Planning a Course: Steps to Take
Planning a course is most challenging, especially when it is your first time. Interestingly, numerous ways of course planning are available on the internet, and coaches and courses creators can choose the most appropriate method to plan their courses.
In this short post, I will take you through proven methods for a coach to plan a course by answering these few questions.
*What is the Focus of the Course?
Ideally, when planning to create a course, different ideas flood your mind. However, defining the aspect you want to focus on is vital.
Where you have many aspects to cover, create a course bundle. Cover all these aspects in different courses and place them in a course bundle. It helps eradicate conflict of interest on the path of interested students.
*Who is Your Audience?
Knowing your audience helps you on what structure, tone, and language type to use. While a beginner course should contain simple definitions, advanced terms are used for expert courses.
*What Should be in the course?
Design a course outline. This course outline is a structure that outlines everything you want in the course in sequential order and modules, from the beginning to the end. Thus, it gives a course oversight.
*How should I carry out My Course Presentation?
This stage is crucial in planning a course. It involves deciding the course format, whether it will be in audio, slide, animation, video format, text, or a combination of one or more formats.
Mostly you need to analyze the format that will best portray the answer simply and clearly. You can also ask yourself the best method you think will help you pass the information across to your audience. At times, you might need to check the format used by some coaches or course creators on similar courses and analyze how effective they are. Then choose the best method.
*What Supplementary Materials can I add to Make my Course Interactive?
You can make your course interactive by including a workbook, worksheet, resource materials, checklist, an online community.
Finally, you can ask a friend or colleague to review the course plan before moving to the course creation. Even if you have not taught anyone or planned a course before, these steps ultimately give you a breakthrough in one. Why not try these steps out, and witness how effective this method is.
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