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Use Case: Building a Lesson Library

How to create, organize, and scale a collection of reusable lessons and teaching materials.

Prerequisites

  • Teaching experience on platform
  • Initial lessons created

Phase 1: Strategy and Planning

Step 1: Define Your Library Scope

Scope: What subjects/topics? What CEFR levels (A1-C2)? Standalone lessons or course series?

Purpose: Personal teaching use? Share with colleagues?

Scale: Target number of lessons? Timeline? Hours per week dedicated?

Step 2: Create a Content Map

Master Content List:

IDTopicLevelTypeStatusPriority
SP-A1-001GreetingsA1GrammarDoneHigh
SP-A1-002NumbersA1VocabularyDoneHigh
SP-A1-003Present Tense -ARA1GrammarWIPHigh
SP-A2-001Past TenseA2GrammarPlannedMed
SP-B1-001SubjunctiveB1GrammarPlannedMed

Step 3: Establish Standards

Lesson Structure: Standard structure for all lessons:

Quality Checklist:

  • Learning objectives clear
  • Content accurate
  • Exercises tested
  • No typos
  • Media works
  • Mobile-friendly

Phase 2: Content Creation

Step 4: Batch Create Foundation Lessons

Priority 1: Grammar Foundations (present tense, past tense, future tense, essential structures)

Priority 2: High-Frequency Vocabulary (daily activities, common objects, essential phrases)

Priority 3: Communication Skills (introductions, asking questions, expressing opinions)

Creation Workflow (per 2-week batch):

  1. Use AI generation for 5 lessons
  2. Review and customize each
  3. Add personal touches
  4. Test with sample student
  5. Publish

Step 5: Use the Lesson Builder and AI Effectively

When to Use AI: Initial draft creation, exercise generation, example sentences, alternative explanations.

When to Create Manually: Unique teaching approach, complex concepts, cultural nuances, personal anecdotes.

See AI Lesson Generation and Lesson Builder & Lesson Blocks for details.

Step 6: Build Modular Components

Create Reusable Blocks:

  • Vocabulary Sets: 20 words per theme, image + audio + example sentence
  • Exercise Patterns: Standard question types, consistent formatting
  • Introduction Patterns: Hook strategies, connection to prior learning
  • Conclusion Patterns: Summary styles, exit ticket ideas

Phase 3: Organization and Management

Step 7: Organize with Course Units

Every course organizes root lessons into collapsible Units (starting with Unit 1):

  • Visual Units: Group related lessons into themed chapters with a clear title and description.
  • AI Unit Covers: Generate custom artwork for each unit cover using artistic presets (such as watercolor, storybook, or photography) and optional prompts.
  • Nested Child Tasks: Attach up to 7 child tasks (homework or practice exercises) beneath any root lesson so practice remains organized with its core topic.
  • Naming Conventions: Use consistent lesson titles:
[Language]-[Level]-[Topic]-[Number]

Examples:
SP-A1-PresentTense-001
FR-B1-TravelVocab-003
DE-A2-FamilyConversation-002

Phase 4: Quality Assurance

Step 8: Test Everything

Self-Test: Complete lesson as student, do all exercises, time the completion, note friction points.

Peer Review: Share with colleague, get feedback, make improvements.

Student Testing: Use with real students, gather feedback, observe struggles, iterate.

Step 9: Iterate and Improve

Monthly Review: Analyze usage data, review student feedback, identify popular lessons, find gaps.

Quarterly Updates: Update outdated content, add new exercises, improve based on feedback.

Courses and lessons are active immediately, and updates are protected by working copies:

Edit the lesson

Your edits accumulate safely in a private working copy. The current active version remains live for students until you choose to publish.

Publish changes

Click Publish changes. From that moment, your updates automatically flow into all unstarted class sessions, unopened student tasks, and guest links. Look for the amber asterisk on the course outline to spot lessons with pending edits.

Refresh unstarted rooms if needed

If a live room was already created in advance before you published your edits, select Refresh from course lesson in the class plan row menu before class starts to pull the latest updates. Once a session begins or a student submits work, their document is permanently protected.

Publishing automatically updates unstarted class sessions and unopened tasks. See Working copies and Lesson Document Lifecycle.


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