The github link on the downloads page seems to be broken:
https://github.com/felixog/coursify
Coursify: A Free Open-Source Online Course Platform
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#12Incredible work. You made something that someone would make by reading a bunch of rails beginner tutorials and you want to monetize your "work". I am sure that will be some people who will give you their hard earned cash, but when I see such mediocre approaches, I just want to scream. Moodle does what your open source creation does in much better ways. This project of yours should have been something to play around w…
His product doesn't seem to do everything Moodle does but maybe that simplicity or lack of extra features is what some people want. In any case, he's created something and is trying to make money from it, as well as offering a free MIT-licensed version - nothing wrong with that IMO. No matter how many lines of code, why not let customers (or lack of) decide whether he's created something of value?
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#13Really neat! online courses are on the rise and having such a platform just makes it easy to start one.
Just found a typo -
"That means you'll get the best developers from all over the world, working hard to make Courify an excellent platform for you to sell your online course."
I see "Courify".
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#14Incredible work. You made something that someone would make by reading a bunch of rails beginner tutorials and you want to monetize your "work". I am sure that will be some people who will give you their hard earned cash, but when I see such mediocre approaches, I just want to scream. Moodle does what your open source creation does in much better ways. This project of yours should have been something to play around w…
1. Isn't this that negativity we were trying to avoid? 2. Who's Moodle? Never heard of them. 3. Coursify is a more memorable name for the product than "Moodle", isn't it?
1)
Its a new user, but it seems to be too perfect for a troll.
Re: Coursify: A Free Open-Source Online Course Platform
#15WOW! I made it to the front page. Okay so I posted it yesterday and went to bed. Thank you all for your support an feedback.
When Udemy decided to start charging 50% of every sale, I needed another way to sell my Online Courses.
I looked at a few self-hosted Online Course platforms, but they all wanted a monthly fee + transaction fees, which I think is excessive.
So I started working on Coursify. With Coursify, you can download it, install it and use it without paying.
If you don't know rails, you can pay me a one-time installation fee and you can use it forever without any more charges from us...
I also released it under the MIT licence, so others can improve on it.
Thank you.
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#16Congrats on your launch! Just wondering, how did you come up with this pricing model? I think you need to change it because majority of the buyers can wait for 1 day than paying $400. OR am I missing something here?
I created that price plan because I want most people to avoid rushing me to install it for them.
I'm very busy so the peace of mind that most people won't choose that plan is why it's so expensive.
Thank you.
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#17The github link on the downloads page seems to be broken: https://github.com/felixog/coursify
I launched at 8AM (without sleeping all night) and I forgot to make the Git-Repo public (oops).
Its public now and the link now works thank you.
BTW, the actual download link on my website takes you to Dropbox and that link works.
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#18Really neat! online courses are on the rise and having such a platform just makes it easy to start one. Just found a typo - "That means you'll get the best developers from all over the world, working hard to make Courify an excellent platform for you to sell your online course." I see "Courify".
I'll fix it now thanks. That's what happens when you launch at 8am without sleeping HAHA.
Edit: Fixed
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#19only with video learning support?
No, you can add text as well. In fact for now, video is an after thought.
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#20Incredible work. You made something that someone would make by reading a bunch of rails beginner tutorials and you want to monetize your "work". I am sure that will be some people who will give you their hard earned cash, but when I see such mediocre approaches, I just want to scream. Moodle does what your open source creation does in much better ways. This project of yours should have been something to play around w…
Thanks for your feedback.
We used Moodle at my last University (UON) (transitioned from blackboard) but this is a very lightweight product for a very different purpose (Online courses).
Granted It didn't take too long to build (about 13 weeks in my spare time) but It's actually a lot more work than you might think.
The challenge is not in the "coding" but getting the user experience right.
Beginners cant install this. Someone has to do it for them :).