{"id":38225,"date":"2020-05-11T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=38225"},"modified":"2025-12-04T07:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:32:57","slug":"create-online-course-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/create-online-course-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Masterclass: How to Create, Set up &amp; Launch an Online Course Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38225\" class=\"elementor elementor-38225\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8b7ba2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8b7ba2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1e47a1\" data-id=\"d1e47a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157f887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"157f887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So many community members have told us of how they\u2019ve always wanted to teach an online course or wondered about becoming a web-creating guru themselves, that I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the same is true of you.<\/p><p>Whether your goal, in sharing your knowledge, is to promote your skills and services, or perhaps to monetize your years of valuable experience and expertise, this goal is more achievable than you think.<\/p><p>Yes, creating a great website is one thing, and teaching a great course is quite another. However, this week, we hope to help alleviate any and all hesitations and concerns that have thus far prevented you from following your ambitions in this field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ffccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5ffccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/elementor-wordpress-online-course-template-kit-r4q70j32dlqk6bs544rqr4ibphirvqfcaogglxy0si.png\" title=\"elementor-wordpress-online-course-template-kit\" alt=\"elementor-wordpress-online-course-template-kit\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Elementor\u2019s latest <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/all-categories\/\" title=\"Alle categorie\u00ebn\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26019\">template<\/a> kit for online course websites<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43891e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43891e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As with everything else we\u2019ve looked at in these Masterclasses, the best way to approach a task and see great results is to begin with thorough preparation and planning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3eaa28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3eaa28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research for Creating an Online Course \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ac9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29ac9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first thing we want to do is to set the time aside in our calendar to work on our course. Determine how long to spend on research and planning, writing and recording, etc., and set a deadline for when you will launch the course. This is to keep us focussed and time-efficient.<\/p><p>To make our research and planning stage more efficient, we can break it down into segments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c7259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15c7259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audience Interest\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347a4e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"347a4e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Speak to clients and colleagues about what they&#8217;re interested in learning.\u00a0<\/p><p>Visit community news feeds and learn what they are most interested in or passionate about.<\/p><p>By now, you\u2019ve probably already acquired plenty of skills while working on Elementor and WordPress sites that other web creators are interested in learning.<\/p><p>As professionals, we&#8217;re always looking to learn something that will improve our own skills.<\/p><p>There are plenty of related topics that could do just that. Such as SEO, copywriting, caching, site performance, web design, and so on.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39da746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39da746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=266\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reddit-facebook-professional-community-resource-elementor.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38239\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reddit-facebook-professional-community-resource-elementor.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reddit-facebook-professional-community-resource-elementor-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reddit-facebook-professional-community-resource-elementor-768x255.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Reddit and Facebook\u2019s Elementor community groups are a great resource<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddca25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ddca25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once we have a basic idea for our course, we should ask friends and colleagues, even past clients, what they think about a course on this subject? Is it something that they would like to learn? Do they know of other people who would be interested? Would they consider paying to learn these things? How much should we charge?<\/p><p>The goal of any content we create is to draw the attention of clients or prospective clients. We usually succeed in doing this by striking a chord with a topic that interests them. So make this one of your primary factors when deciding on your course topics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ace2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ace2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keyword Research<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad027f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad027f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I realize that this is something that gets thrown around ad nauseam, but researching keywords is as essential to the Internet as salt is to cooking.<\/p><p>It will give you tremendous insight.\u00a0<\/p><p>For example, which of these two course titles do you think would rank better in search results:<\/p><ul><li>How to Master Adobe Photoshop<\/li><li>Adobe Photoshop 101<\/li><\/ul><p>They might seem as though there\u2019s very little difference, but that difference translates into our search ranking being on the top or on the bottom of the pile.<\/p><p>So having found the best keywords for your subject, use them to phrase the title of your course, the tags and the descriptions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f0a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4f0a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Researching the Competition<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c3dc43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c3dc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Knowing what our competition is doing will help us avoid similar mistakes and perhaps even do something that they hadn\u2019t thought of.<\/p><p>Check out their courses, are they offering the same content that we want to offer? How can we make ours better? What can we provide our students to give them a better value?