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title: How to Create an Online Course in 2019
url: https://www.alessandrodiruscio.com/how-to-create-an-online-course-in-2019/
date: 2019-01-03T16:49:55+00:00
modified: 2019-08-07T14:32:07+00:00
lang: en_US
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# How to Create an Online Course in 2019

**Online Courses are the way to go in 2019 for online passive income.**

If you follow my channel, you already know I suggest investing your time in building an online course. **But what are the steps to create one?**

https://youtu.be/5Sbnqzsimkk

## How to find the topic

The first problem to solve is to **determine a topic.**
That is a huge stumbling block, similar to a blank page for a writer.

**If you have an audience or an email list, ask your subscribers!** Send them a message and ask what their biggest struggle in your niche is. If you don't have a list, there's no problem at all.

The Internet has been created to break barriers between people. That means that everyone one has a potential audience.
**Find a forum, or a Facebook group** regarding your niche, and **ask there what's the biggest problem among the users.**

**Gather all the answers, and build a course around one or more issues raised.**

### Modules and Lessons

Once you have your topic, it's time to **divide it into modules and lessons. Every online course is meant to solve a problem**, and the solution pass through fulfilling different steps.

That's precisely what I'm doing with this article.
These are the challenges I covered so far:

- Find a topic
- Reach an audience
- Create modules and lessons

Grab a piece of paper and a pen, and **write down all the different stages needed to achieve the meaning of your online course.**

Be aware that **every lesson needs to be length-friendly for your users**.
If your units are too long, they will seem too daunting. **A good measure is to keep them below 10 minutes.**

### How long your course should be

Many could be afraid that their content isn't enough to cover an online course.

The fact that many courses are 2, 3 or more hours long, **doesn't mean that you can't create mini-courses!**
**In case of a short course, all you need to do is simply drop the price.**  There will be a chance in future to **merge all your mini-courses in a single course.**

Other two fears that block from creating courses are

- a lach of technical skill
- a lack of customers

### Lack of Technical Skills

About the former issue, you don't need to be tech-savvy to create online courses.
**The web is full of tools that are stupid-proof** and allow anyone to create learning spaces in a matter of few hours.

If you don't know which tool to use, I have a document that you can download with a list of the 5 best course platforms on the web.

[![](https://www.alessandrodiruscio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Best-5-Course-Software.jpg)](http://bit.ly/5-course-software)

### Lack of Customers

Regarding finding customers, I suggest you **give your course away for free at the beginning.**

**Join a forum or a Facebook group, and share your FREE course there.**
What you need in the beginning are a **good user base and testimonials.**
**You will transform your free course into a paid one in the future.**

**POWERTIP!**
**Create a Facebook Group connected to the online course.** Since your course is free, it won't be difficult to raise a numerous and active Facebook Group.

What about you? Have you already created an online course? If not, what stopped you from doing it?
Reply in the comments.