9 Proven Ways to Increase Student Engagement and Completion Rate in your Online Course

Studies show that the average completion rate in online learning is as low as 13%. This means that if 100 students enroll in your online course, only 13 of them are most likely to reach the end. So what? As long as they pay, I ha...

How We Learn

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Introducing Heights Platform Online Course Software

Many of the greatest problems we face today as a society and as individuals can be solved with better education. We believe that the current systems for higher education are failing, and we built Heights Platform to help solve this probl...

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Why Quizzes are Ineffective for Students Engagement in Your Online Course

Quizzes are a poor way for a teacher to measure what a student has learned, especially when it comes to creative subjects. Constraints of scale and lack of innovation resulted in quizzes being a comfortable choice rather than the best ch...

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Updates to Improve How Creators Sell Online Courses

Last week we released another major Heights Platform feature update. This update includes a new checkout for individually sold courses, a completely redesigned coupon code system, and many other useful selling tools (like preview videos ...

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How to Create Time to Start or Finish Building Your Online Course

It can be difficult to balance striving to be world-class in your profession while finding time to teach what you’ve learned in the education program you are building. We'll share a few ways you can make progress towards completing and l...

Build and Promote Your Course

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How to Price Your Online Course or Group Coaching Program

How many students do you want to train at once? What level of personal support is needed? Will content be continually updated? What is the value of the result you are providing your students? Many businesses struggle because they make...

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How to Get Great Lighting and Audio for Your Online Courses - Part 1

Video walkthrough of our recommended equipment setup for course creators. UPDATE: Take a look at the bottom of this post for some new recommendations we have for 2021. One of the biggest factors that differentiates the qu...

Build and Promote Your Course

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How to Reduce Refunds and Payment Disputes when Selling Your Online Course

It’s natural to have customers that are skeptical. Dealing with payment disputes when selling online courses (or selling anything online) is a part of doing business, regardless of how carefully you try to avoid it. There are, however, a...

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The Myth of Needing Money to Succeed in an Online Course Business

It isn’t necessary to spend tens of thousands on marketing and ads when you launch your online course business. Start with your existing client base. If you don’t have an existing client base, start by creating content and validating...

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How to Get Great Lighting and Audio for Your Online Courses - Part 2

Video walkthrough of our recommended equipment setup for course creators. While having great lighting is a critical ingredient for a great video, it is arguable that if one had to choose between better audio and better picture...

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