When you’re ready to get your knowledge out to the world with an online course, you have many decisions to make! An important one is which platform you’ll use. The platform houses your course content. The platform is sometimes called a Learning Management System (LMS), but in truth, you may not even need an LMS.
In this article, I’ll discuss the various types of platforms you can use for your online course along with the advantages and disadvantages of each type. The cat tower in the photo on the right has lots of platforms; in this post, I’ll help you choose the right one for your online courses.
I also have an interview with an expert on online course platforms, Jeff Cobb, below.
Before you even start looking at options — and there are many — you need to make a few preliminary decisions:
- How do you want to structure the course? Will you “drip” it out over time or give students access to everything at once?
- What format(s) will you use? Recorded video? Text? Audio? Live webinars or meetings?
- What interactivity do you want to include? Quizzes/tests? A discussion group/forum? Email coaching with you?
- How much do you want to track students’ activity and progress? Do you want to send them reminders if they aren’t active?
- How much support and training do you want from your platform?
Once you know the answers to these questions, you can start to narrow down your options. Continue reading →
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