Update: New site
I just noticed this came up as a popular post. Well, a lot has changed since them. We chose to go with Teachable, which was a new specialised e-learning platform. It worked out brilliantly and we now have over 5,000 students and 50+ courses and tutorials.
Come and see us at ShibariClasses.com. We have a lot of free tutorials and you can even try one for free: ‘Tying techniques: Part I’. Just click to enroll.
Over the past few days, we have made astonishing progress. This is mainly thanks to the help of my e-learning guru who is amazingly responsive and seems to understand exactly what I want. To date, my experiences with contractors has been patchy but this one is a rare diamond who I hope to retain on an on-going basis to help develop the site further.
All my DVD content from ‘Tying people, not parcels’ is on-line with transcripts, all with a new look’n’feel and no annoying jingles between sections. A lot of related content has also been added with more to come. We have created a free preview, so you can have a look at some of the sections before signing up. I have also been added graphics to the home page and links to the discussion forum, course and tutorial lists. You can see my efforts in the images.
The plan is to start adding to the tutorial list next. These will be a series of lessons in specific subjects or ties made up of a step by step video, notes with advice and warnings, resource links and finally a quiz to make sure you understand everything. In the future, we might add incentives like a Roll of Honour for top scorers and the option of personal assessment via live webcam or submitted recordings for certificates of achievement. The possibilities are endless!
After some live testing, the final stage of the first phase will be giving access to course via a payment gateway. The important thing is to be able to offer discount codes or coupons but this seems to be quite achievable, the question now is which is the best method. My techie is looking at this now. Given his speed to date, I don’t imagine we will be waiting long. Watch this space.