Music · YouTube, book, courses
Rick Beato
Rick Beato
Turned a career in record production into a channel, a book and courses.
youtube.com ↗USE AI TO CREATE A COURSE
How to use AI to turn your experience into a course.
AI can’t give you thirty years of experience. It can help you get yours out of your head and into a course much faster.
Find your thing →free · about 5 minutes
THE SHORT ANSWER
To use AI to build a course from your experience, have an assistant like Claude interview you about your expertise, then ask it to organize your answers into a course outline, lesson plans, scripts, worksheets and quiz questions. Review and rewrite everything in your own words, add your stories, and test the first lessons with real students.
WHY YOUR EXPERIENCE COUNTS
AI knows a lot. It hasn’t lived your life.
The hardest part of making a course is usually not the knowledge. It’s turning a lifetime of experience into an organized sequence of lessons. That’s exactly the kind of work AI assistants are good at.
Used well, AI is a patient interviewer and a fast first-draft writer. It asks you questions, sorts your answers, suggests an order and drafts the materials, so you can spend your time on judgment and stories.
Used badly, it produces generic content anyone could have written. The difference is you: what you know, the examples you’ve lived and the mistakes you’ve made.
IDEAS THAT FIT
Course tasks AI can help with
| Idea | Format | Effort to start | How it earns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interviewing you about your expertise | Conversation | Low | Saves weeks of blank-page time |
| Turning notes into a course outline | Outline | Low | A clear structure fast |
| Drafting lesson scripts | Scripts | Low | Faster recording |
| Creating worksheets and checklists | Downloads | Low | More value per lesson |
| Writing quiz questions | Assessments | Low | Better learning |
| Writing your sales page and emails | Marketing copy | Low | A smoother launch |
PEOPLE WHO DID IT
Real people, real knowledge, real second acts.
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Five steps, one at a time.
- 01
Know
Ask an AI assistant to interview you about your expertise for 20 minutes.
- 02
Find
Have it suggest who the course is for and what result they want.
- 03
Tell
Ask for a course outline: modules, lessons and one outcome per lesson.
- 04
Build
Draft scripts and worksheets with AI, then rewrite them in your own voice.
- 05
Grow
Test the first lessons live, then use feedback to improve the rest.
FIND YOUR THING
Get a plan made for what you know.
Answer six quick questions and the free Know + Tell Business Builder suggests your best first thing, who it’s for and which tools to use. Your first answer is already filled in.
TOOLS FOR YOUR FIRST STEP
Start with these.
Claude ↗Interview you, outline the course and draft lessons and worksheets.Teachable ↗Host and sell the finished course.Descript ↗Record and edit lessons by editing the transcript.
Know + Tell is free. Some tool links pay us a commission; here’s how we choose.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Questions people ask.
Will an AI-assisted course feel generic?
Not if you use AI for structure and drafts and supply the stories, examples and judgment yourself. Your experience is what makes it worth buying.
Which AI assistant should I use?
Any capable assistant can help. We use Claude for interviewing, outlining and drafting, but others work as well.
Can AI write the whole course for me?
It can draft a lot, but you should review, correct and rewrite everything. You’re responsible for accuracy and for sounding like you.
Is it okay to use AI-written material in a paid course?
Generally yes, as long as the content is accurate and yours to sell. Be thoughtful about sources and check the platform’s rules.
How long does it take to build a course with AI help?
A short course can come together in weeks rather than months, especially if you test it live first.
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