When it comes to video course creation, you obviously need to figure out what content you’re going to provide. One easy way to do this, is to focus on solving problems for your members. From there, you can choose how you’re going to present and deliver your content. In addition to video, many sites include text modules, a forum (or private Facebook page) and downloads.
If you need a fast way to get your video course up and selling, I’m going to outline the checklist I’ve refined through the years. These are the exact steps I use when creating and launching new video courses.
The Ultimate Video Course Creation Checklist
It is easy to get overwhelmed with all the possibilities. And if you try to make video course creation perfect, you will waste weeks procrastinating. Instead plan a good course that is simple and solves ONE problem. For example, if you were teaching self defense, you could teach kicking, punching and blocking…
Or you could just focus on how to kick. And within the topic of kicking, you could make an entire training on how to execute the perfect roundhouse kick. See how this works? Again, your goal is not to solve every challenge in your topic. Your goal is to focus on “one problem product solutions.”
Once you narrow your topic, the next step is to research other (successful) video training courses in your niche and get a feel for why the training is successful. Take special note of the design and navigation. What problems does the video course solve? How much does it cost? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the training? What can you do to make your course better? And finally, how quickly can you get version one completed so you can test your concept?
Outline Your Training
After you complete your research, you’ll want to sketch out your video course. I suggest you break your training product into bite-sized action plans that include a beginning, middle and end. The example below outlines a three module training course with an introduction.
Introduction:
– Introduction Video that outlines the training.
Lesson One:
– Module One
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Two
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Three
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
Lesson Two:
– Module One
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Two
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Three
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
Lesson Three:
– Module One
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Two
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
– Module Three
– – Topic One
– – Topic Two
– – Topic Three
Again, the goal here is to keep things simple so you can can get your outline completed fast. (Because done is better than none.) And if you really want to push yourself, you could challenge yourself to create out six outlines. This means you could potentially plan (and produce, which I’ll cover in future articles) a new video training course every other month!
