Turning your expertise into a polished online course takes more than a webcam and good intentions. OPDM’s course production team will help coordinate the recording, editing, and platform setup so your content meets student expectations.
If you already have workshop slides, recorded sessions, or an in-person course, OPDM can convert that material into a structured, self-paced course students can complete on their own schedule. Our team works with you to organize existing content into a clear learning sequence, add context where needed, and format everything to meet platform requirements. The result is a course that feels purpose-built for online learners, even when the raw material already exists.
Once your course is built, OPDM helps you launch on the platform that fits your audience and reaches learners wherever they are. Options include but are not limited to:
Our instructional designers have built and launched more than 20 full-scale courses across Coursera, D2L Brightspace, and SCORM environments. We handle the technical setup and configuration, so you can stay focused on your content while we ensure your course is live and accessible.
Whether you need a full production team or prefer to record at your own pace, OPDM offers two options: we coordinate with MSU IT to connect you with professional recording equipment and a crew, or you can book time in the HushPod, a soundproof recording booth with a high-quality camera and professional microphones. The latter includes a brief operational orientation. After recording, our team handles the light editing, including cleaning up audio, adding title cards, and trimming footage, so your videos are polished and ready to deploy. Both options deliver lectures that look and sound like they belong on a professional learning platform.
We design interactive elements in D2L, including accordions, tabs, and flash cards, to make your content more engaging and easier for students to navigate. These elements offer multiple ways to interact with your material, keeping students active and reducing their cognitive load. We work with you to decide where interactivity adds the most value, so each element serves a clear purpose rather than adding complexity for its own sake.
If you have previously recorded lectures, screen captures, or demonstrations for one course, that footage can often form the foundation for another, even when the audience is different than originally intended. We help you identify what transfers directly, what needs light re-editing or reframing to shift context or tone, and how to adapt content for a new learner group. For example, taking undergraduate material and reshaping it for working professionals. The result is a shorter production timeline and more value from content you have already created.
Before your course goes live, we review every video for captions, audio quality, and visual clarity so your content meets accessibility standards and is available to every learner. We also run a full quality assurance check, testing links, navigation, and functionality to catch anything that might cause user friction after launch. The result is a course that is accessible, polished, and ready to publish with confidence.