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Teaching Online with AI — FAQ

Will AI lower the price that people are willing to pay for online courses?
Will AI eventually replace online educators and course creators?
Why would someone join a live community when they can just ask ChatGPT?
Why would I use AI for research when I can just Google something?
Why use AI for email writing when I already have a template folder?
Why does AI sometimes say things that sound real but are completely made up?
Why does AI sometimes give confident but completely wrong answers?
Why do some AI answers feel so human while others feel obviously robotic?
Why do educators need to understand how AI works even if they only use it as a tool?
Why do different AI tools give different answers to the same question?
Why do AI tools keep improving so quickly compared to other software?
When should I use Google instead of asking an AI tool?
When is it faster to use a traditional tool versus going to AI?
What’s the best time of day or workflow moment to start practicing with AI?
What types of online courses are most at risk of being replaced by AI?
What skills will still be valuable for educators to have in five years given AI?
What should I tell my students when they ask me what AI is?
What should I not use AI for when I’m just starting out?
What should I actually try doing with AI in my first week to get comfortable?
What makes AI more useful than a pre-made template library?
What is the simplest task I can use AI for right now without any training?
What is the one thing about AI that most non-technical educators fundamentally misunderstand?
What is the main workflow difference between using AI and using traditional research tools?
What is the main advantage of AI over a YouTube tutorial for learning something new?
What is the fastest win I can get from AI in my teaching business this week?
What is the difference between the web interface for AI and the mobile app?
What is the difference between AI and machine learning and automation?
What is the case for investing in a community-based teaching model over solo courses?
What is the biggest threat AI poses to the online education industry?
What is the biggest mistake beginners make in their first week using AI?
What is the best AI tool to start with as a complete beginner?
What is one thing AI does that no other tool I currently use can match?
What is AI in simple terms for someone who isn’t tech-savvy?
What is a realistic expectation for what AI can do for me in my first month?
What is a prompt and why does wording it carefully matter?
What happens if I ask AI a really dumb question — will it judge me?
What evidence is there that human educators are thriving even as AI gets better?
What does transformation require that AI cannot provide?
What does it mean when people say AI was trained on data?
What does it mean when an AI has a knowledge cutoff date?
What does it mean that AI is a probabilistic tool rather than a deterministic one?
What does AI do better than Grammarly for editing my writing?
What does a large language model actually do when I type a question into it?
What do my students want from me that AI cannot give them?
What do human educators offer that AI genuinely cannot replicate?
What can AI do that Word and Google Docs can’t?
Should I write my prompts like a search query or like a sentence to a person?
Should I stop using Google now that AI tools exist?
Should I start with the free version of an AI tool or pay for the premium tier?
Should I replace my current tools with AI or add AI on top of them?
Should I be taking notes on what works and what doesn’t as I experiment with AI?
Should I be adding AI features to my course or avoiding them entirely?
Is using AI for lesson planning any better than using a Word document outline?
Is there a safe way to test AI on real course content without publishing anything?
Is there a risk that AI will start giving me personalized answers based on my history?
Is the AI I’m using storing my conversations and learning from them?
Is personal coaching still worth paying for when AI can give advice instantly?
Is live facilitation more or less valuable now that AI exists?
Is it naive to build a teaching business right now when AI is advancing so fast?
Is fear of AI replacement something I should discuss openly with my students?
Is ChatGPT the same thing as AI, or just one type of AI?
Is AI just a smarter version of the spellcheck I already use?
Is AI better at summarizing documents than reading them myself?
If AI can answer any question instantly, why would anyone pay to learn from me?
How will I know when I’ve moved from beginner to actually comfortable with AI?
How much does AI actually understand context from earlier in a conversation?
How long does it typically take to feel comfortable using AI as an educator?
How is talking to AI different from searching a forum for answers?
How is ChatGPT different from just doing a Google search?
How is AI writing different from just using a content template?
How is AI different from a search engine like Google?
How does human accountability differ from AI-generated feedback?
How does an AI chatbot compare to a knowledge base or FAQ system?
How does AI handle tasks like scheduling or organizing compared to tools I already have?
How does AI handle real-time information compared to tools I already use?
How does AI compare to Canva for creating educational visuals?
How do I use AI in my teaching in a way that makes my students value me more, not less?
How do I talk to potential students about AI without undermining my own value?
How do I stay relevant as an educator when my subject matter keeps changing because of AI?
How do I sign up for ChatGPT or Claude without doing something wrong?
How do I save or organize the AI responses that are actually useful?
How do I reframe my value as a teacher in a world where AI knows everything?
How do I practice using AI without it interfering with my actual work?
How do I know if I am using AI effectively or just wasting time with it?
How do I figure out whether the AI output is good enough to use or needs editing?
How do I explain to my students or colleagues that I’m starting to use AI?
How do I decide which existing tools to keep and which ones AI can replace?
How do I build on what AI gives me instead of just accepting whatever it says?
How do I avoid the trap of using AI for everything once I discover how powerful it is?
How do companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic make money from AI?
How confident should I be that an AI answer is accurate before I use it in my teaching?
How can I compete with free AI tools that seem to know everything?
How are other educators dealing with the anxiety around AI replacing their work?
Does AI actually understand what I’m asking, or is it just pattern matching?
Can I break something or cause a problem by experimenting with AI?
Can AI think for itself, or does it only repeat things it has seen before?
Can AI replace the relationship between a mentor and a student?
Can AI replace the note-taking apps I already rely on?
Can AI make decisions on its own, or does it always need a human prompt?
Can AI do things that my existing course platform tools can’t do?
S1: Getting Started with AI as an Educator

