Putting on Flesh

You are now ready to fill out all the flesh on the skeleton of your course. You can go to lesson 1 and dive in. Go lesson by lesson, filling in the text that your participants will read after they finish your videos. Keep in mind that this is a micro-course. You don’t want to write a book (and they don’t want you to either). 

At the same time, don’t feel like you have to write a lot. You might simply follow each video with an activity for them to do. Don’t get overwhelmed! You do not need to have much flesh at all beyond your videos.

Each lesson ideally begins with a video. For some people, making the video first will be easier so that you are then filling in the details of what you have already said. If you are that kind of person, you might skip to lesson 4 now. However, probably for most, writing out the details of the course will help you know what you want to say in your videos.

Each “Page” should be short and interesting enough for the participant to keep reading but long enough to be relevant and useful. If the reader will need to scroll down, you might put some images or visuals along the way to keep them going. You could have text boxes, for example, to highlight the most important insights.

The bulk of your time in course creation will be spent fleshing out these lessons and subtopics. Once you have this task done, the hardest part for you likely will be over. You might have someone read over what you have written to check for any spelling, grammatical, or clarity issues. You might also step away from it yourself and come back to it with fresh eyes after a day or two.