\u00a0<\/p><p>This will not only help to inspire us, but it will also help us understand the competitive landscape of what alternative options exist for our prospective students.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548f6fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"548f6fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assess Practical Value<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca0b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ca0b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Practicality must be the best thing any tutor could offer their students.\u00a0<\/p><p>It\u2019s the bottom line, the brass tacks. What can our course provide our students that will be relevant and applicable the moment they complete the course? What will enable them to move ahead with their own career ambitions?<\/p><p>Once we\u2019ve identified the practical skills that we can provide, we should make sure to highlight them throughout the course description. Prospective students will look for courses with actionable outcomes. Let\u2019s make it easy for them to find those outcomes when they read about our course.\u00a0<\/p><p>With a good sense of what our prospective students are interested in, and how to help them find what they are looking for, it\u2019s time to plan our course.\u00a0<\/p><p>A simple way to approach this planning stage is through following the A, B, C.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bf10a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0bf10a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Lesson-plan-online-wordpress-elementor-course-r4q6zp08awldusztzrrojc3kp5n11f3xijkx936l5o.png\" title=\"Lesson-plan-online-wordpress-elementor-course\" alt=\"Lesson-plan-online-wordpress-elementor-course\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Example of lesson plan created using Google Docs<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8adef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b8adef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The A-B-Cs of Lesson Planning \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfe132c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfe132c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A, for Actualize the Outline<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-586fa99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"586fa99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We should be creating an outline for every form of content that we provide because it helps us stay focused on the goal of that content.\u00a0<\/p><p>But by actualizing your outline, we are adding practical value to our lessons and our course overall.\u00a0<\/p><p>Think of it as a well thought out workflow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c6306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5c6306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">B, for Begin With the Basics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd7977f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd7977f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Start with simple basic concepts and tasks, and build upon each lesson till you reach the goal.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd5e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdd5e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">C,  for Keep It Coherent and Linear<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb3c21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb3c21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This makes the context logical and easier to remember. Going forward, then backtracking to prepare something else for the next step is complicated and confusing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02aeea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02aeea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D, for Drive Your Audience<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b9391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b9391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Make sure that in each lesson, one part leads logically to the next, and each lesson leads to the next. This relates to a linear lesson plan (see what I did there?).<br \/>We can do this by explaining, reflecting, the reason behind our lesson plan, or explaining the logic behind the workflow that you are leading them through.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa4607b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa4607b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">E, for Expand Where Needed\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a816af3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a816af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We must ask ourselves if our students need to understand the theory behind the process? Could we help them understand it in a more simplified way? Remember that we want to keep our students on the right track and in the right direction to what they want to achieve. That said, we could always go the extra mile to make things easier to remember or comprehend, showing short examples, explaining things as an analogy, or creating mnemonics, like our A, B, Cs for making a practical lesson plan.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a0849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17a0849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Lesson-plan-online-course-amazon-elementor-r4q6x3y7ib1zxer035jm6hkxw0dovdui5qzuqp0k3k.png\" title=\"Lesson-plan-online-course-amazon-elementor\" alt=\"Lesson-plan-online-course-amazon-elementor\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Example of table of contents that can inspire our lesson plan; source: Amazon.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b57ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b57ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A great way to see what a well-planned outline looks like is by going to places like Amazon. There we could browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/introducing-table-of-contents\/\">table of contents<\/a> of the best selling books and videos on similar subjects to see what material they cover and in what order.\u00a0<\/p><p>With our outline perfected, we can flesh out our lessons. Obviously, this may also require additional research and study on our part.\u00a0<\/p><p>Some great places to look for the kind of material that will inspire your students are professional blogs and forums such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/elementor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Elementors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> groups. Other online courses are also a great resource. Better yet, conversations with community members and fellow web creators are always my default source of practical and inspirational knowledge.<\/p><p>Once we\u2019ve finished creating our lessons, we\u2019ll move on to creating the place where these lessons will appear \u2014 our very own online course website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06fec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e06fec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Setting Up Your Online Course Website<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa5758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efa5758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;re going to begin by uploading and setting up the lessons and the content for our online course, to an existing site, in 3 simple steps.