Campus Setup

How to Set Up Your First Study Hall

Phase 1: Build Your Community Library

TS YouTube Title and Thumbnail Formula
TrainingSites Client Questions
TrainingSites Brand Details

Phase 2: Launch Your First Cohort

VIBE Course Creation Prompt
Real Life Situations and Scenarios
Perplexity Research Course Finished Response
Generic Master Course Prompt
DeepResearch Course Finished Report
Deep Research Course Task Request
Create Authentic Course Content
Create A Course With 3 Prompts
Course Research and Braining Storming Prompts
Convert Transcripts Into Course Content ChatGPT o1

Phase 3: Scale & Automate Your Campus

YouTube Newsletter Notification App AI Business Uses
Rethinking a education business in the ai age.
FRAMEWORK: T.A.C. – Teach, Apply, Coach
100 Vibe Coding Ideas For Online Course Creators

Anthropic/Claude Tools

How To Prompt A New Skill For Claude

OpenAI/ChatGPT Tools

OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas Browser Hacks For YouTube
How Edupreneurs and Small Business Can Compete With Apps In ChatGPT
How ChatGPT and Apps In ChatGPT Will Change Learning

AI Automation & Workflows

FRAMEWORK: (SPARK) Turn Video Courses Into Mini-Apps
FRAMEWORK: (SOWHAT) How To Weed Out AI Tools
Claude MCP Integration with TrainingSites
Claude Connectors – MCP for regular people!
ChatGPT Tasks – AI Agents That Create Content From Your YouTube Videos
AI Engine ChatBot Prompt
AI Agents Task Lists
100 Concrete AI Agent Ideas for Course Creators & Educators

Prompt Library & Frameworks

🧠 Prompt Like a Boss: Expanded Vocal Prompting Cheat Sheet
YouTube Video Template
YouTube Transcript Formatter – To Support Video
YouTube Transcript Formatter
YouTube Title and Thumbnail Special Instructions
TEACH Framework: With Examples
TEACH Framework: Basics
Social Media Creation Prompts
Sales Page Prompt Generator for Free Member Offers
Sales Copy Prompts
Prompts To Create Your Personal Teaching Style and Video Profile
Prompts To Create Your Default Context Profile
Perfect Course Audience Prompt
OpenAI Image Generation Tips
My Course Syllabus Prompting System
Mini-Course Transcript Converter
Master Lesson Text Prompt
How To Use A Prompt that Creates The Best Prompt
Glasp.co YouTube Summary Prompts
Getting Started Intro Lesson Text Prompts
Generic YouTube Prompts
General Prompts
General Blogging Prompts
Gemini 2.5 Pro Title & Text Generator – Market Specific
GEAR Prompt Template Library
GEAR Phrases
GEAR Framework with ACR Integration
GEAR Framework Checklist
GEAR Framework Applications for Side Hustle Tasks
From Youtube Videos
FRAME: Turn ANY Topic Into A Framework
Create A MindMap File Prompt
Course Research to MindMap Prompts
Converty Competitors Youtube Videos Into MindMaps
Convert YouTube to Blog
Conversational Clean Up Prompts
Conversational AI Use Cases
Content or Topic Authority Map
Community Building Prompts
Client Profile Prompts
ChatGPT Prompt Styles: Definitions and Examples
AI Prompts For Youtube and Course Videos
AI Prompts – Getting Started
AI Powered Self Assessments – Gemini
AI Powered Self Assessments – Claude
AI Powered Self Assessments – ChatGPT
5 Weird Conversational Prompts To Use
5 AI Prompts for Simplifying Course Content
20 Prompts To Create Content For YouTube Videos
20 Online Course Creation Prompts with Simple and Complex Examples
15 Advanced Business Conversations
10 Ways To Use Gemini 2.5 Pro with Multimodal Inputs
10 General Purpose Marketing Task Prompts

