FAQs about Course Creation
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Q: How many Courses can I create? A: Currently you can create as many Courses as you like on our platform. We wouldn't encourage you to do so because it would become a mess for you in the first place. However, you can only ever have a maximum of 5 Single-session Courses and 5 Multi-session Courses activated at any one time. Whether they are listed or unlisted Courses, doesn't matter. This means that you can have a maximum of 10 Courses in total that are "available" for booking. Note i: You can only activate Courses that are moderated and approved by our Team. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: What are the steps to become a 5StarTeacher? A: Steps to become an approved 5StarTeacher: 9. Allow 48 hours for our team to check and moderate your profile and content. If certain changes are required, we will communicate this with you. Now start earning money from wherever you are in the world by sharing massive amounts of value via teaching, coaching, or advising 1-to-1 online, via screen sharing and video calls. Yay! Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: How do you review or moderate my Courses? A: Good question. We always say: do the right thing, every time. We believe that doing the right thing is to ensure that you don't trick people, that you don't scam them, that you don't write any English mistakes (use an Ai to correct your English if necessary), that you don't create low quality, not in your text, not in your videos, not in your images or thumbnails. And what about knowledge? Who are we to judge you on your knowledge of the subject you want to teach? Do we need an expert on our team for every possible subject or topic who is "more" experienced than you? We don't think so. Besides, that would be simply impossible. And what about degrees? Some teachers who have degrees are terrible teachers. Others who don't have degrees are some of the best. Therefore moderation is not a matter of knowledge or degrees. It is a matter of quality, experience, and commitment. And we agree, that is a subjective matter. But if we can't find that in your Course, it won't be approved. We are 5StarTeachers after all, not "4.9-star Teachers". So live up to it! And if it does happen that your Course can't be approved, our moderator will leave a comment for you on your Course on how to fix it. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: How many Courses can I activate? A: You can activate a maximum of 5 Single-session Courses and 5 Multi-session Courses at any one time. This means that you can have a maximum of 10 Courses in total that are available for booking at any one time. Some or all of these Courses can be set to "Unlisted". If you choose that option, no one will find your Courses in our listing and search pages anymore. A Strategy
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Q: If I duplicate my Course, will it have to go back into moderation? A: Duplicating a Course is the easiest way to create a copy of an already approved Course. But you must select a different price. All Courses collect data so it's wise to not modify your Course but duplicate it and modify the duplicate instead. That way, you can easily do A/B testing. When you update certain fields on any approved Course, it will go back into moderation. The updated fields that will send your Course back into moderation are: - the title - the tag line - the subject - the Course type (if not Subject-only Course anymore) - the audience - the skill tags - the topic tags - the category - the English description - the English summary - any external links - any images - your own specific T&C (unless it's now blank) - your Course Intro Video Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: Can I use a book to teach? A: Of course. For some types of Courses, books are simply indispensable. If you are going to use a book to teach your Student, there are fields on your Course where you can upload a picture that "you" took of the book cover, where you can set the title and the ISBN of the book. Do mention in your description that having the book is a requirement, if you need them to own this book as well. This is a great strategy to attract more Students who are familiar with this book. Note: Uploading a picture you have taken of the a book cover and posting it here on your Course for the purpose of teaching and to encourage your Student to buy the book, is generally considered "fair use" under the copyright law. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: Can anyone book my Course? A: Oure Teachers are the heart of our platform and we want them to be in control as much as possible of who can book their Courses. Therefore our Teachers can set their own audience requirements on their Courses as follows: Any Student who does not meet any of these requirements, cannot book your Course. Why is this so? Minimum English level Student level Say you wanted to specifically teach Students of a particular Student Level e.g. Primary 6 because you want to teach them English in preparation for their English Secondary School Interview, that should be possible. When you set it to be this level, only Students who have set that level on their profile will be able to book your Course. Gender We strongly believe that no one should be forced to teach people of a particular gender, accept any English level or Student level. And conversely, no one should be forced to learn from a Teacher if they do not agree with them based on gender, language, degrees, expertise, ideologies, skills or abilities. We built this platform for it to be ethical and fair. And that's how it should be if we want you to have the happiest and best possible experience in learning, improving and growing.
