When to Use Mini Courses How to use Mini Courses
It's done: You've made every page of content and uploaded each video. You've also uploaded all the quizzes. Your online course is ready to launch. But how do you know who wants to enroll?
Enter mini courses. Mini courses are a tightly-focused course on a single subject. Typically two to three hours, a mini course focuses on helping the audience to solve a specific problem or achieve one result.
A mini-course for free is an excellent way to establish an email database and figure out who's interested in your full, paid-for course. In addition, developing a mini course isn't a lot of work. You could pull your existing content to create an online mini-course which entices people to buy the entire course.
We've narrowed down the best approach to rolling out the course, based upon your requirements: First in the event that you want to create leads. Then, another option for the time the time you want to test a course idea.
Create leads to a paid course.
A mini course is an effective lead magnet. Offering the opportunity to try out your content is one of the easiest ways to get the email addresses of those who would like to take your full course.
Consider this In the event that people don't want to give you an email address to take your mini-course and it's highly unlikely that they'll purchase a complete course on the same topic.
There are several strategies to get leads by first driving attention to your mini course.
- Make a landing page that includes an option for people to join the no-cost mini-course. Here are some suggestions for making an effective landing page that is converting.
- Include your mini-course with your next newsletter, or in your next product announcement.
- Create a segment of your email list that you already have and ask those folks directly if they're interested in taking your course.
- Share your mini course widely on social media and join in conversations where mentioning your mini course is relevant.
- Write a blog post on your site or a guest post on a website to explain a challenge your mini course will solve. Include a call to action for people to register.
After your viewers have had some taste of your material through a mini course, they're likely to be interested in your full course. When you give a taste at no cost, you'll be able to attract your target audience and boost the rate of conversion.
Verify your course plan.
You can also think of the mini-course in the sense of "testing to see if it works" in the development of a idea for a course.
In the beginning, you could make your course available to a small batch of individuals who are interested. Consider it an "exclusive first glimpse" and ask for feedback before launching. The small-scale launch can also help you to source testimonials for a future website that will allow you to reach more learners.
Don't be shy -- Ask users in person if they would be willing to pay for the entire course. After all, this is the value of the mini course! If the students are enthusiastic and enthusiastic, then you might think about offering a referral coupon as well as establishing a mini-ambassador system for the full course. Additionally, you could reward learners to take part in mini courses by giving students a discount coupon on the whole course.
Create a mini-course using .
There are many methods to get your mini course beginning:
Create a New Course
It is possible to design your mini course as completely different course
- Go to LMS > COURSES.
- Select the "Add New" button that is located on the at the top of page.
- Select the "Builder" tab on the top navigation bar.
Mini courses are typically only one part, which means you are able to bypass the section builder, before adding your lesson.
For a repurposed lesson, use to repurpose an existing lesson, use the "Lessons" box in the sidebar. Click "View the entire collection" or use the search bar to search for the specific lesson you want to use by name. Click on a lesson within the lesson's box, then select the "Add" icon. It will then add the lesson to the mini course.
After adding the course, you'll be able to modify the subject and title as needed to fit your theme or the goal of your mini course. Drag and drop other topics, or add a question as well, until the mini-course feels complete.
Use the Course Creator Wizard
Once you have uploaded your video(s) After uploading your video, you are able to modify your settings and set up your mini-course exactly. Make sure to make your mini-course available in the category of "free" rather than "open" in order to make it a requirement to have the use of an email address to register.
Not using yet? Try the demo to see how a free mini-course can benefit your strategy for marketing. You can explore the course as a student and course designer by sign-up for the free demo.