How Long to Make Your Course: Modules, Lessons, and What Makes a Valuable Course

You're building your first online course and you can't stop asking: how long should it be?You've searched for answers. Maybe you even bought a course creation program hoping they'd tell you. But nobody gives you a straight answer.In this episode, I share 4 course length realities no one talks about - and they directly affect whether your course succeeds or fails.You'll learn:Why the "more content = more value" myth is destroying course completion ratesWhat actually determines how much you can charge (hint: it's not length)Real numbers for modules, lessons, and lesson lengthWhy I can't give you the exact answer for your course - and why that's actually freeingAfter 17 years as an educator and online course designer, I've seen what works and what doesn't. The courses that transform students aren't the longest ones. They're the ones that give students exactly what they need to get results - nothing more, nothing less.I'm Dr. Curtis Satterfield. I spent 17 years as a college professor building over 30 courses from scratch, and I help fully booked coaches build group programs that deliver real results for their clients and scale their business without adding more hours. Ready to build a program that delivers real results? Book a free Program Roadmap Call and let's figure out the right next steps for you: https://curtissatterfield.com/work-with-curtis/Note: This episode was recorded under the show's original name, Course Creation for Solopreneurs. The podcast is now called Program Design for Coaches. The name changed to better reflect what's actually working in the coaching space right now. Group programs where the coach is present and involved are what's selling, and that's the direction this show has moved. The instructional design principles in this episode apply whether you're building a course or a group program, so everything you hear still works. Send me a message!