How to Auto-Create Complete Online Courses Using N8N (No Manual Work Needed!)

Creating an online course manually takes a lot of time — writing lessons, collecting images, recording voice overs, and putting everything together. But what if all of that could be automated? In this guide, I’ll show you how to build your own course creation system using N8N.
Just type your topic, click a button, and it automatically generates the content, visuals, and voice-over for your course.
I’m Brad from Website Learners — let’s get started.

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PART 1: Set Up Your N8N Automation

N8N is an automation tool that connects different apps and services. We’ll build and run our course creation system here. You only need to set it up once.

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1.1 Choose How You Want to Host N8N

There are three ways to host N8N:

Option 1: Host N8N Locally (Free, but complex)

Runs on your own computer.
More setup required.

Option 2: Host N8N with Webspace Kit (Recommended, easy & low cost)

• Fastest setup
• No technical steps
• ₹400/month
• Unlimited workflow executions & active workflows

Option 3: Use N8N Cloud (Official, but expensive & limited)

• £24/month (~$27)
• Limited features

We will use Webspace Kit for hosting.

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1.2 Purchase N8N Hosting (Webspace Kit)

• Click the link in the description
• Choose plan (12 or 24 months; 24 months gives best price)
• Fill details → Make payment → Plan becomes active

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1.3 Set Up N8N

• Click Go to Setup
• Fill details → Click next
• N8N dashboard opens
• Click Start from Scratch

You can either:

• Build your workflow manually, or
• Import ready-made templates (much faster)

We’ll import a ready-made automation template.

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1.4 Import the Workflow Template

• Download the Online Course Generator template from Webspace Kit
• Go back to N8N → Click Import from File
• Upload template → Workflow loads with nodes

Some nodes show warnings — we’ll fix those in Part 2.

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PART 2: Set Up All Workflow Nodes

The workflow requires four major integrations:

1. OpenAI
2. Tavily
3. Google Drive
4. Google Docs

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2.1 Connect OpenAI (For Content + Voice Over Scripts)

• Click OpenAI node → Create new credential
• Sign in to OpenAI
• Create API key → Copy
• Paste key in N8N → Save
All OpenAI nodes connect automatically.

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2.2 Connect Tavily (For Web Search & Research)

• Select Tavily node
• Sign up at Tavily → Generate API key
• Copy key → Paste into N8N
• Repeat for second Tavily node

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2.3 Connect Google Drive (To Store Content & Scripts)

Steps:

1. Click Google Drive node → Create new credential
2. Open Google Cloud Console
3. Create new project
4. Go to OAuth Consent Screen → Set up app
5. Create OAuth Client ID
6. Copy redirect URL from N8N & paste in Console
7. Copy client ID + secret → Paste in N8N
8. Enable Google Drive API
9. Sign in → Grant permission

Now N8N can store course files in Drive.

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2.4 Connect Google Docs (To Organize Course Content)

• Enable Google Docs API in Google Cloud
• Copy same client ID & secret
• Paste into Google Docs node in N8N
• Sign in → Save credentials
• All warning icons disappear

Your workflow is now fully functional.

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PART 3: Test the Course Generator Workflow

3.1 Execute the Workflow

Click Execute Workflow and fill:

• Course topic
• Number of modules
• Word count per module

Click Submit
The automation starts running.

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3.2 Check the Output in Google Drive

N8N generates:

• Full course content
• Voice-over script
• Markdown format
• Image URLs
• Stock image folder

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PART 4: Generate AI Images (Optional)

If you want AI images instead of web images:

• Open Image Generation Workflow
• Click Execute
• Enter course title
• Paste voice-over script
• Set number of images per module
• Submit

A new folder with AI-generated images will appear in Drive.

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PART 5: Build Your Final Course

Using the generated content:

Step 1: Create Voice Over

Convert the script into audio.

Step 2: Add Visuals

Sync AI images or stock images with voice over.

Step 3: Create Video for Each Module

Combine content, visuals, and audio.

Step 4: Finalize Course Structure

Organize modules clearly.

Your complete course is ready!

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Conclusion

This is how you can create a full online course automatically using AI and N8N — content, visuals, and voice overs included.

The first step is launching N8N on Webspace Kit.
Tap the link to get started and begin building your own course automation system.

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See you in the next video — bye-bye!