CourseStart
Streamline course development without sacrificing academic quality.
Imagine a fast, repeatable way to generate high-quality online courses. CourseStart combines AI-assisted course creation with a ready-made general-education library, so your teams can launch consistent, faculty-ready courses before day one every term
Content Creation and Management
CourseStart brings course design, content creation, and revision into a single, structured environment, reducing handoffs, version sprawl, and rework across faculty, instructional designers, and academic teams.
Integrated Workflow
Move from fragmented tools and ad hoc processes to a unified workflow that supports academic standards, accessibility, and consistent student experiences across programs.
Accelerated Development
Whether launching new programs or refreshing existing courses, CourseStart reduces development timelines by leveraging AI-assisted design and prebuilt, SME-reviewed general education course frameworks.
Collaborative Environment
Designed for collaboration between faculty, instructional designers, reviewers, and administrators so everyone works from shared structures, not disconnected drafts.
Key Features
From AI-powered course creation to a ready-to-use general education library, CourseStart’s features support every stage of the course development life cycle.
Content Authoring
Use the AI course design wizard to generate a full course in only three clicks, or create course components including course outlines, modules, assessments, discussions, readings, slide decks, and facilitation notes then refine and adapt them to your institution’s learning outcomes and instructional approach.
Asset Management
Access a curated library of 30 general education courses—expertly designed by instructional designers and reviewed by subject matter experts, ready for customization and institutional alignment.
Collaboration Tools
Support review cycles, updates, and shared ownership across departments while maintaining version control and academic integrity.
Multiformat Publishing
Design once and publish across modalities supporting online, hybrid, and in-person delivery models.
Analytics Dashboard
Administrators gain visibility into course and content creation and usage patterns to support continuous improvement and quality assurance efforts.
LMS Integration
CourseStart is customized for each client to match necessary outputs for the existing LMS. Our team regularly works with all major LMS platforms as well as custom or proprietary platforms.
How to Get Started
If CourseStart is a fit for your institution, the best first step is to request a demo. Demo environments are lightly customized and provide access to sample courses from our general education library, along with full access to the AI course design wizard so teams can explore both pathways side by side.
With an active demo, the process is as simple as 1, 2, 3, 4:
Plan
Align courses to institutional goals, program requirements, and learning outcomes using either a sample gen ed library course as a starting framework or planning a new course to be generated with the AI wizard.
Create
In the AI-powered wizard, create courses or course content using the simple step-by-step process. Users can choose to create components for courses or generate a full course in as few as three clicks.
Review
Review and refine content collaboratively to ensure academic rigor, accessibility, and consistency, whether customizing a library course or iterating on AI-generated materials.
Publish
Export and publish courses confidently into your LMS and instructional ecosystem, knowing content has been designed, reviewed, and aligned to institutional standards.
Benefits of CourseStart
CourseStart is designed to support the realities of higher education by helping institutions move faster, increase faculty productivity, and maintain academic quality as programs evolve.
Increased Efficiency
Improved Quality
Cost Reduction
Faster Time to Market
Use Cases
CourseStart is flexible by design, supporting a range of higher education contexts from core general education programs to continuing and professional learning initiatives.
Higher Education
Support large-scale course development, gen ed refreshes, and modality expansion without overloading faculty or design teams.
Lifelong Learning & Continuing Education
Rapidly develop and adapt courses to meet workforce and adult learner needs.
Educational Publishing
Leverage structured, high-quality course frameworks for institutional or partner-led delivery.
CourseStart is designed with higher education standards in mind, supporting accessibility, quality assurance, and responsible AI use within academic environments.
Supports alignment with accessibility best practices and institutional review processes.
AI-generated content is intended as a starting point, with faculty and institutional oversight built into the workflow.
Institutions retain control over all materials generated with the AI-powered course design wizard. Access to the library is unlimited throughout active subscription to CourseStart.
Built to integrate into existing LMS and governance structures without disrupting established systems.
Six Red Marbles provides implementation support and guidance to help institutions adopt CourseStart with confidence.
Structured onboarding to help teams understand both the course library and the AI design tool.
Live training and additional resources designed for faculty, instructional designers, and administrators are provided with every subscription.
Additional support is available for institutions seeking hands-on assistance or semester readiness.
Backed by Six Red Marbles' decades of experience supporting academic teams at scale.
What Our Clients Say
Institutions partner with Six Red Marbles to navigate complex content and course development challenges, bringing together design expertise, thoughtful technology, and a deep understanding of academic environments.
It’s been wonderful working with Six Red Marbles. The collaboration was smooth, professional, and resulted in a strong final product.
As we looked to scale our financial literacy programs and reach younger learners, we needed a partner who could bring our curriculum to life. Six Red Marbles helped us transform strong content into an engaging, game-based experience.