Ask HN: Developing an easy to use Coursera like website for my dad

3 points by acidity 5 years ago | 2 comments

My father (based out of India) is a retired professional who wants to start an educational video site (e.g. KhanAcademy) but in specific subject (geared towards Accountants). He is what one would consider a non technical guy.

Initially, the website/content would be free but maybe he wants to monetize it in future.

For a start, I setup an account at wordpress.com and even that interface is kind of intimidating. Sites like Netlify requires a Git based workflow which again is not something he is adapt at.

What other options do I have? I could but I dont really want to reinvent the wheel to build another custom CMS site for him.

hackermailman 5 years ago |

Try https://www.thinkific.com/ it's the same platform used for https://daily.poshenloh.com/

_rkz1 5 years ago |

YMMV but I’ve seen Teachable used well in cases like this. That should allow you to avoid reinventing the wheel.