TL;DR: People buying an online language course check the same things in the same order: level, schedule and time zone, teacher, how the lessons work online, class size, price, proof and the start. This online course landing page template puts the sections in that order, adds the details that only matter online, and keeps every line accurate enough for an accreditor to read.
A small school launches its first online course. The landing page has a video of a smiling teacher, the words "learn from anywhere", three icons and a "Book now" button. An applicant in another city wants to know what time the lessons are, in which time zone, how many people are in the group, whether cameras must be on, and what happens if she misses a lesson. None of it is on the page, so she writes an email and waits.
An online course landing page template is a fixed set of sections, in the order buyers check them, that you fill for each online course. This one is built for language and adult training, where level, schedule and class size decide the sale. It is part of our guide to language school marketing in the age of AI.
What do buyers check on an online course page, and in what order?
Level first, then schedule and time zone, then the teacher, then how the online lessons work, then class size and price, then proof, then how to start. A buyer who cannot answer the first two questions in ten seconds leaves, however good the video is. The template follows that order.
The order matters because each answer filters. If the level is wrong, nothing else matters. If the times do not fit their week, the teacher's biography is irrelevant. Only once level and time fit does the buyer care about who teaches, how the lessons run and what it costs.
Online courses add questions that an in-person course page never needs to answer: the time zone, the platform, whether cameras are expected, what happens to recordings and how a missed live lesson is made up. Leave them out, and the page produces emails instead of bookings.
The landing page template: nine sections
Nine sections, each answering one buyer question. Fill all nine for every online course. Short is fine; missing is not. If you cannot fill a section yet, for example because the teacher is not confirmed, the course is not ready to advertise.
| # | Section | What it contains | The buyer's question |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headline | Language, level, format: "Live online Business English, B2" | Is this my course? |
| 2 | Level | CEFR starting and target level, link to the placement test | Am I at the right level? |
| 3 | Schedule | Days, times with time zone, course start date, number of weeks, taught hours per week | Does it fit my week? |
| 4 | Teacher | Name, photo, background, a 30-second video | Who will teach me? |
| 5 | How lessons work | Platform, live or recorded, cameras, materials, homework | What is it like online? |
| 6 | Class size | Maximum number of learners | Will I get to speak? |
| 7 | Price | Total price, what is included, payment options, cancellation terms | What does it cost? |
| 8 | Proof | Dated learner results, reviews, sample lesson clip | Does it work for people like me? |
| 9 | Start | Placement test or trial lesson, then booking | What do I do now? |
Sections 2, 3 and 6 carry facts that accreditors expect in any publicity. Accreditation UK criterion M24 lists class times, taught hours per week, course dates, minimum enrolment age and maximum class size (English UK / British Council, 2019). Add the minimum age to section 3 if your online courses accept learners under 18.
For the level section, use the Common European Framework of Reference: levels A1 to C2, across listening, reading, spoken interaction, spoken production and writing (Europass, 2026). Say which skills the online course works on most; a live speaking course and a self-study grammar course are not the same product.
Which details matter only online?
Six: the time zone, the platform, camera expectations, recordings, missed lessons and a technical check before the first lesson. Each one is a question that stops a booking if the page does not answer it, and each takes one or two sentences. Put them in section 5, as a short list.
- Time zone. Write times with the zone ("18:00–19:30 Central European Time") and, for international groups, a link to a converter.
- Platform. Name it, and say whether learners need to install anything.
- Cameras. Say whether cameras are expected in speaking practice, so nobody is surprised in lesson one.
- Recordings. Say whether lessons are recorded, who can see the recording and for how long.
- Missed lessons. Say what happens: a recording, a make-up slot or nothing.
- Tech check. Offer a five-minute connection check before lesson one.
Attendance tracking matters more online than in a classroom, because a learner can drift away without anyone noticing. Say on the page that the teacher follows up after two missed lessons; it reassures the buyer and commits the school to doing it.
