What is Skillshare and how does it work

Want to grow your career or your skills in general? Learn how to paint, write, photograph, cook and more with Skillshare. The site makes it easy to master new skills. P.S. This page may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure for more information.

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I’m always interested in expanding my career and skills in new areas, and I’m very much the type of person who likes learning from classes. Writing fiction has often interested me. So one day I googled: How to write a children’s book? And Skillshare popped up.

Skillshare offers online courses from a community of people. If you’re into learning stuff online, then this site is perfect for you.

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According to the site, “Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. On Skillshare, members come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey.”

You can take classes or teach classes. After a free trial, there are monthly or annual membership fees.

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Each class comes with a description and shows you how many views it’s gotten (often denoting popularity). Teachers can also post a section for class projects so others who have taken the course can share their completed works.