E-learning was on the rise before Covid-19 Pandemic hit the world, but in the case of e-learning, the result was completely opposite to what most businesses have to face. As e-learning helps the students as well as professionals to learn new things from the comfort of home while also maintaining physical distance to contain the spread of coronavirus, the overall users, as well as revenue of the e-learning industry, grew almost twice during the three months lockdown.

Steps to build an e-learning website

1. Search for a Unique Idea

There are a lot of players in the e-learning industry serving as well as competing to gain more and more user base. So to stand out from this competition a unique idea is required which you can market as your USP so people would join your platform in comparison to the competitors.

2. Feature Short Listing

Once a unique idea is defined for your platform you should decide on the features you would require in your platform to fulfill that unique idea successfully apart from the basic features a usual e-learning platform requires. Make a list of basic as well as advanced features you would like to be implemented in your platform.

3. Monetizing Model

With the advancement in Information Technology, multiple different ways of monetization have been developed over the years. The most popular monetization option in an e-learning platform is

· Paid Certification

· Monthly / Annual Subscription

· Affiliate Marketing

· Corporate e-learning

· Donations

4. Decide the Technology stack (Tools Required)

Based on the features and monetization model you wish to implement the best technology stack for an e-learning platform can be referred to in the below image

5. Development and Launch

After finalizing and procuring the required technology it is finally time to hire a professional agency that has extensive experience in How to develop an e-learning app like Coursera.

Once the app is completely developed and approved form the testing team it is launched and then reviewed for its performance from time to time for improving the user experience on the platform.