Example: a filled online course landing page
The example below fills the nine sections for one invented course. The details are there to show the level of precision, not as a recommendation for times or group sizes. Read it as a buyer would: level, time, teacher, how it works, size, price, proof and start, in that order.
Example (illustrative, not a real case):
- Headline: Live online Business English, B2, for people who run meetings in English.
- Level: You start at B1+ or B2; take the free 20-minute placement test to check.
- Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:00–19:15 Central European Time, 10 weeks from 12 January; 2.5 taught hours a week, 25 hours in total. Adults only.
- Teacher: Márton V., 11 years of Business English, formerly a project coordinator. Short video: how he runs a lesson.
- How lessons work: live on a video platform in your browser, no installation. Cameras on during speaking practice. Lessons are recorded and kept for 14 days for the group only. Missed lesson: watch the recording and send your homework. Tech check: book 5 minutes the week before.
- Class size: maximum 6 learners.
- Price: total course price shown in your currency, materials included, payable in two parts; full refund until the second lesson.
- Proof: three learner results with dates and permission; reviews from the school's Google profile.
- Start: placement test, then a free 20-minute trial with Márton, then booking.
The page took the owner one afternoon to fill from the course plan, with an AI draft for sections 4 and 5 and her own check of every time, price and policy.
What has to be accurate on the page?
Everything that describes the course, including images and video. Accreditation rules read publicity broadly: the page, the photos, the video and the school's social media posts about the course. An online course page with a stock photo of a campus the learner will never see is inaccurate, however well meant.
Under Accreditation UK criterion M22, all publicity must be accurate and give realistic expectations about premises, location and services, and inspectors read it to include photos, videos and the school's own social media (same source as above). The US accreditor CEA requires all written, electronic and oral promotion to be accurate and complete, including goals, admission, hours, length, calendar, fees, location and services (CEA, 2022).
One technical note: Google phased out Course info structured data in 2025 and removed its documentation (Google Search Central, 2025). Do not expect a special search result for the course; put every fact in plain text on the page, where both people and AI assistants can read it.
How should proof appear on the page?
As dated, specific results and real reviews, placed after the price, where the buyer looks for reassurance. Two or three concrete learner results with permission do more than a carousel of five-star quotes. Link to your Google reviews rather than copying selected ones, so the buyer sees the full picture.
Buyers do read reviews. In BrightLocal's 2026 survey, 97% of US consumers read reviews for local businesses, 68% would only use a business rated four stars or more, and 89% expect owners to respond; the figures cover all sectors, not education (BrightLocal, 2026). For an online course, the school's general reviews still count, because the buyer is judging the school.
How to collect and present results honestly is in showing learner results without promising fluency. For the text inside section 2 and the course description, use the course description template; for the emails that follow a booking, see the student enrollment email sequence. The wider picture is in the language school marketing guide.
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FAQ
Should an online course page show the price?
Yes, as a total, with what it includes and the payment and cancellation terms. Buyers comparing online courses can open several schools in a few minutes, and a page without a price sends them to the schools that show one. If the price depends on the group size or the country, show the range and how it is set.
How long should an online course landing page be?
Long enough to fill the nine sections, which usually means one screen per section on a phone. Length is not the problem; missing facts are. A short page that leaves out the time zone or the class size produces emails instead of bookings, while a longer page that answers everything in order is easy to scan.
Do I need a video on the landing page?
It helps if it shows the real teacher and a real lesson, even briefly, because the buyer is choosing a person and a way of teaching. A polished promotional video without the teacher adds little. Keep it short, put it in the teacher section, and make sure every fact the video mentions is also written on the page.
Sources
- Nailing the publicity criteria (Accreditation UK) — English UK Marketing Conference, British Council session, 2019.
- CEA Standards for English Language Programs and Institutions — Commission on English Language Program Accreditation, 2022.
- Common European Framework of Reference for Language Skills — Europass, European Commission, accessed 2026.
- Latest Google Search documentation updates — Google Search Central, 2025.
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2026 — BrightLocal, 2026.