Day 6 - A Breather
Nothing serious today, I did sleep well so the whole day was kind of weird and I’m not really feeling it. I’ve been doing Kubernetes training today and I will point out. Style is as important as content in web training. I’ve had this problems with courses from Udemy in the past but this current course is awful, it physically hurts to listen to is for too long. Because the quality is so bad, I’m thinking of ditching Udemy all together. I never had this problem with Lynda and I’m really thinking about getting a Linux Academy subscription.
So I’ll compile my top three tips for a great web training:
Audio is the most important thing to think about! It doesn't matter how smart you are or how good your content is, if people can't focus on what you are saying, your message won't get across. Most of us are headset users , so having poor quality audio beamed directly into your ears is an awful awful experience and will for sure cause a lot of dropouts.
Don’t assume experience, the more you handhold your student, the better . don’t assume everyone just knows what to do, really take it step by step. Your more advanced students can skip and go directly to the interesting bits
EDIT YOU STUFF! If you make a mistake, don't just fix it and move on, go back, re-record and then continue. Before you publish the course, go trough it yourself, check the end product. If its don’t long , have somebody do that for you.
I think these three tips should be a great start for churning out great web training. Hopefully this oneday will be useful for someone.