Start a lesson draft
Turn one teaching idea into a small, useful draft in Workspace.
For educators and creators with Workspace access · Web
In this guide5 sections
Plan your first lesson
To create a lesson, choose one thing a learner should be able to explain or do by the end. Start small, before planning a whole course. Gather the notes, example or image you need for that idea.
Give the draft three parts: the goal, something for the learner to try, and a question that helps you see what they understood. You can copy this example and adapt it to your subject.
- The goalWhat will make sense?
- Explain how a seed’s shape can help the wind carry it away from its parent plant.
- The activityWhat will they try?
- Compare a winged seed and a smooth seed. Predict which the wind could carry more easily, and explain why.
- The checkWhat will show understanding?
- A seed loses its wing. How might that change the way it travels? Explain your reasoning.
An example to adapt · Copying does not create or publish a document.
Open your Workspace
Open Workspace below and sign in if asked. Open an existing workspace from the list. If you need a new one, choose Create Workspace. The workspace is the place that contains your documents; the lesson draft will be a document inside it.
If Workspace does not open or the creation controls are unavailable, contact support with the page address and message shown. The outline above is also plain text you can keep in your own notes while access is resolved.
Open WorkspaceCreate a page for your idea
In All docs, open the arrow beside New doc and choose New page to begin with a writing page. The main New doc action uses the default document mode; the arrow lets you choose a page explicitly.
Give the document a title you will recognise. Add your goal, activity and check question to the body, or paste the outline you copied above. Replace the example with your own material and keep the first draft short enough to read through in one sitting.
Read it as a learner
Read from the beginning without relying on what you already know. Is it clear what to do first? Does the activity help with the goal? Can the final question show understanding, rather than just repeat a sentence?
Write down one likely mistake and a useful hint. If an image matters to the explanation, include the words someone would need to understand it. This is a content review of your draft; it does not run a learner activity or grade an answer.
Find the draft again before moving on
Return to All docs in the same workspace and reopen your titled document. Check that the text you entered is there. Keep a separate copy of important material, especially before clearing browser data or moving to another device; opening an editor is not confirmation that your work has synced elsewhere.
A document in Workspace is not automatically a course in the catalogue. This guide ends with a draft. It does not publish it, enrol learners or make an editor address a public lesson link. For questions about offering a course, tell support what you want to create.
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