Understanding Course Components

This article is designed to help you build courses that add value to your occupiers. Each course component is broken down with examples to have you design top-notch courses in no time.

Courses

Courses are the frame that contains your course groups and course lessons. Your occupiers complete courses to learn something new. You should identify your audience and the learning goals of the course before you get started.

The Audience of the Course

You must know who's following your course, what's their current level of expertise, and where you want them to be by the end of the course to figure out what the course should include. Knowing your audience helps you narrow down the learning or training content must to create.

For example, if you want to create a course on meditation, figure out if your audience are complete beginners or if they are already familiar with meditation practices.

The Learning Goals of the Course

Providing a clear picture of what your occupiers should know or be able to do by the end of the course is a great way to keep them engaged and manage their expectations. Everyone wants to succeed and making sure your occupiers feel a sense of achievement by the end of the course is crucial.

For example, if you want to introduce your occupiers to meditation, the course learning goal could be starting a regular meditation practice.

If you want occupiers to learn how to use an HR tool, the course learning goal can be set up their profile and book a day off.

Course Groups

Course groups help you build the structure of your courses and let you group lessons. You create groups according to the different steps or milestones you want your occupiers to reach within the course.

Each group helps you occupier get closer to the course's learning goal. You want your occupiers to finish each group with more knowledge or skills compared to when they started.

For example, if you offer a meditation course for beginners the different groups could be:

• What is Meditation?
• Preparing for your First Meditation Session
• Your First Guided Meditation Session
• Reflecting on your First Meditation Session
• Implementing Meditation as a Regular Practice

Each group clearly states what occupiers can expect to learn or do. Each group will contain one or several lessons that provide detailed information and step-by-step content. In this case, after each group, your occupier should be one step closer to the course's learning goal.

Course Lessons

Course lessons are the individual building blocks of your courses in Nexudus. They are learning units that your occupiers complete to chip away at a concept or a skill defined in each course group.

For example, Preparing for your First Meditation Session for a meditation course could include the following lessons:

• Preparing your Meditation Space
• Understanding the Meditative State
• Finding the Right Meditation Posture
• Clearing your Mind for Meditation

Each lesson breaks down one of the substeps occupiers should complete to reach the group's goal: being prepared for their first meditation session.