Course Creation
How to Update an Online Course Without Rebuilding It
Courses go stale the moment they are published. Here is how to make updates cheap — and the trap of an updated course that never reaches the people who already took it.
Working With Subject-Matter Experts Without Endless Review Cycles
The content is in someone's head, they have no time, and the third round of review has introduced changes that contradict the second. A practical way to run the relationship.
Using AI to Create Online Courses: What Works and What Doesn't
An honest assessment of where AI genuinely speeds up course building, and where it produces confident rubbish you'll have to rewrite.
Turning a Staff Handbook Into an Induction Course
The handbook is already written, already approved, and already ignored. Here is how to turn it into an induction course people actually complete — and which parts should stay a reference document.
How to Write a Course in Word So It Converts Cleanly
The difference between a document that becomes a good course and one that becomes a wall of text is almost entirely down to how it was written. Six habits that cost nothing and change everything.
How to Turn a Policy Document Into Compliance Training
A policy is written to be defensible. Training is written to be understood. Converting one into the other is mostly a question of what to cut, and what you must not.
How to Turn a Google Doc Into a SCORM Course
If your training material lives in Google Docs, you are two clicks from a course. Here is the export path, the formatting that survives, and the bits that do not.
How to Turn a PDF Into an Online Course
PDFs are the most common training format and the worst starting point for a course. Here is the practical route from a PDF to something interactive, including the case where it will not work.
An Employee Onboarding Course Template You Can Actually Use
Most onboarding is a folder of PDFs and a series of meetings. Here is a course template that covers the standard ground, and a candid list of what you must add yourself.
A Ready-to-Run Microsoft 365 Copilot Training Course for Your Team
Rolling out Copilot and finding that licences are not the hard part? There is a complete Copilot at work course you can deploy to your LMS as-is, or adapt to your own policies.
Free SCORM Authoring Tools: What's Actually Available
A realistic guide to building SCORM courses without a budget — the free tools, their genuine limits, and where they break down.
Articulate Storyline vs Rise: Which One Do You Need?
Two very different tools with similar branding. Here's how to tell which one your project actually calls for.
7 Articulate Rise Alternatives Worth Considering in 2026
An honest look at the alternatives to Articulate Rise — what each does well, what it costs, and who it actually suits.
Turn your course into a podcast — free, in ten minutes
Export three documents from CourseConverter, drop them into NotebookLM, and get a full conversational audio recap of your course. Here's the exact workflow, and the caveats nobody mentions.
Turn your documentation into a course — just paste the URLs
Point CourseConverter at your docs, help centre, or wiki and AI builds a structured, interactive course from them — screenshots included.
How to Price Your First Course When You're Just Starting Out
Pricing your first course is part maths, part nerve. Here's a practical way to land on a number you can defend — without underselling your work or scaring off your first buyers.
The Top 10 SCORM Course Creation Tools (And How to Pick One)
A practical rundown of ten SCORM course creation tools, who each one suits, and the trade-offs to weigh before you commit your budget and your time.
How to Create a Course Outline with Claude AI
Staring at a blank page when you should be building a course? Here's a practical way to use Claude AI to draft a solid course outline you can actually work from — and where to take it from there.
Add a Human Touch: Creating Talking-Head Course Videos with HeyGen
Want a presenter in your course without filming yourself? HeyGen creates AI talking-head videos from a script. Here's how to use them in CourseConverter.
What Do You Need to Create an Online Course?
A direct answer on what you actually need — and don't need — to create an online course.
How to Outline an Online Course That Flows
A clear outline is the difference between a course that flows and one that wanders. Here's how to build one.
How to host video and audio for online courses on Cloudflare R2 (free tier, no surprise bills)
Cloudflare R2. It's storage that's free for the first 10GB, charges almost nothing after that, and — crucially — has no egress fees.
Should Your First Course Be Free?
Giving away your first course can build trust and an audience fast — or train people to never pay you. Here's how to decide which one applies to you.
How Do You Turn a Webinar or Workshop Into an Online Course?
A direct answer on converting a live webinar or workshop into a self-paced online course.
How to Repurpose Your Existing Content Into an Online Course
Turn the blog posts, talks, and client work you already have into a structured online course.
What Is the Best Way to Create an Online Course in 2026?
A direct answer to how to create an online course, covering planning, building, interaction, and publishing.
How to Create an Online Course Fast (Without Cutting Corners)
A practical, step-by-step process for building an online course in 30 days that learners actually finish.