Building an Online Course

I had been thinking about writing a book with tips for college students for a while. During my college years, I realized that most college advisers are not acting in the interest of the students and end up giving terrible advice.

As I have accumulated a lot of insights into the college system I wanted to share this knowledge. I don’t have meaningful credentials to comment on the american education system other than my 5 years spent at Michigan State University in which I

  • graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA
  • completed 4 internships at companies like Ford and Tesla
  • met my significant other
  • met my best friend
  • developed leadership skills by leading our international student association
  • worked in a research lab on Machine Learning solutions
  • Had an active social life participating in parties, tailgates, trips, and clubs

However, I realized that I do not enjoy writing enough to ever complete an entire book.
Yet, I still want to share the lessons I learned because I am convinced that they will give value to many students. In conclusion, I want to build an online course!

Initial steps for building an online course

  1. Investigate Udemy for creating this course. I love Udemy as a student; this is the reason why I am considering using Udemy for this.
    –> Complete by 02/09/2020 – Done
  2. Identify the tools Udemy provides for creating an online course
    –> Complete by 02/09/2020 – In progress
  3. Identify the tools needed to create an online course by answering the following questions:
    –> Complete by 02/15/2020
    a) Will I need a camera, or is my phone sufficient? –> Phone is good
    b) Will I need a microphone? –> Microphone is ordered
    c) Lighting a Scenery? Are there any purchases necessary? – To be bought
    d) Do I need a video editing program? –> TBD Adobbe Premier + Photoshop
    seems good.
    e) Tripod –> Bought
  4. Start writing a lesson plan:
    a) Identify 3 or more chapters/semesters
    –> Complete by 02/15/2020 –> Identified 4
    b) Identify first 3 lessons heading
    –> Complete by 02/15/2020 –> Identified 11
    c) Write a first lesson script
    –> Complete by 02/16/2020 – Done!

Plan

DATETASK DESCRIPTION
02/25/2020Have all 11 script written for course #1
03/05/2020Purchase last items for set
03/08/2020Build Set
03/15/2020Have all videos recorded
03/22/2020Have all videos edited and uploaded
03/25/2020LAST DAY TO SUBMIT FOR UDEMY SHOUTOUT

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