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In the last post, I announced my first online course titled Blazor – Creating Web Applications with C# that I am going to launch in April 2020.

Today I’m excited to announce that I will do everything in the open and document the process of creating my first online course on this blog.

Why I Want to Document the Process

I played with the thought of creating an online course for a long time. It’s no secret that I got rejected by major online course platforms in the programming industry. I’m not the person who gives up, though. It’s the reason why I’ll create my first online course independently.

When you want to create your first online course, the chances are good that you’ll be overwhelmed by all the inputs from outside and inside yourself.

I definitely was overwhelmed when I first thought about taking on such a big project. Yet, I was convinced that I somehow would figure it out.

After all, I want to offer a real insight into either how I succeed with my first online course, or why I fail with my first online course. We are yet to find out if the online course will be a success or not.

What I’m Going to Do

Independently creating a course means that I’m going to do everything on my own, starting with the course idea, curriculum construction, producing the course itself, marketing the course, selling the course, and providing support.

What I Already Did

When I thought about getting started with online course creation, I did a lot of research. How to name a course, how to put together a curriculum, and how to produce a lesson. How to deal with example source code and where to host all the course material? What about making the course available for people to buy and consume the content?

Countless questions were popping up, and I didn’t even know how I should start. By now, I have a clear mind; I already decided on what my first course will be about and what modules the course will include when it launches.

It was already quite a journey up to now, mainly thought processes in my head, and I’m sure I’ll write about what I already did for my first online course in another article soon. Now that it is getting practical and real (I already spent my first dollars to make it all happen), I want to start documenting what I do.

Why I Believe to Succeed

After all, I invested more than a year into my YouTube channel. I spent countless hours trying to figure out how to produce the best video content possible. I’ve learned how to record my screen, how to record audio, and how to edit a video to make it appealing and interesting to watch.

All of the above are the reasons why I want to document how I create my first online course. All expert advice is great. People try to help with everything from the idea, to content production, to marketing, and so on. But wouldn’t it be interesting to follow somebody that actually documents it while he’s at it?

How I Will Document the Process

I will do a weekly blog post about how things are going. What tasks I am working on during the week and what results I got. I not only want to report my tasks but also give insights about my feelings and thought processes.

I am not afraid to write about my losses or wins. If you want to join me on my journey, feel free to do so. I’ll let you know on my Twitter whenever a new article is out, or you can catch on with the RSS feed of my blog.

Other than that, feel welcomed to ask me questions along the way and join my journey; It would be great to make it somewhat conversational. As a sportsman, I’d love to be cheered up.

Also, because it’s my first attempt, I’d consider taking your advice to heart, if you can guide me to a path that leads to success.

What I Expect from All of This

I expect this project to be exciting to do. First of all, I’m curious to see how the end product, the online course will do.

Second, I’m a little afraid and excited at the same time to share all my ups and down with you. I want to learn and document as much as I can.

I don’t know yet how things will turn out, but maybe I want to create a second online course in the future. If that is the case, I want to be able to look back and read about everything I did right or wrong and make sure the second course gets even better than the first.

If you are on the same path with your first online course, let me know and get in touch with me. Maybe we can share helpful advice and cheer each other up?

Last but not least, I want to invite you to follow my journey of creating my first online programming course.

 

Claudio Bernasconi

I'm an enthusiastic Software Engineer with a passion for teaching .NET development on YouTube, writing articles about my journey on my blog, and making people smile.