Step-by-Step: Turning Your Workshop or Webinar into an eLearning Module

If you’ve ever run a successful workshop or webinar, you already have the core ingredients of a solid eLearning module. You’ve tested your content live, seen what engages learners, and gathered feedback. The next step? Turning all that effort into a scalable, self-paced learning experience.

Whether you're looking to create a course for internal training, a customer education platform, or a paid product, repurposing your live event makes sense. But it’s not as simple as uploading a recording and calling it a course. To really make it work, you need to rethink the delivery, pacing, and interactivity.

Here’s how to do it right.

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Step 1: Define the Learning Objective

Before you do anything else, clarify the purpose of the module. Ask yourself:

• What do I want the learner to know, do, or feel after completing this?

• Who is the audience?

• What problem does this course solve for them?

Keep your objective specific. “Understand marketing” is vague. “Identify your target audience and build a basic customer persona” is actionable.

Tip: If your workshop had multiple objectives, consider breaking it into multiple smaller modules. Shorter, focused content performs better online.

Step 2: Review and Audit Your Existing Material

Don’t just dump your slides and transcript into a course builder. Start by doing a content audit:

• Slides

  Are they visually clear and relevant? Do they rely on your live explanation to make sense?

  
  

• Recordings

  Are there strong sections you can reuse? Are there tangents, tech hiccups, or audience-specific moments that won’t translate to self-paced learning?

  
  

• Handouts/Worksheets

  Are they still useful? Can they be restructured for digital delivery?

  
  

• Live Interactions

  What activities or Q&As got the best response? Can these be turned into prompts, quizzes, or discussion topics?

This step is about identifying what to keep, cut, rewrite, or reformat.

Step 3: Restructure for Self-Paced Learning

Live events have a natural flow — introductions, icebreakers, off-the-cuff moments. eLearning, especially asynchronous modules, needs a tighter structure.

Break your content into bite-sized lessons. Each one should have a clear title, a goal, and ideally take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

Structure each lesson like this:

1. Hook

   A brief intro that sets up the “why”

   
   

2. Core Content

   Main teaching point, clearly explained

   
   

3. Example or Application

   Show it in action

   
   

4. Check for Understanding

   A quick quiz or reflection prompt

Organize lessons into modules or sections that build on each other. Use simple navigation — learners should always know where they are and what’s next.

Step 4: Script and Record New Content (Don’t Just Reuse the Webinar)

A common trap is to upload a 60-minute webinar recording and call it a day. Don’t. People tune out fast when they’re watching a replay with no pause or engagement points.

Instead, script new content based on your original material. Use the workshop’s strongest parts, but tighten the delivery.

• Keep videos under 6–8 minutes each.

• Speak conversationally, not like you’re giving a keynote.

• Use visuals strategically — don’t overload slides with text.

• Record clean audio — this matters more than perfect video.

If you’re on camera, great — it adds personality. If not, use slides with voiceover or animation tools like Vyond or Canva Video to keep things dynamic.

Step 5: Build Interactivity

The #1 reason eLearning fails? It’s passive. Learners watch, maybe absorb, and forget.

You need to pull them in. Here’s how:

• Quizzes

  Add short questions after each section to reinforce key points.

  
  

• Scenarios

  Use “what would you do?” style decision points based on real situations.

  
  

• Drag-and-drop or matching exercises

  Good for definitions, processes, or frameworks.

  
  

• Reflection prompts

  Ask learners to apply concepts to their own situation and type their thoughts.

  
  

• Worksheets or templates

  Let them practice outside the course.

Many tools like Articulate Rise or LearnWorlds offer built-in interactivity options.

Step 6: Choose the Right Platform

Your platform choice affects how your module looks, how learners interact, and how you track progress.

Here are a few common routes:

• LMS (Learning Management System)

  Good for corporate training or complex user tracking (e.g., LMS Portals)

  
  

• Course Platforms

  Great for selling or marketing to individuals

  
  

• SCORM/xAPI Modules

  Ideal for exporting into another system — often used in larger orgs.

Make sure your platform supports mobile learning, progress tracking, certificates (if needed), and easy updates.

Step 7: Design for Engagement

Online learners have short attention spans. Your design has to keep them interested.

• Use clear, clean visuals

  Don’t clutter screens with text.

  
  

• Include images, charts, and icons 

  To support your points.

  
  

• Add checkpoints

  Let people know what they’ve accomplished — and what’s next.

  
  

• Use storytelling 

  When possible. Real-life examples are more memorable than abstract theory.

  
  

• Keep language human

  Talk like a coach or mentor, not like a textbook.

Design isn’t about making it pretty. It’s about making it easier to learn.

Step 8: Test with a Pilot Group

Before launching widely, run a beta test with a small group. Choose people from your target audience and ask for real feedback.

Have them rate:

• Clarity of the content

• Ease of navigation

• Usefulness of the exercises

• Technical glitches or confusing spots

• How well they retained and applied what they learned

Use this feedback to make adjustments — don’t skip this step.

Step 9: Add Supporting Materials

To add value and increase application, include extras like:

• Downloadable templates

• Checklists

• Quick reference guides

• Resource lists

• Bonus content like interviews, advanced tips, or case studies

These materials help learners apply what they learn, and they increase the perceived value of your course.

Step 10: Launch and Promote

Now it’s time to go live.

If it’s an internal course, send it through the proper channels with clear instructions. For public or paid courses, create a simple marketing plan:

• Email list promotion

• Social media posts

• Free sample lessons or previews

• Testimonials from your webinar attendees

• Partner promotions or affiliate programs

If your workshop had good attendance, go back to those participants. Invite them to enroll in the course — with a discount or exclusive bonus.

Step 11: Track, Improve, and Expand

Your module isn’t “done” once it’s live. Track how people use it:

• Where do learners drop off?

• Which lessons get the most replays?

• How do quiz results look?

• Are learners completing the course?

Use data to improve the weak spots. Keep a running list of future enhancements. And consider building a second-level course, certification track, or related module based on what learners want next.

Final Thoughts

Turning a live workshop or webinar into an eLearning module isn’t just about repackaging content. It’s about reshaping it for a different format, audience, and context. Done right, you get a flexible, scalable learning tool that works again and again — without needing you in the room.

Start small. Keep it focused. And don’t try to recreate the whole event — build something better suited to the medium.

You’ve already done the hard work once. Now it’s time to make it work harder for you.

About LMS Portals

At LMS Portals, we provide our clients and partners with a mobile-responsive, SaaS-based, multi-tenant learning management system that allows you to launch a dedicated training environment (a portal) for each of your unique audiences.

The system includes built-in, SCORM-compliant rapid course development software that provides a drag and drop engine to enable most anyone to build engaging courses quickly and easily. 

We also offer a complete library of ready-made courses, covering most every aspect of corporate training and employee development.

If you choose to, you can create Learning Paths to deliver courses in a logical progression and add structure to your training program.  The system also supports Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) and provides tools for social learning.

Together, these features make LMS Portals the ideal SaaS-based eLearning platform for our clients and our Reseller partners.

Contact us today to get started or visit our Partner Program pages