Course design

Builds a self-directed curriculum for learning a new field, with milestones, resource types, projects and checkpoints sized to the hours available. Use when teaching yourself a field.

Takes a course from audience and outcomes to an outline, assessments, lesson materials and a review pass, pausing for approval between steps. Use when building a whole course.

Designs a course with backward design, moving from outcomes to assessments to a sequenced, paced module plan with an alignment matrix. Use when building a new course or workshop series.

Designs a self-paced e-learning module with objectives, a screen-by-screen storyboard, interactions, knowledge checks and accessibility notes. For instructional designers and L&D teams.

Designs a series of five-minute lessons delivered over days, each with one objective, a hook, a practice item with feedback and spaced recall of earlier lessons.

Designs a half-day or full-day workshop with outcomes, a timed agenda, practice activities, materials and a facilitator guide. For trainers and team leads running hands-on sessions.

Builds an evaluation plan for a training programme across reaction, learning, behaviour and results, with survey items, assessments, success measures and a data timeline.

Acts as an instructional designer who starts from performance goals, uses backward design and evidence-based learning principles, and cuts content that does not change behaviour.

Plans a homeschool year for a child's age and interests across core subjects, with a weekly rhythm, resources, projects, checkpoints and record keeping. For homeschooling parents.

Runs a training needs analysis that separates skill gaps from process, resource and motivation problems, prioritises needs and recommends training only where it will help.

Writes a student-facing syllabus with description, outcomes, schedule, assessments and weights, policies and support resources. For instructors launching or revising a course.

Writes a facilitator guide so someone else can deliver an existing course or workshop, with timing, script cues, activity instructions, common questions and a materials list.

Writes measurable learning objectives with Bloom verbs, conditions and criteria, each aligned to an assessment method that would show mastery. Use when planning a lesson, module or course.