Question (Philipp): Great notes! What are the concrete next steps/tasks?


Problems:

• It will be hard to implement rounds if course creation process fails users
• "Create a course" is hard to find, although several pathways exist
• The "form" style of creating a course is not conducive to the process
• It isnt obvious how you state that your course is not yet "open"; you might not want it discoverable until you have put together the content etc.
• The most important decision you make is selecting whether you want to create a course, challenge or group and on th current form this is not a prominent decision.

Hacks

• Forgo form style creation, start with
• Create:
  • choose Study Group, Course, Challenge (PLP and Mentorship TBA)
  • you click save draft to work on your course/challenge/group until you are ready
  • you click "publish" or "Open for signup" to indicate that this course is ready for participants to join.
    • this should trigger a mail to Staff so they can promote the course, contact the organiser etc.

Additional Ideas

Create a course completion meter?
Possible platform development that could support implementing this is discussed at: http://p2pu.lighthouseapp.com/projects/71002-lernanta/tickets/464.


Outline of Create a Course infographic: (your mission should you choose to accept: what's the catchy phrase or even word that encapsulates each main header?)

0) Talk to your friends!
 -->  This is a peer course - what does that mean?  It's important that you  think about how you plan to involve your peers as collaborators in every  step of planning a course.  This may be different at first from how you  remember doing things in school!  That's why task one is talking to  your friends.
 --> Recruit co-organizers - courses that do this are generally a lot more likely to succeed
 --> Talk to potential participants and learn about their ideas / needs
 -->  Consult your friends, past organizers, teachers, and whatever else you  have at your disposal (google, your grandmother's national geographic  collection, etc.).  Don't be afraid to cold-call people with interesting  curriculum you might be interested in.

1) Develop a clear learning goal for the course
 --> Have a distinct set of learning outcomes
 --> Discuss what type of course this is (a studio, a discussion group, skill building, etc.?)
 --> Discuss why you are all here: are you just getting interested in this topic or have you been studying it for years?
 -->  Discuss what could be a really good way to complete the course -  producing a creative product together, holding an event, creating a blog  post to tell your story.  How will you know when you're done?

2) Break the larger goal down into tasks
 --> Can be individual or group, discussions, activities, or project work, etc.
 -->  In collaboratively-designed courses, all should have some input first  and then tasks should be whittled down to only those that someone is  taking ownership of.
 -->  Don't neglect or underestimate the social dynamic - chemistry and fun  are important.  What is the reason people want to come back each week?

3) Illustrate these ideas by having an awesome course page
 --> A picture
 --> A good title (hook)
 --> A good description of learning goals, input hours, and style of communication
 --> A schedule
 --> Make a decision about the style of signup (optional)

Now you're ready to promote!