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Use YouTube to Build an Online Course in Three Steps -

Oct 6, 2022

The creation of courses can be as simple as clicking the button. The course Creation Wizard, it actually is as simple.

The course Creation Wizard takes a YouTube playlist and builds an entire course in seconds by copying a URL, and then clicking load. It then builds an entire course that includes lessons for each individual video in the playlist.

If you've ever wanted another way to monetize your YouTube content, this feature is built for you. Packaging your videos as an educational course can be a great passive income tool. Using the YouTube playlist as the base of your course has many advantages, which include:

  • Less time to launch an instructional course
  • Fast monetization of existing content
  • An already-established audience

Are you ready to try this method to your own advantage? Here's how to build your own course by using a YouTube playlist in three steps.

1. Outline your course with your existing video content

If you're not using an YouTube playlist created already for your idea of a course it's time to create one. A good first step is to review your YouTube video collection and group them together a progression of videos. Make sure those videos are arranged in a compelling and correct sequence in the form of a playlist.

If, for instance, you're running a YouTube video series that teaches viewers how to get started in investing, you might want to start by showing a video that discusses how much you can invest. Then you can move on to opening your account selecting an investment plan, and so on. This is the order in which students are taught in the course.

In the following video on our course, we've gone ahead and numbered our videos in order to make it easy.

Step 2: Upload videos into the Course Creator Wizard.

You must ensure that you copy the actual playlist URL and not just the individual URLs. On YouTube, the best way to do this is by clicking"Share" or the "Share" button to share the entire playlist and clicking "copy" on the created URL.

Pro TIP: The course creation wizard can be used with both public as well as private YouTube playlists. For creating a course using the private playlist, connect your Google account to the Google app, which allows to access the contents of the private playlist once but no information are stored.

For access to for the Course Create Wizard, navigate to LMS > Courses. Click at the "Create From Video Playlist" button at the top of the right. Add your YouTube playlist here.

Click the Load the data for your playlist button. From here, choose your access settings to the course and click "create the course."

Step 3: Write Your Final Edits before You Start Your Course

In default, every video introduces a new lesson to the course. The content in every lesson originates from the YouTube video's description. If you'd like to alter the content, you'll be able to do that easily by editing the post.

There are many additional ways to personalize your Lesson pages , and transform videos into a full class experience.

  • Include Lesson Materials. Turn on "Lesson Materials" if you'd want to include materials such as notes from lectures or transcripts to the video.
  • Encourage participation. If you'd like learners to engage, make comments available for post or add a bbpress forum to the course. Make individual threads for each lesson in order to promote discussions.
  • Create polls, quizzes and other quizzes. The easiest way to incorporate a quiz at the end of every lesson using the quizzes feature. You can also use education plugins like H5P to make quizzes or polls appear at the end of the video, resulting in a "pop quiz!"

Save Time Building Your Online Course with

Creating an online course can sometimes be time intensive however,'s easy-to-use tools allow for easy. Create an online course in a matter of minutes using the wizard for creating courses and a YouTube playlist.


     It is possible to see how fast and easy it is for yourself by attempting the demonstration. In the course creator demo, click "create using a video playlist" and test if you are able to create a new course in under one minute. Which video course would you create first?