Tutorials & Podcasts
#1 Tutorial - Starting With iClass Builder Player Mobile App
Software Tutorial
3
Minutes
Our Mobile App "iClass Builder Player" is what instructors use in class to deliver their classes. New users get 2 free classes as samples; one from Spotify and the other from Apple Music Services. This tutorial explains how to download the app and enable the sample classes.
#2 Tutorial - Using The Mobile App In Class - UPDATED!
Software Tutorial
21
Minutes
For a QUICK tutorial, just watch the first 13 minutes. For more in depth info - watch all 21 minutes. This is a deep dive into how to use the iClass Builder Player app. While users do not have to use all of the features of the Player app, this tutorial goes through every screen to explain what everything is and does. Watch this before delivering your first class for maximum confidence and understanding.
#3 Tutorial - Setting Up Your Music & Adding It To Class
Software Tutorial
4
Minutes
This tutorial shows you how to set up your Spotify or Apple music sources and download your playlists into the app for creating new classes.
#4 Tutorial - Setting Up Dropbox & Playing Class OFF-Line
5
Minutes
This tutorial shows how to connect your dropbox account to iClass Builder and where to put your music so that you can build classes with your own music files or even your own mixes of music. The mobile portion of the tutorial also shows what it looks like and how to play those Dropbox classes off-line.
#5 Tutorial - Speed Tips For Building Class
13
Minutes
NEW FEATURE ALERT! We've added a new feature on the web side of iClass Builder to automatically populate both the Segment Title as well as one or more Cues for every song. This video is guaranteed to cut your class building time by 30% - 50% ! Inserting cues and timing moves to the music can be time consuming, but with these few tips, you can expedite this significantly. Also note with this NEW feature, we've added the field "USED" to show you ho many times you have used each song in your LIBRARY of classes - to help prevent too much repetition.
#6 Tutorial - Making A Quick Class With Pre-Programmed Music!
Software Tutorial
16
Minutes
This describes the basics of using our latest feature enhancement Pre-Programmed Music. Whether it's that "blank sheet of paper" that stymies your class building, or perhaps it's liking a song but not being sure of what to do with it, Pre-Programmed Segments could be your silver bullet. This new feature changes everything in terms of how quickly an instructor can build a class, and how confident they can be that the music works. Each song has been used, refined and tested in a master class - all of which are also for sale in iClass Builder . This tutorial uses Pre-Prg to build a brand new class.
#7 Tutorial - Cues & Drills - A Library Included For Rapid Class Building
Software Tips & Tricks
22
Minutes
iClass Builder provides a “public” set of drills based on USA Cycling principles. Every user can draw from the public set or build their own set of Cues & Drills. This podcasts explores these details and the video version goes through examples of how to use it and build your own.
#8 Tutorial Pre-Programmed Segments
Software Tips & Tricks
9
Minutes
Whether it's that "blank sheet of paper" that stymies your class building, or perhaps it's liking a song but not being sure of what to do with it, Pre-Programmed Segments could be your silver bullet. This new feature changes everything in terms of how quickly an instructor can build a class, and how confident they can be that each song has been used and thought out with regards to how it can be delivered in class. This podcast is an overview of this feature and the video on the website shows it as well.
An Optional Tutorial #1 - The Music Prep Function (3rd Button in the Header)
Software Tutorial
25
Minutes
This tutorial shows how the new Music Prep function works. This feature set provides an easy way to establish what you want to do on the bike with every song, and about where in class you feel it would work the best. Ultimately this helps to expedite class building quite a bit.
An Optional Tutorial #2 - Tale of 2 Classes; Comparing What We Just Built
Software Tutorial
5
Minutes
This tutorial takes the two classes we built in Tutorial #3 & #4 and compares then literally side by side.
An Optional Tutorial #3 - Let's Get Into The Details
SoftwareTutorial
20
Minutes
We've selected the music, decided what we want to do for each song, and now it's time to get into the details. This video shows how to time the moves to the music, and give the class profile a great shape.
An Optional Tutorial #4 - Demonstrating Apple Music and Building Class on a Mobile Device
Software Tutorial
5.5
Minutes
This is an optional tutorial. It demonstrates that iClass Builder works with Apple music as well (a more recent addition) and that both building classes as well as running them in class can both be done on mobile devices - this one being an iPad.
An Optional Tutorial #5 - Copying A 60m Class To Make A New 45m Class
Software Tips & Tricks
14
Minutes
This class shows one of the most powerful features of the iClass Builder platform - the ability to "springboard" one class from another. The video tutorials show how to copy and paste songs, segments and cues, but this class shows how to "spawn" one class from another and swap some music out with ease.
Technology is most leveraged when you can use it to save time and become more creative - this is shown/described in practice here.
Class Deep Dive - Title: "Aerobic Development"
Class Analysis
20
Minutes
This podcast goes through the rationale of why the class Aerobic Development was created, and the thought process behind each song or segment. This class is ideal for early spring or a moderate transitional time in ones fitness.
Class Deep Dive - Title: "Inspiration Through Perspiration"
Class Analysis
21
Minutes
There is a difference between putting a playlist together and putting a class together. The class name and its description are a good start, but the Segment title (often the track name for those who don't name their segments) offer so much more. This is one example that demonstrates this in a pretty clear way.
Class Deep Dive - Title: "The Ying & Yang Of Indoor Cycling"
Class Analysis
15
Minutes
The key to developing into a well rounded rider, is to vary your drills to expand your skills. This podcast is a deep dive into a class that sets out to do this. Subscribers to iClass Builder can find a video of this podcast and of the live class taught by the author under the Podcast button at the iClass Builder web app.
Class Deep Dive - Title: "You're 10X Stronger Than You Think"
Class Analysis
17
Minutes
This is an overview and analysis of one of my classes I taught during week 2 of the Corona Virus shut down - also currently available for sale via the web app. We will increase our resistance (by gear or watts or HR) 10 times once we warm up. Because both power and heart rate are not linear, but are more exponential, the final 4 increases are half the others.
Podcast - BPM & RPM - Find It, Feel It, Flow It
Teaching Concepts
20
Minutes
MUSIC examples for this podcast are included with the version within the iClass Builder web app. Matching your pedal speed to the beat of the music is a powerful way to get your students loving class, but there is much more to consider when dictating RPM within a song.
Podcast - Types Of Indoor Cycling Classes
Teaching Concepts
32
Minutes
Building a new indoor cycling class can be a daunting task. Determining what "Type" of ride it is though, can be the first step in winning the staring contest between you and that blank page.
Once the Type of ride is decided upon, it helps with all subsequent decisions in building the class from music selections, to cueing to even what to do on the bike with each song.