A step-by-step guide!
Creating a course
The first thing you need to do is create an account. Don't have one yet? Register for a free trial.
Now, select the Course option in your dashboard.
If you're unsure which format is best for you, familiarize yourself with our learning content types.
1. Naming your course
Now that you have an account, you can create your first Course in a few easy steps:
Go to the Courses.
Click Create new course.
Enter the Title of your Course, choose the Language, and select Get started (don't worry, you can change the name later).
2. Creating your slides
The most important part of your online Course is the Slides. In this section, you'll learn how to build them.
After creating a new Course, you'll be taken immediately to Slides.
The Start slide, Introduction slide, and End slide are default and thus cannot be deleted. You can add your other slides between them. Select Add new slide, and select a slide type from the drop-down list:
Content: These slides can contain text, images, media, quotes, file downloads, and iframe elements.
Exam: You can click to add an Exam previously created in the Exam section of our tool.
Practice question: These are single questions that can be added between Content slides to keep your participants focused. If you want graded questions, add an Exam instead.
File request: This type of slide requires your participants to submit a file before moving on to the next slide. Read more about how to add a file request slide.
After creating a slide, other options will become available to you. For example, if you add a Practice question, you can choose from several question types. For Content slides, you have the option to add different elements.
3. Adding a content slide to your course
All these options allow you to quickly create and provide the best learning material for your participants!
Go to Slides > Add new slide > Content. Then click the Edit element icon to enter a slide Title. Here, you can also add a timer to your slide.
You will see the Add new element button displaying a drop-down menu with:
Text: These are the slides where you add text.
Image: This allows you to add images that are aligned with the text. You can add two images side by side. When adding an image, you must choose its position. For them to appear side by side, one must be on the left and one on the right.
Video or audio: This element enables you to add videos, audio files, and Prezi presentations.
Breakout image: This element adds an image that stretches across the width of the course. It is beneficial for breaking up your slide into parts.
Quote: Use this element to enhance certain parts of the text.
File download: This option allows you to add files that your participants can download while taking the course. For more details, refer to Adding files to a course for your participants to download.
Embed: Use this to add an iframe element. For more details, refer to Adding an iframe element to a course.
Presentation or PDF: This element enables you to add a PDF file as a presentation. For more details, refer to How to convert a PowerPoint Presentation into a PDF format and add it to an Easy LMS course.
SCORM: This allows you to upload a SCORM in ZIP format. Read more about adding a SCORM module to a course.
You can duplicate a Content slide.
4. Publishing your course
There are three ways that you can give people access to your course:
Share the link found in the Publish section. Don't forget to ask for participant data, so you can identify your participants!
Add a predefined list of participants with invite-only, so they receive an email with a link and password to take the course. Go to Courses > Course title > Participant data, and select Only by invite.
Give access to your course via the academy portal.
Now, share your brand-new course with your participants in a way that suits them best!