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Online Course Setup

Online course setup turns approved lessons and materials into a course people can access and complete.

Turn existing teaching into an organized course people can access and follow. The course platform, lesson structure, student access, progress settings and approved payment path are set up around the material you already have.

How this gets fixed

The service is an online course setup

This is a setup and production build. A platform chosen and configured, your material arranged into modules and lessons, the payment connected, and the whole path tested with a real purchase before anybody else sees it.

You end up holding a course a buyer can find, pay for and work through on their own, with the workbooks and PDFs that go beside it, designed on your brand.

Scope

What this service includes

Included in your service
  • Course platform
  • Ebooks, designed and produced
  • Workbooks and PDFs
  • Launch plan
  • Payments and delivery
Related work quoted separately
  • Filming, video editing and studio time.Bring your recordings, or the course runs on written lessons and workbooks
  • On camera coaching, and teaching you how to present
  • Inventing the curriculum. Your material, or an interview I write it up from
  • Photography. Your own images, or stock you hold the license for
  • The platform subscription and the payment processor fees, which stay in your name
  • Marketing, ads and audience building after launch.Copywriting and Social Media Automation are separate services
  • Student questions and refunds once people are enrolled.Managed Apps and Platforms covers the monthly side if you want that
  • Accreditation, continuing education credit or approval by any outside body.No vendor grants that and neither do I
  • Any number attached to sales. The launch plan is a plan, not a forecast

Options and additions

Standard starting point
  • Course build
Available additions or alternatives
  • Ebook or digital product packaging
  • Launch plan
The process

How it runs, step by step

  • Tell me what is going on The form below. What you have now, and what you want instead.
  • A short call, if it needs one Only where the scope cannot be settled in writing.
  • You get the scope and the price In writing, with what is included and what is not.
  • You approve it Nothing starts before you have agreed the scope and the price.
  • The work happens You are told when something needs a decision from you, and nothing else.
  • Handover What was done, where it lives, and what to do next, written down.

More on how working together works.

FAQ

Questions about this service

I know the subject but I do not know where to start

Start with the outline, not the platform. We map what a beginner needs first, second and third, and the modules fall out of that. The software decision comes after, because the structure changes which platform fits.

Do I need to be on camera?

Plenty of courses run entirely on written lessons, workbooks and templates, and they are easier to update later. If you want video, record it yourself or hire a videographer, and it gets loaded in.

Which platform will I be on?

The one that matches how you sell and how many people you expect. If you are genuinely torn between two, Choose a Business App is the place that gets decided with the reasoning in writing.

I have a half built course sitting in a folder

That is usually the faster start. What exists gets sorted into what is usable, what needs rewriting and what is missing, and you see that list before any building happens.

Who owns the course?

You do. The account is in your name, the content is yours, and the files are handed over. Leaving the platform later is a move, not a loss.

How long does a course need to be?

Long enough to get somebody to the result and no longer. A short course that finishes beats a long one that nobody completes, and completion is what produces the testimonial.

Can I sell it before it is finished?

Yes, and people do run a first group live while building it. The platform, the payment and the delivery still get set up first, because taking money without a way to deliver is where it goes wrong.

Send me the details

I read it and reply with the scope and the price before any work starts.

Get a quote

Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.

What would help most?

Pick at least one. More than one is fine.

Answer a few more if you want a more specific first reply

What happens next: I review the links and details, then reply within two business days with the best next step, any one question I still need answered, or a written quote when the scope is already clear.

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Derek Packer

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