What is Your Instructor Bio? And why is it Important?
Your Instructor Bio is a dedicated space for you to present your expertise, your experience and your personality. It makes up your user profile, and also appears on your course landing page.
We have made a survey with potential students as the respondents, and they have cited “credibility” as the most important factor in choosing an online course. Therefore, it is critical to establish your expertise in your Instructor Bio to boost student confidence and enrollments.
Please note that your instructor bio will not be visible to people not logged into Thkee, and it is only available until after you have published a course in the Thkee marketplace.
What You Need to Know
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Make sure to relate your Instructor Bio to your course topics.
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Provide social proof or portfolio to potential students on why you are a real-world professional.
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Keep your bio short, relevant and concise.
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Include a professional looking, high quality, non-pixelated, and non-animated image of yourself.
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Do not include any links in your Instructor Bio. Instead, add them to the designated links section of your profile. The external links will be publicly visible after you have published a course in the Thkee marketplace.
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All information in your Instructor Bio must follow our Trust & Safety Guidelines.
Please be advised that we regularly check for this as part of our Quality Review Process.
In This Article We Will Cover:
Where You Can Access Your Instructor Bio
You are always free to access your Instructor Bio by moving your cursor to the top right hand of the page, and then by clicking on your name. Make sure to click this link to direct you to the page.
To learn how to add or change your bio photo, please click here.
Best Practices
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Make sure to always relate your Instructor Bio to your course topics.
If you are teaching programming, make sure to emphasize your programming background. On the other hand, if you are teaching sailing, emphasize your sailing skills. Or if you are teaching courses in multiple topics? Make sure to write your bio to cover your expertise in all of the topics. -
Provide social signifiers.
Include social proof or portfolio for your potential students to demonstrate that you are a real-world professional. Have you worked with many large companies in your career as a consultant? If yes, then make sure to name them. Or have you published articles in magazines? Do not forget to list them all out. Real-world examples of your experience provide depth to your Bio. -
Keep it comprehensive, but concise.
The Instructor Bio is not the place for 2,000 words on your childhood. It is always better to keep your Bio short, straight to the point, and relevant to your expertise. -
Include a high-quality image of yourself.
Always make sure that your display picture looks professional, non-pixelated, and a non-animated (no cartoons!) image of yourself to establish more trust with your students. If you are publishing as a company, including a corporate logo is definitely fine.
Minimum Requirements to Pass our Quality Review Process
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Use the Instructor Bio to highlight your background, experience, and credibility in your field.
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Do not include links in your Instructor Bio. Instead, add them to the designated "Links" section of your profile. The external links will be publicly visible after you have published a course in the Thkee marketplace.
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All information in your Instructor Bio must follow our Trust & Safety Guidelines.