I love the fact that I can easily share my ideas like freelancing with others, web designing and even how to start a blog from anywhere.

But if I don’t have a platform to do this then how can it happen?

That is where the need for not just good course hosting platform is needed but how to go about creating it.

In this article, I will share with you 5 steps to creating an online course even if you’re a newbie.

How to Create an Online Course in Africa

#1. Build your Brand

The very first step you need here is brand awareness.

I know it might not be a big deal for others that do not want to make it a brand, but trust me, if you’re offering value then you need to create your brand from day 1.

So, get a good designer to design a good logo for you and of course, you can choose your color pallets.

#2. Build a Landing Page using a Nice Template

Whether you are using Podia or LearnWorlds and other online course hosting platforms, you will have great templates to create a landing page for your course.

#3. Develop your Draft

In case you never started your course creation then it’s time to sit down and draft out your course content.

Immediately you are done you can go on to develop it and ready for a transfer to your preferred course platform you wanna use.

But before that you can use credible tools like Grammarly, Hemingwayapp, Pixabay, Canva, and other platforms to hone your course to perfection.

By this time, you are ready to integrate other tools to make your course a gem.

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#4. Connect Gadgets and Integrations

Upon creating your draft, proof-reading making it good, the next step of action is to integrate all the necessary tools to your course platform

Some of the things you want to integrate with is your payment option, do you want to use PayPal or Stripe, Zoom app, Zapier and other course related gadgets.

Also, don’t forget to connect your analytics to see your progress.

#5. Launch your course

Having built your brand starting from your logo, landing page, drafts and modules, integrating all necessary tools it’s time to launch your course.

But before you start the marketing aspect of it, you want to tell someone to signup and test what you’ve built to make sure you are all set.

The essence of it is to make sure your integrations are in place.

#6. Market your Course

Having launched your course, it’s time to start the marketing part. You can easily go to forums and talk about your course. Reddit is a nice place.

If you have a good social following then that is your next garland to get your course going. And of course, the ultimate, email your course to your students who were eagerly waiting for your launch.

For more guide on this check out how to host a course with LearnWorlds.

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Conclusion

Launching a new course is no brainer, first, you need a good a good following which means you must have gathered and won people from your blog.

The next step is to choose a nice hosting platform, draft your content, integrate all necessary tools, launch, test it out and finally start marketing your course for success.

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