Online course creator — your book earns $9, your course earns $99
Tell the course maker what you teach, who it’s for and how it should sound, and it plans 2-8 modules with 2-5 lessons each and writes the lesson drafts. Add AI-generated quizzes and assignments per lesson, set a free or paid price in your currency, and publish to a hosted course page students can buy from — no separate course platform to duct-tape on.
Course outline
Tone: ConversationalModule 1 · Foundations
- Lesson 1.1 — drafted
- Lesson 1.2 — drafted
Module 2 · The Method
- Lesson 2.1 — drafted
- Quiz · pass 70%
Module 3 · Practice
- Lesson 3.1 — drafted
- Assignment · rubric added
Real structure limits: 2-8 modules, 2-5 lessons each — enough for a sellable course, small enough to finish.
Quick answer
Automateed’s online course creator drafts a complete course from a short brief: it plans 2-8 modules with 2-5 lessons each, writes the lesson content in the tone you pick (conversational, professional, friendly, inspiring or direct), and generates optional per-lesson quizzes — with durations, pass percentages and answer explanations — plus assignments with deliverables and a graded rubric. You set a free or paid price in your currency and publish to a hosted course page on the Automateed publisher site. Paid courses require at least one video lesson, which you upload or link yourself.
What the AI course maker actually drafts
The wizard asks for your course name, what it teaches, who it’s for, the module count and the tone — then produces a working draft you refine instead of a blank curriculum template you dread.
Structure with real limits
2 to 8 modules, 2 to 5 lessons per module, across 14 course categories. Those bounds are a feature: they force a course students can actually finish, instead of the 60-lesson monument nobody completes.
Lessons in your chosen voice
Five tones — conversational, professional, friendly, inspiring, direct — applied across every drafted lesson, in your choice of language. You edit any lesson by hand or regenerate it until it teaches the way you talk.
A cover, one credit
Generate the course cover with AI for a single image credit, or upload your own. A course PDF export also exists, so the same material can become a companion handout or lead magnet.
Quizzes and assignments with actual grading structure
One click per lesson adds a knowledge check or a practical task, generated from that lesson’s content — and both come with the fields real instructors need, not just a list of questions.
AI quizzes
- Multiple-choice questions generated from the lesson itself
- A duration in minutes and a pass percentage you control
- An explanation attached to each answer, so a wrong pick still teaches
- Editable question by question before you publish
AI assignments
- Clear instructions drawn from the lesson content
- A deliverables list — what the student actually hands in
- A grading rubric with named criteria and point values
- Save or clear and regenerate until the task fits your teaching style
Selling your course — hosted page, your price, honest rules
Free or paid, any currency
Set the access type and price yourself. Free courses make strong lead magnets; paid ones typically sell for several times a book’s price on the same topic.
A hosted public page
Publishing creates a live course page on the Automateed publisher site with its own URL — students enroll and learn in a clean course reader, no hosting setup on your side.
AI quality review at publish
When you hit publish, an automated quality review checks the course; approved courses go straight on sale, others are flagged for a human look. Draft and on-sale states stay under your control.
The video rule, upfront
Paid courses must include at least one video lesson — upload your own video or record audio narration per lesson in the editor. Fully AI-generated video lessons are waitlist-only for now, and we won’t sell them to you as if they shipped.
The book-to-course flywheel authors are running
Why the course sits on top of the book
A book proves you can teach the topic; a course charges for the transformation. Because Automateed hosts both, one account runs the whole ladder: the book (or a $0 lead-magnet edition) brings readers in, the author website presents you, and the course is the priced offer. Creators have published 77,000+ books through the platform across 216 countries — the course maker turns that same material into curriculum.
A realistic build week
Day 1: brief the wizard, get modules and lesson drafts. Days 2-3: rewrite lessons with your stories, add quizzes and one assignment per module. Day 4: record a welcome video (there’s your required video lesson) and audio narration where it helps. Day 5: price it, pass the publish review, and link the course from your author site and sales funnel.
Online course creator — FAQ
How big a course can the AI plan and write?+
The wizard plans 2 to 8 modules with 2 to 5 lessons per module — up to 40 lessons — and drafts the lesson content itself. The bounds are deliberate: courses in that range get finished by students, and finished courses get reviews and referrals.
Can I control how the lessons sound?+
Yes — pick one of five tones before generating: conversational, professional, friendly, inspiring or direct. You also choose the language and one of 14 course categories. Every lesson stays editable, and you can regenerate individual lessons until they match your voice.
How do the AI-generated quizzes work?+
One click on a lesson generates a quiz from that lesson’s content: multiple-choice questions with an explanation per answer, plus a duration in minutes and a pass percentage you set. Students see the quiz inside the course reader, and you can edit every question before publishing.
What about assignments — are they real tasks or filler prompts?+
Each AI assignment includes instructions drawn from the lesson, a deliverables list describing exactly what the student submits, and a grading rubric with named criteria and point values. It is the structure a real instructor would build, generated as a starting point you refine.
How much can I charge for my course?+
Anything — access is free or paid, at your price, in your currency. Courses on a book’s topic commonly sell for several times the book’s price, which is why the book-plus-course ladder works: the book converts strangers, the course monetizes believers.
Do paid courses really require a video lesson?+
Yes — at least one video lesson is required before a paid course can go on sale, and we would rather tell you now than surprise you at publish time. Upload your own video (a welcome video works) or record audio narration per lesson in the editor.
Can the AI generate video lessons for me?+
Not yet. AI video lessons are on a waitlist you can join inside the course maker. Today the honest toolkit is AI-written lessons, AI quizzes and assignments, your own uploaded video, and per-lesson audio recording.
Where is the course hosted and how do students access it?+
Publishing creates a public course page on the Automateed publisher site (publisher.automateed.com) with enrollment built in. Students learn in a hosted course reader — you never configure servers, plugins or an LMS.
What happens when I hit publish?+
An automated AI quality review checks the course. Approved courses go on sale immediately; borderline ones are held for review instead of silently publishing something broken. You can flip between draft and on-sale states afterwards.
Can I get the course content out as a file?+
Yes — a course PDF export exists alongside the hosted version, useful for companion handouts, workbooks or a lead-magnet excerpt. The AI can also generate the course cover for one image credit.
How is this different from Teachable or Kajabi?+
Those platforms host a course you still have to write and then wire to your other tools. Automateed drafts the curriculum, lessons, quizzes and assignments with you, and the result lives next to your books, author website and marketplace listings on one subscription — the whole author stack, not a standalone LMS.
What does the course creator cost?+
You can start free with no credit card and build the draft. Automateed plans are $25/month (8 generation credits, 8 image credits) or $50/month (30 of each) with top-ups; course drafting, quiz and assignment generation run inside your plan usage rather than a separate course-platform fee.
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