Content Creation & Marketing

YouTube Thumbnail Strategies
YouTube Shorts Basics
Text For Video Titles and Scripts
Default YouTube Settings

Campus Technical Setup

Your Campus Communication Dashboard: FluentCRM Overview
Understanding Individual Campus Member Profiles
Understanding Campus Member Messages in TrainingSites
Understanding Activity Feeds: The Heart of Your Study Hall
TutorLMS Integration – Connecting Campus Communications with TutorLMS
TrainingSites Campus Global Settings Overview
Teaching Study Hall Privacy: Public, Private, and Secret Settings
Teaching Study Hall Member Management: Roles, Invitations, and Access Control
Teaching Members to Join Learning Paths: Participation Management
Study Hall Post Sorting Options: Helping Members Find What Matters
Study Hall Navigation Links: Organizing Your Campus Experience
Study Hall Membership Invitations: Growing Your Community Strategically
Study Hall Document Library: Organizing and Sharing Resources
Setting Up Your First Campus Communication (Bulk Message Campaign)
Providing Downloadable Resources in Lessons: File Management
Primary Workflow Triggers for Campus Automation
Personalizing Campus Messages with Smart Codes
Personalizing Campus Communications with Merge Tags
Managing Your Campus Members: The Contacts Dashboard
Managing Your Campus Member Database
LMS Triggers for Student Journey Workflows
LMS Actions for Course Automation
LifterLMS Integration – Connecting Campus Communications with LifterLMS
Learning Path Privacy Settings: Teaching Members Access Control
LearnDash Integration – Connecting Campus Communications with LearnDash
Introduction to Student Journey Workflows
Introduction to Campus Automation: Teaching That Happens While You Sleep
Import Campus Members into Your TrainingSites Campus
How to Set Up a Study Hall for Your Campus Members
How to Segment Your Campus Members with Lists, Tags, and Dynamic Segments
How to Install and Activate FluentCRM for Your Campus
How to Add and Manage Campus Members in FluentCRM
Handling Comments and Reactions: Building Conversations in Study Halls
Guide Your Members: How to Set Up Their First Study Hall
Editing and Deleting Study Halls: A Complete Management Guide
Creating Student Journey Workflows and Using the Editor
Creating Reusable Message Templates for Your Campus
Creating Knowledge Assessments: Teaching Members to Build Quizzes
Creating Custom Member Data Fields in Your Campus
Creating Campus Enrollment Forms with Fluent Forms
Creating and Managing Posts: The Foundation of Study Hall Engagement
Creating and Managing Polls: Drive Quick Engagement in Study Halls
Creating and Managing Learning Paths in Your Campus
Composing Campus Member Messages in TrainingSites
Campus Member Statuses – Managing Active and Inactive Members
Campus Member Segments – General & Dynamic Targeting
Campus Communication Templates – Reusable Message Designs
Campus Communication Campaigns – Broadcasting to Members
Campus Communication Actions in Student Journey Workflows
Campus Automation Triggers: When Your Teaching Automations Start
Building and Editing Campus Automations
Advanced Member Filtering: Finding Exactly the Right Students
Advanced Filter – Finding Specific Campus Members
Adding Resource Links to Learning Paths: Navigation Enhancement
Adding Custom Links to Study Halls: Connect External Resources
Activity Feed Views: Teaching Members to Navigate and Engage
Abandoned Cart Recovery for Course Sales

Case Studies & Examples

Pickleball APP Onboarding
MyPickleball Friends Keywords
My Pickleball Friends Basics
MPF Topical Authority Map
MPF Facebook Intro Snippets
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Email & Copy

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