Why You Should Use Drip Content to Enhance Your Courses

If you're teaching a class that tells a story, you're doing so by telling it. The topics build on one another and eventually lead to an result or learning point for the student.

As a teacher or as a learning instructor, there are times when you have to reduce or speed up the process of storytelling to increase engagement or promote retention. Dripping your course content allows you to present a more compelling tale to your learners.

Drip-feeding is an approach which gives course designers greater control over the educational material they provide learners online. Drip-feeding is all about timed delivery: Your learners get the course material in stages, gaining access to content like lessons, quizzes and homework in a predetermined time. Drip-feeding is an excellent alternative to learning on demand.

Let's take a look at why drip content might be the ideal way to deliver your course.

      What is the difference between drip and on-demand classes?      

On-demand learning means that all of your course content is available immediately--learners don't have to wait for new content, and they can skip around to any lesson or topic they'd like. It's like going to a class and having all of the homework assignments given to you right when you arrive.

While on-demand content allows learners to see all of the material at once, it's not always a most preferred method of learning. Some students find the sheer amount of work ahead could cause learners to become overwhelmed and even discourage learners.

Rather than allowing access to all content at time, a drip plan can be set up to ensure that course content is made available slowly over time. For many people, this is a preferable learning experience.

      Advantages from Drip Courses      

The Drip course offers a wealth of learning benefits and can help build community and increase retention within your client base.

Engage customers and learners: The slow delivery of classes allows learners to learn at their own speed rather than being bombarded with content simultaneously. It keeps them engaged and provides them with a reason to keep coming back, and with new material to look forward to.

Increase trust in your course: Instead of receiving all course material within a single day the drip approach offers potential clients the guarantee that you've thought carefully about the design of your course and you'll support them all the way through. This can help cultivate better retention and repeat purchases.

Give alternative options for purchasing: Instead of selling courses individually, you can offer them as packages and separate content in terms of ability and level of knowledge (e.g. beginner's level, intermediate level, expert level). The packaging of your content in bundles that meet the needs of learners gives the credibility of your experience and gives you more choices in order to customize your content according in accordance with the current needs and knowledge of your learners.

      Creating drip courses with      

The Drip content process can be complicated However, a software similar to this can assist.

Here's a one-minute primer on how to setup drip:

Ready to try it out on your own? Take this demofor some spins with 3 demo options for you to explore.