<\/p><p>As some of you already know, Elementor recently released a brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/online-course-template-kit\/\">template kit<\/a>, purposely designed to provide a simple means for users to set up and manage a complete and dedicated website for their online courses.\u00a0<\/p><p>A great thing about template kits is that we can just pick and choose the templates we want to use. Which, since most of us are looking to add an online course to our existing site, is perfect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759d72f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"759d72f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Creating the Course Page<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e46c57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e46c57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We\u2019ll install the templates we need, from the template kit, the same way as we would any other template.<\/p><p>On the WordPress <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>, we\u2019ll go to <strong>Pages<\/strong> and <strong>Add a New Page<\/strong> to our site.\u00a0<\/p><p>This page that we\u2019re creating will serve as a place to introduce visitors to our course.\u00a0<\/p><p>Naturally, we\u2019ll name this page \u201cCourse\u201d and click on <strong>Edit with Elementor<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In Elementor, we\u2019ll open the <strong>Templates<\/strong> library.<\/p><p>(Obviously, we\u2019ll have to be connected to our Elementor account to be able to access the library.) There, we\u2019ll search for \u201cOnline Course,\u201d and from the results, we\u2019ll select the Course Page template, clicking <strong>Insert<\/strong> to add it to our new page.<\/p><p>As with all of our Template Kits, you can add or remove <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/widgets\/\">widgets<\/a>, and use the options in the Style tabs of the widgets themselves to design the page to better suit the rest of our site.<\/p><p>When we\u2019re done, we\u2019ll be sure to click on <strong>Save Draft<\/strong> and move on to focus on the lessons themselves, the content that is essential to our purpose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3295cb elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f3295cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-gac=\"CTA_Elements\" data-gaa=\"Link\" data-gal=\"Position_Text_CTA\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/education-and-courses-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">11 Website Templates for Education and Courses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd0184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bcd0184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Setting Up &amp; Adding Lesson Content<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc83bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc83bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The way that the Online Course Template Kit works is by utili\u05d6ing the advantages of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordPress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as a content management platform, to organize posts and archives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll be creating each lesson as a separate post, that will then be archived together as a course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll also be using WordPress\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/posts\/categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Category<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option to create <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/dynamic-content-elementor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dynamic links<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to our lessons, or posts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is done by going to the <\/span><b>Posts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tab on the WordPress <\/span><b>Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and selecting <\/span><b>Categories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f739d0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f739d0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Setting-categories-lessons-online-course-wordpress-elementor-r4q77eamb14yzrt20lmmgw4jxtob44oqwo15tprfem.png\" title=\"Setting-categories-lessons-online-course-wordpress-elementor\" alt=\"Setting-categories-lessons-online-course-wordpress-elementor\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adding lesson content in the Edit Post section in WordPress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d1b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76d1b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here, we\u2019ll set up each lesson as a category by basically copy\/pasting the title of each lesson from the lesson plan that we created earlier.<\/p><p>(Even though the course that we\u2019re using for this demonstration only has 3 lessons, you can have as many as you need.)\u00a0<\/p><p>With the categories set and saved, we\u2019ll create our lessons, adding our lesson material the same way as we would any other content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2404eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2404eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=428\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wordpress-post-edit-lesson-online-elementor.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38244\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wordpress-post-edit-lesson-online-elementor.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wordpress-post-edit-lesson-online-elementor-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wordpress-post-edit-lesson-online-elementor-768x410.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adding lesson content in the Edit Post section in WordPress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aebf28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aebf28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clicking on <strong>New Post<\/strong>, will take us to the familiar dialog box where we\u2019ll name the post with the title of our lesson, and assign it to the category of the same name.\u00a0<\/p><p>Next, we\u2019ll copy\/paste the text and images for our lesson. I\u2019m sure that many of you are itching to add a video to your lesson page, and you could do that right here.\u00a0<\/p><p>This is also where we\u2019ll want to add a <strong>Description<\/strong>, <strong>Excerpt<\/strong>, and <strong>Tags<\/strong> using those great keywords that we discussed earlier.<\/p><p>When we\u2019re done, we\u2019ll click on <strong>Save Draft<\/strong>, because it\u2019s always better to be safe than sorry.<\/p><p>There are a couple of things that we could add to give our course a more professional look.<\/p><p>It\u2019s considered good practice, as well as a good incentive for students, to set up a timing system, and monitor time management for our lessons.<\/p><p>We could do this by adding some custom dynamic fields to our post pages, showing the estimated time it should take a student to complete each lesson.