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How to create a Course

A step-by-step guide!

Creating a Course



The first thing you need to do is create an account. Don't have one yet? Please read this article.

Now, select the Course option in your dashboard.

If you're unsure which format is the best option for you, please look at this article.

1. Naming your Course



Now that you have an account, we can proceed with creating your first Course. You can create one in a few easy steps:

Go to the Courses tab on your dashboard
Click on the Create new course button
Enter the Title of your Course, choose the Language, and select Get started (don't worry, you can change the name later)

2. Creating your slides



The most important part of your online Course is the Slides. In this section, you'll learn how to build them.

After creating a new Course, you'll be immediately taken to the Slides tab.

The Start slide, Introduction slide, and the End slide are default pages in any Course. You can add your other slides between these pages. Select Add new slide, and select your slide type from the drop-down list:

Content: these slides can contain text, images, media, quotes, file downloads, and iframe elements.
Exam: you can click to add an Exam previously created in the Exam section of our tool.
Practice question: these are single questions that can be added between Content slides to keep your participants focused. If you want graded questions, add an Exam instead.
File request: this type of slide makes it mandatory for your participants to submit a file before moving on to the next slide. Learn how to add a file request slide here.

After creating a slide, other options will become available to you. For example, if you add a Practice question, you can choose from several question types. For Content slides, you have the option to add different elements.

3. Adding a content slide to your Course



All these options allow you to quickly create and provide the best learning material for your participants!

To add a Content slide, go to Slides > Add slide > Content. Enter a Title for the slide, and click Save. Here, you can also add a timer (a minimum time someone needs to spend on the slide) to your slide.

Now you'll see the Add element button. Click on Add element to choose the type of element you'd like to add to your Course:

Content: These are the slide where you add text.
Image: This allows you to add images that are aligned with the text.
Video or audio: This element enables you to add videos, audio files, and Prezi presentations.
Breakout Image: This element adds an image that stretches across the width of the Course. It is beneficial for breaking up your slide into parts.
Quote: Use this element to enhance certain parts of the text.
File download: This option allows you to add files that your participants can download while taking the Course. For more details, refer to Adding files to a Course for your participants to download.
Embed: Use this to add an iframe element. For more details, refer to Adding an iframe element to a Course.
Presentation: This element enables you to add your PDF file as a Presentation. For more details, refer to How to convert a PowerPoint Presentation into a PDF format and add it to an Easy LMS Course.

You can duplicate a Content slide. It will show up at the bottom of your Course slides just before the End slide.

4. Adding an Exam to your Course



You can add Exams created in the other section of our tool to your Course. This workflow is helpful because you can reuse your Exams in multiple Courses. Setting up Exams can require precise rules concerning point assignments, explanations, pass levels, question banks, etc.

Go to Slides > Add slide > Exam to add an Exam to a Course. Now, you can Select an Exam from the drop-down and click Save. See Add an Exam to a Course for more information on all options.

5. Publishing your Course



And now, for the last step, sharing your Course with your users!

There are four ways that you can give people access to your Course:

Share the link found on the Publish tab. Don't forget to ask for participant data, so you can identify your participants!
Embed the Course on your website using the embed code found on the Publish tab.
Add a predefined list of participants with invite only, so they receive an email with a link and password to take the Course. You can find the Only by invite feature in the Participant data tab and add participants in the Participants tab.
Give access to your Course via the Academy portal.

Now, share your brand-new Course with your participants in a way that suits them best!

Updated on: 03/04/2024

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