How to Create an Online Course

The primary purpose of any LMS platform is to help instructors better create, deliver & manage online courses. After you create your BrainCert account and activate your LMS domain, you can create & allocate courses in the platform.

This article will guide you through the complete steps involved in creating an online course in the BrainCert LMS.

Step 1: Basic Information

Navigate to the 'Products' and Choose 'Course' from the dropdown menu. Then click on 'Create a Course' as shown in the image.

Step 2:

Once You have Clicked the ‘Create a course’ it redirects to the New Course Creation window.

1. Navigate to ‘General (Basic Information)’ about the course. In the ‘course Title’ provide your Course Name under 80 Characters.
2. Click 'AI Suggest' Button to start create your courses in a short span of time with the help of AI Course Wizard.
   

Step 3:

What is Slug in your Course Creation?

Slug is a URL-friendly version of the course name. It's used in the course's web address to make it easier for both users and search engines to understand.

• Go to ‘slug’. By default, It’s automatically generated from the course title, but you can customize it to better describe your course.

• By Enable the ‘Course Catalog’ option. List this in the course catalog on the logon page.

To understand the full structure to enable course catalog.

Read this Full Article: How to enable basic or advanced course Catalog

Step 4:

Write a ‘Course Subtitle’ up to 70 Characters that Connects with the ‘Course Title’

Step 5:

• To Upload Course Thumbnail, select 'Choose File' you can access your file explorer, or by clicking 'Choose From Library' a pop-up will appear allowing you to select an image from categories including Business & People, Education & Language, Food & Drink, Healthcare, Kids, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Technology, Sports & Leisure, Travel, and Vector Illustrations.
• By Default, the Cover Image is uploaded, Click 'Edit' and Select 'Upload Photo' from the File explorer (or) 'Choose From Library' for the available Images.

Step 6:

• Click the Dropdown and select the 'category' of your course.

To Know How to create a Course Category (Read this Article): Steps to create and manage custom course Categories

• Choose the 'Instructional Level' for your course. It denotes the difficulties for specific Courses.

To Know more about the 'Creating Instructional Level' Refer to this Link: Creating Course Instructional Levels

Step 7:

 Write 'About the Course' in that blank box as marked.

You can Access 9 Features when you have to write about the course. Choose the Numbered Icons from 1 - 9 to use these any Features for better visual and clarity.

1. HTML: Features to Improve your course content by incorporating formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links. For instance, use <h1> to <h6> for section titles, <ul> or <ol> for organized lists, and <a> for hyperlinks to relevant resources.
2. Format: Choose the Content Format as given: Normal Text, Quote, Code, H1 - H6 tags to write the detailed Information for this course.
3. Bold: Highlight Your Important Words and gives user-friendly interface for designing and interactive content.
4. Italic: Italics can convey tone or voice in instructional content, clarity and professionalism in course materials and nuanced learning experience.
5. Strikethrough: In course creation to indicate revisions or changes in content, allowing instructors to show updates or corrections transparently. 
6. Lists: It is essential for organizing information in a clear and digestible manner, promoting better comprehension and retention. Unordered List, Ordered List, Oudent (moving list items or paragraphs back toward the left margin), Indent (moving list items or paragraphs inward from the left margin) 
7. Image: Add the required Image in the 'About the Course'  Section. Use of visual elements such as photographs, illustrations, and diagrams to enhance learning materials. 
8. Table: Using table formats in course creation shows clarity, organization, and accessibility by providing structured overviews of course components, lesson plans, assessments, and resources. These are the options while creating a Table: Insert table, Insert Row - above, below, Insert Column - Left, Right, Add Head, Delete - Head, column, row, table. 
9. Link: In course creation facilitate resource sharing and provide supplementary materials, interactive content and collaboration tools, and improve navigation while integrating multimedia. You can 'Insert Link' & 'Unlink' in your course creation.

Step 8:

Add the Instructor Bio in that designated Box. Use the above Featured Icon if needed as we explained in (Step 7), Then click 'Next'

Step 9: Advanced Settings

Go to 'Advanced Settings' Click the dropdown bar, Select Either 'Unlimited' or 'Limited' For the number of Learners Enrollment Limit for your courses.

Step 10:

You can add links from YouTube or Vimeo as promotional videos for your course or choose to upload videos from your content library.

Step 11:

Add the course Highlights in the Provided box, Summarize your Course description or outline in up to 120 Characters. Fill the Outline content in 5 box (optional). Now Click 'Next'.

Step 12: Course Instructors

In Course Instructor, the Primary Instructor added in default, Click 'Change' to replace other Instructor for this Course (or) Select 'Add' in Top right to Assign Multiple Instructors. Then Click 'Next'.

Step 13: Payment Settings

Payment Settings lets you set the course as a 'Paid' or 'Free' course.

By Default 'Free' Course Payment were Selected to Change as Paid Course Enable 'Paid' then Click 'Next'.

Refer this Article to Know more: Creating course and curriculum with AI integration in BrainCert

Step 14: Course Settings

Enable this Following option will helps to:

• Show Learners Count: Allow Viewing the total learners count and learners taking this course.
• Reviews & Rating: Enable your students to write a review and rate your courses.
• Comments & Discussions: Use Options to enable, disable or even Lock your commenting system in your course.
• Enable Social Sharing: Turn this on to allow students and learners to share your courses on their social media Profiles, increase visibility and Potential Environment.

Step 15:

Click the Dropdown bar in 'Language' options, Select the language you want to teach.

Step 16:

Click on the Provided box, Create your Own Custom tags to made as keyword of your courses. There is up to 4 Tags to create for each courses. Click 'Next'