<\/p><p>Important Note: You may have to reload your page for this change to take effect. So be sure to save your draft first.<\/p><p>To set up these custom fields, we&#8217;ll click on the menu icon (three vertical dots) in the top right-hand corner of the Edit Post page (on the WordPress Dashboard). Scrolling down the to the bottom of this menu, we\u2019ll click on <strong>Options<\/strong>, and in the list of options, we\u2019ll make sure that the <strong>Custom Fields <\/strong>option is selected.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b67536d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b67536d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=152\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Custom-field-wordpress-elementor-online-lesson.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Custom-field-wordpress-elementor-online-lesson.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Custom-field-wordpress-elementor-online-lesson-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Custom-field-wordpress-elementor-online-lesson-768x146.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adding custom dynamic fields to our post, in WordPress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f9818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5f9818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the custom fields option accessible (appearing just below the post\u2019s content-box), we\u2019ll click on <strong>Enter New<\/strong> to create an entirely new field, with a new name.<\/p><p>The label that we assign here is purely for us to be able to recognize the field, which is why I would prefer to name this field \u201cEstimated time to complete lesson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>We\u2019ll also add the value, the duration of this particular lesson, which I\u2019ll estimate as being \u201c25min.\u201d and click on <strong>Add Custom<\/strong><strong>Field<\/strong> to complete this quick procedure.<\/p><p>Another thing we could do to spruce up our lesson pages is to design a cool template for them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd79c99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd79c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Creating and Designing a Lesson\/Post Template<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef21752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef21752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While we&#8217;re already on the WordPress <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>, we&#8217;ll go into the <strong>Templates <\/strong>tab. With the <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/theme-builder\/\"   title=\"Theme Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26020\">Theme Builder<\/a> <\/strong>feature selected, we\u2019re going to set up a template for our lesson posts the same as we would any other type of post.\u00a0<\/p><p>We&#8217;ll click on <strong>Add New<\/strong>, select <strong>Single<\/strong> from the first drop-down menu, then select <strong>Post <\/strong>as our type of single asset. We&#8217;ll name it \u201cLesson,\u201d and click on <strong>Create Template<\/strong>.<\/p><p>From here, we could go straight to the Elementor Editor to create a design from scratch, or we could use another template from the library to save ourselves time. <br \/><br \/><\/p><p>In the Library dialogue box, we&#8217;ll search for the \u201cCourse single\u201d post or \u201csingle\u201d lesson template (part of the kit we&#8217;ve already borrowed from).\u00a0<\/p><p>Here you may find 2 almost identical templates. The difference between them is the button in the lower right-hand corner.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9de037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9de037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Elementor-single-post-template-kits-wordpress-course-r4q6y3o2q0ew6lb4akzft8kggnhmzvsaynsaz7jl2q.png\" title=\"Elementor-single-post-template-kits-wordpress-course\" alt=\"Elementor-single-post-template-kits-wordpress-course\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Online Course template kit has two almost identical lesson (single post) templates<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7718e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7718e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This second single lesson template serves as a template for the last lesson of the course, with the button there for the student to click on, to activate a popup, or open a page to congratulate them upon finishing the course.\u00a0<\/p><p>We also use the button&#8217;s dynamic links to register the student as having completed the course.\u00a0<\/p><p>As we&#8217;re creating a course as simply as possible, we&#8217;ll select the simple of the two templates and click on Insert.<\/p><p>While we&#8217;re editing and designing our single lesson template, we could add the Estimated Time field that we created earlier.<\/p><p>To do that, we&#8217;ll go to the widget library, on the Editor panel, and search for the Post Info widget. We&#8217;ll then drag and place it on our page.<\/p><p>With the widget selected, we&#8217;ll return to the Editor panel and in the <strong>Content <\/strong>tab, we&#8217;ll delete all of the superfluous fields, leaving one, and clicking on it to access the options.\u00a0<\/p><p>In these options, we&#8217;ll change the <strong>Field Type<\/strong> to Custom. Then, just beneath that, we&#8217;ll click on the <strong>Dynamic Tags<\/strong> icon to access the menu, where we&#8217;ll select the Post Custom Field.<\/p><p>With the Post Custom Field linked, we&#8217;ll click on it to access its settings and select our \u201cEstimated Time field\u201d in the <strong>Key <\/strong>option.<\/p><p>If we want, we could also go to the <strong>Advanced <\/strong>section and add a label (\u201cEstimated time to complete this lesson:\u201d) to appear before the value field.\u00a0<\/p><p>We can then go into the <strong>Style <\/strong>tab and set the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/best-fonts-for-websites\/\"   title=\"26 Best Fonts For Websites &amp; Web Design (2025)\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26021\">typography<\/a>, and color of the field any way we wish.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516b2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"516b2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Setting-template-conditions-triggers-elementor-wordpress-course-r4q72fpa8ichpv0gzgfib56z2m4khmzqw42wn5488u.png\" title=\"Setting-template-conditions-triggers-elementor-wordpress-course\" alt=\"Setting-template-conditions-triggers-elementor-wordpress-course\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Setting the single post template conditions according to categories\/lessons in Elementor<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e20ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9e20ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once we\u2019re happy with our template design, we\u2019ll publish it. As soon as we do, the conditions page will appear. There we\u2019ll set the conditions to have our lesson template appear according to specific categories, which in our case are also specific lessons, clicking Save when we\u2019re done.