gdangelo

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CEO & founder, AlterClass.io. Twitter: @gdangel0 / @AlterClassIO
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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Then, what feature do you need/want that isn't on this list? Finally, what made you consider looking at another platform if you already have everything you need on others? Thanks for your feedback.
Comment · 4 years ago
I've just pushed some changes. You can now re-organize: 1. blocks within a lesson, 2. lessons within a section, 3. and sections within a course.

Check it out, and let me know what you think.

Comment · 4 years ago
I agree. It is something I'll look into, supporting more payment methods.
Comment · 4 years ago
Please see my comment above.
Comment · 4 years ago

  1- An easy-to-use interface to create the content of their course, specialized in technical/programming courses.
  2- The freedom to organize their lessons as they wish. Instructors are not restricted to a specific format. Instead, they can choose from various blocks, as mentioned above.
  3- The freedom to sell their courses for the price they want without worrying about any promotional campaigns from the platform, for instance.
  4- Integrated payment processing, so they don't have to worry about setting it up themselves.
  5- A marketplace to host and showcase their courses.
  6- Tools to help them build up the audience they need to drive initial sales, such as offering free courses, presale courses, or using their custom domain (coming soon). I will also provide/include marketing tools to instructors to manage their audience right from AlterClass (coming soon).
As a primary goal for 2022, I will also keep driving highly relevant organic traffic to AlterClass. So that, on top of everything I mentioned, instructors could benefit from this traffic when launching a course with no audience.

I hope this helps you understand the benefits of choosing AlterClass to launch your courses. Please let me know if there is anything unclear, and as always, feel free to provide any feedback or idea you have. Thanks!

Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for your feedback! The tutorials section provides in-depth technical content to anyone for free. In addition, it helps drive organic and relevant traffic to AlterClass so that instructors with published courses can benefit from it. No more relevant traffic on AlterClass, the more potential students for the instructors ;)
Comment · 4 years ago
You're right. I'm about to add them to the website asap. But, I'd like to emphasise that my goal is to give the instructors full ownership and control over their content, but also give them access to it beyond AlterClass.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks a lot for your message. I'm glad it inspires you. Regarding your suggestion, I may release a course on how to build a SaaS platform using modern dev technologies.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks you for taking the time to try AlterClass using the free trial. I really appreciate it.

Q1. I see the Code playground block as a mini code-editor that would give you the ability to run coding challenges your students will have to complete, much like what you find on Codecamedy for instance. Also, I'd like this code playground to support languages CodeSandbox doesn't, such as Python. Plus, in comparison to CodeSandbox, this block will feel more integrated to your course as it will be native to the AlterClass platform and not just an iframe embed into your lessons. Feel free to suggest any idea you have for this block :)

Q2. I thought about it and my goal is to add more blocks over time to give you as much freedom as possible in creating your lessons. I support YouTube videos as it is the most popular, but Vimeo is something I could easily add. I've added it to the backlog. Stay tuned ;)

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