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Q: What video call methods can we use? A: Since this is an online platform, we refer to the "Classroom Option" as the video call method. You have to set at least 1 "Classroom Option" on every Course that you activate. When a Student books your Course, they can only select 1 Classroom Option from the ones you have set. Good to know: Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: Can I offer a Course free of charge? A: Yes, you can but only for Single-session Courses. On the Course edit page, add your own coupon code in the field "Free Course Coupon Code". Case: Note i: The Student can book this Course for free only once. If they've bought this Course before and paid for it, they can still book this Course for free by using the correct coupon code. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: Can I add translations to my Course description? A: Yes, you can. Up to 4 translations. This is a great strategy to target a specific audience. You add the translations in the field "Description Other Languages". When you do, make sure that the first text is the 2-letter code of the translated language. Then select these 2 letters and choose the option "language" from the formatting styles dropdown menu. Hit enter and write your translation in the text field. Example: FR
A Strategy: https://5starteachers.net/my-course-link-here?lang=FR The Course translation in French will now appear as the primary language upon loading the page and if your users use Safari's Reader, they will see the Reader in French. Cool, huh?
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Q: Can I work with influencers on this platform? A: Yes you can and you should! We built a 100% transparent feature for you to cooperate with Influencers so that you can get exposure in their circles, i.e. a market in which you currently have no connections. You don't need to be the marketing expert. Let others do that for you and focus on what you do best, that's our suggestion. Here are the steps:
Good to know about Coupon Codes from Influencers Courses can have multiple influencer email addresses and coupon codes. If you had set a Free Course Coupon Code to offer Students a free Single-session Course and you add Coupon Codes from Influencers, your Free Course Coupon Code will be removed automatically. Case: You have a "listed" Single-session Course that you offer at the regular price of USD 100. To work together with an influencer, you "duplicate" this Course and set the Course price on the duplicate to USD 50, for example. You add the Influencer's email address and the agreed upon coupon code and save it. This Course duplicate is now exactly the same except that it is now available at USD 50. It is also "unlisted" and only bookable with the coupon code from the Influencer. When the Influencer can successfully influence people in their circles to book and buy your Course via the link and the coupon code, they have now bought the Course at a 50% discount because everyone else is paying USD 100. The reason why you should duplicate your Course, is so that you can always compare the data between the two Courses, the one with the coupon code and the one without, or in case you just wanted to try out a different price for a specific Course without coupon code or influencer. We wanted our Teachers to be able to keep their Course data to analyse their marketing efforts at any time so they can adjust based on data.
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Q: What are unlisted Courses and who can see them? A: An "unlisted" Course is a Course that will not show up in any of our listings on the platform. This means that no one can search and find them but when you have the correct link to that "unlisted" Course, you can see it and book it. It's very useful for marketing your Course using Influencers or when you only want people in your own social circles to find them. A Strategy Helpful? Anyone, Teachers |
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Q: What does the Course field "allow repeated bookings" do? A: "Allow repeated bookings" is a checkbox on every Course. When you edit your Course and you tick this checkbox, you allow Students to book that Course over and over again. Once you untick it, anyone who has bought that Course with you before, will not be able to book this Course again. This can be a great strategy to create recurring customers by requiring them to take on a greater commitment e.g. to buy the Multi-session version of this Course. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: Will Students message me before they buy my Course? A: No. Out of the question. Why not? Your "paid" Single-session Course is the best opportunity to show your Students what value you have to offer and the best opportunity for them to experience you as a teacher, coach, consultant or expert in the field. So make sure that you have created a 5-star value Course with an attractive title, a concise and clear Course description and a confident Course Introduction Video which will function as your sales pitch. And if that is all 5-star quality, it will be approved by our Team and we're sure Students will take your Courses. No back-and-forth sales conversations before they buy on our platform. Helpful? Teachers |
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Q: How can I attract more Students to buy my Courses on 5StarTeachers? A: Good question! Our platform allows each Teacher to create different marketing strategies for each Course. The first and foremost thing is to create each Course with 5-star content: a great Course Introduction Video, description, title, tag line, tags, images, video thumbnail, etc. Besides that, you can:
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Q: Can I set my own price per Course? A: Yes. You decide what price to set on your Courses based on our provided "price options". Case: Case: Case: Wouldn't you agree? We work with price options to make things easy to set, easy to compare, easy to follow up and easy for the Student to choose from and decide. Here are our current price options for: Single-session Courses: Multi-session Courses of 4 Sessions: Multi-session Courses of 12 Sessions: Multi-session Courses of 24 Sessions: Note: All Sessions are set for 1 hour and cannot be changed.
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Q: What subjects am I allowed to teach on 5StarTeachers? A: Any. Simple. Subjects can range from academic subjects for school or university, to business and personal development like coaching, for example. Say you are experienced in beer brewing and you want to be a consultant for people who want to start out brewing beer, that should be possible. Say you want to share your knowledge and insights from your career as a salesperson, that should be possible. I'm not aware of any Bachelor's or Master's degree in "sales", are you? So go find your best talent, gift or skill and start using that to generate an income from wherever you are, online, 1-to-1 via screen sharing and video calls. Good to know: Helpful? Anyone, Teachers |