video of each section. For the video presentation of the course, which is the first that the student sees when arriving at the course and which will determine whether or not to buy it, I give you the following tips: - Your presentation, about 20 seconds maximum. - Describe what you are going to learn or disctar in the course, 30 seconds. - Sell, explain why the student should choose your course, and not another, ending with inviting him to the action, "See you inside" style. If you can combine the video with animations, better, if you like you can see how I do in my courses in my profile. But the video presentation should not last more than 2 minutes preferably. For the rest of the classes of the course, I advise you not to exceed the duration of 5 minutes, teach a concept for each class. ... View more

Hi @3MinLanguages ! Entiendo que manejas el español, así que voy a aprovechar para escribir en mi lengua nativa (jaja), para quien no sepa español puede usar el translate (https://translate.google.com.ar/) :) Bueno, para empezar, te invito a entrar a mi perfil y ver el video de mi último curso (certificación en LPIC), te digo el ultimo ya que en la medida que hago nuevos cursos, voy mejorando los videos de introducción, ya que es al video que más esfuerzo debes invertir. ¿Porque? simple, es el primer video que el alumno vera y determinara si compra o no el curso, básicamente es la puerta de entrada. Sumado a esto, muchos instructores han visto cambios significativos en sus conversiones (ventas) al mejorar sus videos de introducción. Vamos a los consejos: Te sugiero que salgas en cámara, aunque sea pocos minutos (así como veras que yo salgo en mis videos, cosa que en los primeros cursos no hacia).¿Porque?, primero, aplicando programación neurolingüística del Marketing, se logran más ventas cuando vemos una cara (es cierto). Sumado a esto, desde una perspectiva de psicología, es muy importante que el alumno conozca en persona al instructor, esto rompe la barrera y factor impersonal que trae la educación online, logrando un acercamiento mayor entre instructor-estudiante. El video de introducción no debe durar más de 2 minutos, como máximo 2:30 minutos y ya es mucho, con este tiempo es muy factible que pierdas la atención del alumno a menos que hagas un video muy dinámico. Combina efectos visuales como los que ya tienes, con salir tú en cámara, eso hace que se mantenga más la atención y se evita la monotonía. Debes primero, presentarte tú, es clave que el estudiante conozca al instructor y su formación en el tema que lo habilita para enseñar lo que das en el curso (yo por ejemplo se ve mi título universitario cuando salgo en cámara). Luego, de una manera muy resumida, debes transmitir concretamente lo que vas a enseñar en el curso, porque el estudiante debe elegir el tuyo y no otro que enseñe lo mismo en Udemy. Y para cerrar, invita a la acción para que concrete la compra del curso. Consejos sobre tu video: No usuaria música de fondo, no mientras tú hablas por lo menos. Aprovecha los videos de pre visualización gratuita para transmitir contenido del curso y mostrar que vas a enseñar, haz esto para evitar ocupar tiempo valiosa en tu video de intro enseñando ejemplos de lo que se verá en el curso. Aplica los consejos que te di al principio :) Cualquier duda que tengas, puedes realizarla con confianza! ... View more

Hi @AbhishekRathi  The first advice I can give you, is the microphone you use, for your situation the microphones that come with the earphones can be very good since they capture your voice more than the sound of your surroundings.   I also suggest you edit the sound with Audacity, it is a free program where if you are looking for tutorials on youtube on how to get the ambient sound, you will see that it is very easy. I hope these tips help you, any other questions ask :) ... View more

Hi @SanpreetKaur ! Very interesting topic for a course. I advise you the following, which applies to any course: 1 - Make short videos. 3 to 5 minutes, where you develop only one concept. 2 - Students value very much that they have practices in each section. 3 - Once you publish the course, you must pass the social test, which I advise you to spread your course among acquaintances and friends that you know have an interest in the course. The sooner you reach 10 ratings and reviews, the better. 4 - What makes a course unique is that you can provide your experience in thematic, since that is not found in any book or other course. 5 - Pay close attention to the students and their questions, since that will allow you to improve the course. And above all, enjoy your course! ... View more

That effort that needs to be made to create the videos with slideshows or an animated video is worth it, since the students value it very much and it allows your course to be great ... View more

The beginnings when you do not have a community are not always easy, and that you already have students is very good! Congratulations! The subject of your course is very good, has a lot of demand and has a good number of hours the course. As a suggestion I would analyze the title of the course since for example saying Android, one does not know if you are referring to the Android operating system or if you are going to teach how to create applications. If you have friends, acquaintances or relatives who know that you are interested in the course, you can provide some free coupons, but it is not recommended to free coupons in social networks to people you do not know. Marketing is always good, you can share your coupons in groups of different social networks that are for example, Android app development. I share articles that you can find useful in the community:   https://community.udemy.com/t5/Marketing/How-can-I-market-my-course/m-p/435#M40   https://community.udemy.com/t5/Marketing/The-importance-of-your-promo-video/m-p/10821#M828   https://community.udemy.com/t5/Course-Creation/How-Important-your-quot-Welcome-quot-and-quot-Congratulations/m-p/7102#M470   https://community.udemy.com/t5/First-time-Course-Creation/First-Course-Paid-or-Free/m-p/14182#M993 ... View more