Getting a great course draft

1. Pick a good source

• One focused document works best: a policy, a how-to guide, a product release note, one meeting. A whole binder makes for a vague course.
• Text-rich is better than slide-only. For decks, speaker notes help a lot; Coursecast reads them along with each slide.
• Transcripts: export a .vtt or .srt file from Zoom, Teams or Google Meet (or a .txt transcript). Only use recordings you have the rights to use.
• Leave out sensitive personal data. Remove names, contact details and anything confidential that learners don't need.

2. Supported files and limits

• PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, Markdown, VTT and SRT, up to 8 MB. PDFs up to 40 pages. Or paste text directly.
• Pasted or extracted text: between 200 and 60,000 characters (roughly 25 pages).
• Password-protected files can't be read. Remove the password first.
• During early access each person can make 3 drafts a day. Lesson rewrites within a draft don't count as new drafts.

3. What happens when you draft

Coursecast sends your source to Claude, Anthropic's AI model, in two stages. First Claude plans the course outline from your settings (audience, number of lessons, lesson length, tone). Then it writes each lesson in its own step with the full source and the outline in view: a narration script, key points, knowledge-check questions and review notes. Lessons appear in the editor as they're finished. A typical five-lesson course takes one to three minutes.

Your file is discarded when drafting is done. The draft is saved only in your browser. See the Privacy Policy for details.

4. Review and edit

• Start with the review notes at the top: they list gaps in your source and claims an expert should check.
• Every field is editable: course title, summary, objectives, lesson titles, scripts, key points, questions and answer options. Select the radio button next to an option to mark it as the correct answer.
• Rewrite lesson asks Claude for a fresh version of one lesson. Each draft includes as many rewrites as it has lessons, within the hour after it was made.
• Your work is saved in this browser as you type. Clearing your browser's site data removes it, so export before you do.

5. Preview the narration

Press Preview narration on any lesson to hear it read aloud with the voices built into your browser and operating system. Voice quality varies by device; it's for checking flow and timing. Scripts run at about 130 words per minute, and each lesson shows its word count and estimated speaking time.

6. Export

• Word (.docx): the full course with headings, scripts, key points, questions (correct answers marked) and review notes. Opens in Word, Google Docs and Pages.
• Markdown: the same content as plain text with formatting, for wikis, Notion or authoring tools.
• Narration scripts (.txt): just the spoken scripts, ready for a voice-over artist or a text-to-speech tool.
• JSON: structured data for developers or for importing into other systems.
• Print / PDF: a clean printable version; choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog.

7. Troubleshooting

• "Not enough text": the file had under 200 readable characters. Scanned images inside Word files aren't read; paste the text or upload a PDF instead.
• "Claude is busy": try again in a minute. Failed attempts don't count against your daily drafts.
• A lesson shows "Needs a retry": press Try again on that lesson.
• "Draft session expired": rewrites work for an hour after a draft is made. Start a new draft to keep going.

Still stuck?

Email support@spiritualityhealing.net or use the contact form. A person reads every message.