course-designer skill

Overview

This skill provides step-by-step guidance to design structured courses, from curriculum mapping to assessment planning. It helps create clear learning objectives, modular outlines, lesson plans, and aligned evaluation rubrics. Use it to transform learning needs into practical, teachable course materials.

How this skill works

I analyze target learners and learning goals, then propose a sequenced course structure with modules and session-level plans. I generate measurable learning objectives using Bloom's taxonomy, design teaching activities and resources, and produce formative and summative assessment schemes with rubrics. Outputs include course info, a module-by-module syllabus, detailed lesson plans, and a resource checklist.

When to use it

• Designing a new course from scratch for any subject or audience
• Converting learning outcomes into measurable objectives and assessments
• Structuring an existing set of materials into a coherent syllabus
• Creating week-by-week lesson plans and activity sequences
• Designing evaluation rubrics and balanced formative/summative assessments

Best practices

• Start with a clear learner profile and concrete course outcomes
• Write measurable objectives tied to specific assessment methods
• Sequence content progressively from foundational to complex
• Balance theory, practice, and active learning activities
• Use varied assessment types to capture different competencies

Example use cases

• Create a 10-week introductory web development course with weekly topics, labs, and final project rubric
• Turn a workshop series into a modular online course with learning objectives and quizzes
• Revise a university course by aligning lectures, readings, and assessments to Bloom-style objectives
• Draft lesson-level plans for a corporate training program with interactive exercises and evaluation checkpoints
• Design formative assessments and a grading rubric for a capstone project

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