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Make use of YouTube to create a Course in 3 Steps -

Oct 7, 2022

It's as simple to do as simply pressing an icon. The course Creation Wizard, it actually could be as simple as that.

The Course Creator Wizard utilizes the contents of a YouTube playlist and makes an entire course within seconds by simply copying and pasting one URL and click to load. The wizard creates the entire course, which includes the lessons of each video in the playlist.

If you've always wanted a different way to monetize your YouTube content, this feature is built to help you. Making your videos available for packaging for courses makes it an ideal passive income tool. The use of a YouTube playlist as the base of your course has many advantages, such as:

  • The course is shorter and takes less time for the beginning of the course.
  • Fast monetization of content
  • An already-established audience

Ready to explore this strategy for yourself? It is possible to develop an online course by using an YouTube playlist in just three steps.

Step 1. Outline your plan using video content that is already in place

If you do not have an existing YouTube playlist already created to aid you in planning your course it's time to create one. The best first step to take would be to browse through the YouTube content and put them into a series of video. Make sure the videos are in a pleasing and appropriate arrangement in an organized playlist.

If, for instance, you're organizing a YouTube video series that shows viewers how to get started in investing, it might be helpful to begin by showing a clip which explains how much you should place into. You can then move to the first time opening a new account and deciding on an investment strategy or a strategy. It is the sequence which your students are exposed to your class.

In the video below in our tutorial the next video, we've decided to go ahead with it and all the videos are numbered to simplify the process.

Step 2: Upload videos to the course creation Wizard

Make sure you grab the URL of the entire playlist and not just individual URLs. When using YouTube, the best method to do this is clicking the "Share" button on all playlists and clicking "copy" on the created URL.

Pro-Tip: The course creation wizard is compatible with open and closed YouTube playlists. If you want to make a course with the private playlist, sign in with your Google account to the Google app. This allows users to view the content of the playlist you have created one time and only once. There is no way to save any data.

To gain access to the Course Create Wizard, navigate to LMS > Courses. Click to select the "Create From Video Playlist" option in the top left corner. You can add your YouTube playlist there.

Click the Load playlist's data button. In this menu, you can decide on the parameters for your course's access and then click "create your own course."

Step 3: Make The Final Edits Before You Launch Your Course

The standard for every video is that it creates one new lesson within the class. The lesson's text originates in the YouTube the video's descriptions. If you'd prefer to modify the text, you'll modify it easily by changing the text.

Below are some more methods to personalize your Lesson pages and transform the video into a full learning experience for your students:

  • Add Lesson Materials. Turn to "Lesson Materials" if you'd like to add materials like notes from lecture or transcripts of the video.
  • Encourage participation. If you want students to be engaged, create comments on the course available to post, or even add a blog or forum for the class. Create threads that are specific to each video in order to encourage participants.
  • Include polls and quizzes. A simple way to add an exam at the conclusion of each lesson through 's quizzes feature. Or, take advantage of the educational features of extensions like H5P in order to make quizzes or polls appear in the middle of a video for a literal "pop exam!"

Save time on building your online course using

Making an online course may take a long time, but the user-friendly tools make it easy to create. Create an online course within minutes by making use of the wizard in order to design classes and also an YouTube playlist.


  You can see how easy and fast the speed that it's yours to play around with the demonstration. In the course creator demo select "create with the help of the video playlist" to see if are able to create a fresh course in just one minute. What course of video will you choose to start with?

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