<\/p><p>This would be a good time to check our posts to be sure that everything is ok.\u00a0<\/p><p>We are now practically done with this setup. However, I would like to go to our Course page, because I\u2019d like to quickly link up our individual lessons.<\/p><p>The original course page template has a nice toggle widget where we can list all of our lessons. All we need to do is select the widget, and on the Editor panel, in the <strong>Content <\/strong>tab, we\u2019ll edit the text to suit our lessons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f91bc70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f91bc70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/creating-links-course-lesson-elementor-dynamic-tags-r4q744sskqo4oijq2ou9b7rxonrfdyqasihgu4ln0e.png\" title=\"creating-links-course-lesson-elementor-dynamic-tags\" alt=\"creating-links-course-lesson-elementor-dynamic-tags\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Linking the lessons to the course page using Elementor\u2019s dynamic links<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e584d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e584d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We\u2019ll then add a link in each section of the toggle to our actual lessons. 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And there in the dialogue box, create a menu using the Categories option, thus creating a lesson menu that we can link to a Navigation or Nav Menu widget on our course page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e18f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27e18f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=448\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Creating-custom-menus-elementor-wordpress-online-course.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Creating-custom-menus-elementor-wordpress-online-course.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Creating-custom-menus-elementor-wordpress-online-course-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Creating-custom-menus-elementor-wordpress-online-course-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Creating menus in WordPress using categories<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-827d4d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"827d4d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don\u2019t forget to <strong>save<\/strong>, update or <strong>publish <\/strong>your post so that you don\u2019t lose any changes that you\u2019ve made.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0210ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0210ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monetization<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df6663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df6663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With our lessons set up online and our website organized, the next step is Monetization.<\/p><p>While it is an optional step for some, for many others, especially as we see our way through the COVID-19 crisis, monetizing their online course is crucial.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25217e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25217e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Popup-design-elementor-wordpress-online-course-gateway-r4q76vhuicf8jkkd2di330vc248yu6m462zg86jav2.png\" title=\"Popup-design-elementor-wordpress-online-course-gateway\" alt=\"Popup-design-elementor-wordpress-online-course-gateway\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Example of a custom designed Popup created in Elementors Theme Builder as a gateway to lesson content.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb9d567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb9d567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Either way, it\u2019s a very simple step.\u00a0<\/p><p>The simplest way to monetize your content that we could recommend is by creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/introducing-popup-builder\/\">popup<\/a> in the Elementor <strong>Theme Builder<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p>In practice, this popup serves to block the content from view, only granting access to viewers who have paid for a subscription to your content.<\/p><p>As you may have noticed, the Online Course template kit doesn\u2019t include a payment system where you can charge users for the course. This requires a professional, purpose-built <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learning_management_system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Management System<\/a> (or LMS) plugin.<\/p><p>If once you\u2019ve completed setting up your website, you prefer to monetize your online course using an LMS. There are some great tools out there.\u00a0<\/p><p>Among them, we would highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/lifterlms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LifterLMS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learndash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learndash<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/memberpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memberpress<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>These will also help you manage the financial transactions involved in course enrollment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008b25e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"008b25e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lessons Learned\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0429392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0429392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This week we looked at Online Courses, not just at what makes a course great, but also how to set up our very own online course and recommended ways you could use to monetize it.<\/p><p>This masterclass is one of several that we\u2019ve produced over the past eight weeks to help the small businesses and self employed professionals in our community to get ahead, rather than lose out as we all see our way through this crisis as best we can.\u00a0<\/p><p>We sincerely hope that you find that this and our previous masterclasses help in bringing you a whole new world of business opportunities and revenue.<\/p><p>If you have any tips and advice that could help other users, plan, set up and monetize their online courses or other valued content, then please add them in the comments below.<\/p><p>Should you have any criticisms, we are equally interested in your thoughts.<\/p><p>After all, our goal is to be the best at helping others excel at their craft.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To get started, <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchase Elementor Pro today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Monday Masterclass we\u2019re showing you how you can share your knowledge and expertise in online courses, and how to monetize them, in 3 simple steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162405,"featured_media":38226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,43],"tags":[79,173],"marketing_persona":[47,51],"marketing_intent":[49],"class_list":["post-38225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elementor","category-wordpress","tag-build","tag-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monday Masterclass: How to Create, Set up &amp; 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