Dear NIADA Artist Members,
The NIADA Academy Planning team has been working very hard, and is proud to announce that the Academy site went live in January, 2021, and our courses are selling. Check it out at www.academy.niada.org where you can see how our online teaching looks and works.
All Artist Members in good standing are eligible to create and sell courses. If you are interested in teaching through our Academy, please read the following steps over carefully, plan the course you would like to teach, and then send us your Course Content.
Archive and LEGACY COURSES
If any current Artist Members have older class content, videos, tapes, or DVDs that are still relevant and might have value for students, please consider working with the Academy to reformat content, if need be, and make them into online Archive Courses that can benefit today’s students and potentially be a revenue stream for you. Deceased members can also have Legacy Courses on the Academy, managed by heirs or given to NIADA for our management.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The Academy Planning Team
CREATING A NIADA ACADEMY COURSE – SEQUENCE OF STEPS
ACADEMY USER ROLES: Site Admins = have full access to the Academy website. Course Admins = Instructors are limited to their Course area
STEP 1 – Plan your Course
- Review the checklist at the end of the page. This will help you clarify your course idea, and communicate your intentions to the Academy. You are not expected to have exact answers before your course is completed, but the checklist is designed to help you organize the things you should be thinking about as you create your course.
- If you have any questions about specifications, compatibility, and quality of the content (videos, PDFs, etc.) you can check for help on our teaching platform, www.thinkific.com or watch discussions and tutorials on our NIADA Academy private Facebook group or ask a member of the Academy Planning Team for help. For content descriptions and specifications of things that need to be submitted, access the Course Content form. www.niada.org/academy/course-content password: teacher
STEP 2 – Create your Course
- When you are ready to create your course fill out the Course Content form and submit materials that you want to appear on your Course Landing Page (the sales page) to the Site Administrator. Refer to the information on the Course Content webpage.
- You will be assigned a Course Admin account and password (by the Site Administrator, Chris Chomick) to use to create your course and load its materials on the NIADA Academy site academy.niada.org. At this time you will receive instructions on how to create your Instructor Profile.
- When logged into your assigned Course Admin account, click on + NEW COURSE and load your materials and create your course settings. The Site Admin can set up your Course Landing page while you are working on your course.
- The Academy’s Course Admin accounts are shared among other instructors. Please LOG OUT of the Course Admin account when you finish working on your course.
IMPORTANT!!
NEVER CLICK ON OTHER INSTRUCTORS’ COURSES WHEN LOGGED INTO A COURSE ADMIN ACCOUNT!
NEVER MODIFY OR DELETE ANY OTHER INSTRUCTOR’S CONTENT!
PLEASE WORK ONLY WITHIN YOUR OWN COURSE TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENTAL CORRUPTION OR DELETION OF EXISTING COURSES.
STEP 3 – Publish your Course
- When the loading of your course is completed, click on PUBLISH, and it will automatically be sent to the Site Administrator for public release or final suggestions from the Review Panel. NOTE: Your Course will not be published until you have submitted your Course Content materials to the Site Administrator via the Course Content form.
- Promote the NIADA Academy and your own Courses as widely as you can.
COURSE-BUILDING CHECKLIST
Here is a list of things you will need to prepare:
- short (100 word) INSTRUCTOR BIO (if this is your first course)
- an instructor PROFILE PICTURE 500×500 pixels
- the COURSE CARD, 760×420 pixels. (Image and text – Add your course name and instructor name.)
If creating a Legacy, Free, or Archive course, please download the appropriate medallion and include it on your image. Link to download medallions.
Course cards are the thumbnail pictures of course offerings you see on the home page of the Academy. Please look at examples others have created at www.academy.niada.org
Find help here: Link to Course Card how-to video - the LANDING PAGE BANNER, 1440×720 pixels. (Image only, no text). This is what you will see at the top of your course’s landing page (sales page) The Site Admin will add the text that you supply in your COURSE CONTENT form.
Find help here: Link to Landing page how-to video - a SUPPLIES & TOOLS LIST in PDF format (even if the supplies are mentioned in your videos)
- all your COURSE CONTENT FILES (any of the following: videos, PDFs, images, text, audio files, PowerPoints, downloads, illustrated instructions, e-books)
- a short COURSE DESCRIPTION (250 characters) that you will load in your Course settings.
- a more DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION (500 characters) loaded on your landing page by the Site Admin.
- text for the WELCOME EMAIL that students automatically receive when they enroll in your course.
(Example: “Welcome and Thank you for enrolling in my course. I am excited to share my techniques with you and hope you enjoy the lesson. Sincerely,”) - optional: EXTRA TEXT AND PICTURES to accompany your videos.
- highly recommended: short PROMO VIDEO to explain and sell your course.
- decide: what is your COURSE PRICE in USD $
- decide: will you allow students to download your videos and materials (recommended) or only view from the Academy site?
- decide: will you allow students to sell work made from your patterns?
- have copyright notifications in order on your course materials
CLEARLY LABEL ALL THE FILES YOU CREATE FOR YOUR COURSE AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER IN A FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER
You will be asked to create a folder for your Course on Academy Google Drive, you can upload the one you have already prepared.
