How I made a 45-video course without wanting to die

This week I finished the Nordcraft Fundamentals course. It comprises 45 videos spanning 13 modules and almost four hours of lessons, and introduces HTML, CSS and JavaScript for beginners through the medium of Nordcraft, a visual website builder. Planning and producing a curriculum of this size was no easy task over the span of five months, and I wanted to share some insights into the process and the things that made this undertaking manageable, in case it helps someone else embarking on the same journey.Plan the whole curriculum firstGiven I had to balance teaching HTML, CSS and JavaScript alongside teaching people how to use Nordcraft itself, the key thing that set me up for success was planning, planning, planning. And some more planning. I started by defining the modules of the course, such as HTML, CSS, APIs, Formulas, Workflows, and so on. Afterwards, I planned out individual lessons, keeping the following guidelines in mind:each lesson should be under 10 minutes long, ideally…