I wanted to try Udemy as a platform this time around because the last thing I wanted to do was build another platform to distribute the content and I heard a lot of great things about Udemy from people who have taken courses on it.īefore I announced the course was going to be hosted on Udemy, I even had a few backers ask me if it would be on Udemy and they were really happy that in the end I already had plans to host it there.ĭuring one of Udemy’s endless $10 flash sales that instructors can opt-into being a part of, I even bought a course on Android development simply because I’m kind of interested in branching out to mobile app development but my main motivation was to get a feel of Udemy’s platform from a student’s point of view. In October 2015 I ran a different Kickstarter for The Docker for DevOps course and it got funded in less than 2 weeks. The makeshift platform I created was definitely rough around the edges and not as streamlined as it could be for both me the developer and students of the course but so far I haven’t gotten a single complaint about the platform. Things got released and backers were happy. I went ahead and created my own makeshift course hosting platform while also creating the course itself at the same time, and in the end everything went pretty well. Short Recap of the Courses I’ve Created Recentlyīack in June 2015 I ran my first Kickstarter for the Build a SAAS app with Flask. TL DR Skim down to the screenshots and start reading from there. I released a course on Udemy about a day ago and have spent the last few weeks battling their platform, here’s what I’ve learned from that experience. Hopefully some of the issues have been fixed since then. I want to give Udemy some constructive criticism in the open while also warning potential course creators of the pitfalls I’ve encountered while using Udemy to sell a course.Īll of the comments below are accurate as of the date of this blog post (November 18th 2015). Quick Jump: Short Recap of the Courses I've Created Recently | Students Seem to Really Love Udemy | Creating a Course as an Instructor | At the End of the Day Udemy Only Cares About Sales and Students | Someone Needs to Step Up and End This Updated on November 18th, 2015 in #dev-business Less than 24 Hours on Udemy as an Instructor and I Am Close to Leaving Read a few horror stories about what it's like to be an instructor on Udemy's course hosting platform.
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