Core Features at a Glance

This section summarises the core features of the GoodCourse platform.

Building a course

GoodCourse provides a user-friendly interface for building hyper engaging courses.

Steps involved in building a course:

1. Add cards of various types, and fill out their content. Cards are the building blocks of GoodCourse courses, and they can be used to add a variety of content, such as text, images, videos, and quizzes.

2. Add alt text to images. Alternative text is an accessibility feature that allows a screenreader to read out a brief description of an image. It is important to add alt text to an image so that they're accessible to visually impaired learners.

3. Configure / choose the course theme. The theme of your course controls its overall appearance, such as the font and colours. GoodCourse offers a variety of pre-built themes to choose from, or you can create your own custom theme.

4. Fill out the desktop-view content. This includes the course title, description, a hero image, and logo.

5. Configure a messaging pack. Messaging packs are used when enrolling a group of learners on a course - it's the messaging that's sent (via email or SMS) in the course delivery and any nudges you configure when enrolling a group of learners.

6. Preview the course to see how it will look to learners. It is important to preview your course before publishing it to make sure that it looks and functions the way you want it to.

Further reading: Course Builder.

Publishing a course

Once you are happy with your course, you can publish it by clicking the "Publish" button. Doing so locks down the course - it can no longer be edited - and enables learners to be enrolled on the course / for a QR code to the course to be distributed.

Things to ensure before publishing:

• Make sure to preview your course before publishing it to ensure that it looks and functions the way you want it to.

• The desktop details have been filled out (course title, description, supporting imagery).

• If your learners will receive the course via email or SMS, make sure you create a messaging pack first.

• If your learners will access your courses via QR codes, you can configure the company's QR code design here first.

Further reading: Publishing a course.

Enrolling learners on a course

Once you have uploaded or imported learners, you can enrol them into your courses.

Before uploading learners, ensure that you have added them to a group, as only groups can be enrolled.

Additional notes:

• A messaging pack that you've configured on the Builder page is selected first - the messaging in the pack is used for the delivery and any configured nudges.

• Any nudges you configure during enrolment serve as a reminder message that is sent to learners who have not yet completed the course.

• Learners can opt out of a course at any time, if opt-out is enabled during course enrolment.

Further reading: Enrolling Learners.

Viewing course analytics

GoodCourse provides a variety of course analytics that can help you to track the progress of your learners. To view course analytics, click the "Analytics" page on the lefthand menu.

You can view open, completion, and pass / fail rates (if the course has quiz questions with right / wrong answers). These analytics can be viewed for the whole course, or for a particular enrolled group.

You can also view a more detailed breakdown of the performance of your learners by clicking on the "Learners" tab within the Analytics page. This tab shows you the performance of each learner on each course they've been enrolled on.

Further reading: Analytics.