Course 1: Build a Learning Design Document
Module 2: Build a Learning Design Document

Lesson 6: Set Up the Course Structure and Sequencing

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Course Structure button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon

The Course Structure page starts out as a blank placeholder

Using the Course Structure function, the Learning Design Tool crafts an initial course outline of Modules and Lessons, based on your terminal and enabling objectives and their associated learner achievement activities.

After you click Course Structure you will:

  • Edit the Module and Lesson names that will be add to your course outline

  • Adjust the sequence of the content to be added

  • Generate your course outline

  • Add details about each Module and Lesson, including instructional activity types

Terminology

  • Modules are instructional content topics that are tied to your terminal learning objectives.

  • Lessons are subtopics that are tied to your enabling objectives and contained within the Module associated with their terminal objective.

Course Structure button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon

How to use the Course Structure function to build your course outline

  1. Click Course Structure on the Learning Design Tool ribbon

  2. Use the Update Module and Lesson Names form that you will now see to make the names and more descriptive and meaningful. Click Continue when done.

    • Renaming your Modules and Lessons at this moment is optional. If you simply click Continue you can edit the names later, after your course outline is built.

  3. Use the Sequence Content form you will now see to re-sequence the learning objectives into an order that provides the best learning environment, if needed.

  4. When done, click Continue to generate your initial course outline.

    • Or use the Close/Quit button to exit the form without applying any changes and without generating a course outline.

      • This allows you to think about and discuss the teaching sequence with others before building your outline.

      • To return to the Sequence Content form, click the Course Structure button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon and then simply click Continue on the Update Module and Lesson Names form.

  5. Add details to your Course Outline

For detailed instructions on each step ….

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How to update Module and Lesson names

  1. In the left column of the Update Module and Lesson Names form click a Module or Lesson

  2. Edit the name in the white box

  3. Click Update

    • You will see your new name in the top of the form

  4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 as needed

  5. When done, click Continue

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A. Notice that each Module ends with an Achievement Activity Lesson

B. You have the option to place all of the Learner Achievement Activities into one Module at the end of your course.

C. You also have the option to close out of this form for now, without generating an outline. You can come back to it later to finish by clicking the Course Structure button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon.

How to sequence Modules and Lessons

  1. In the left box of the Sequence form click a Module or Lesson

  2. Click MOVE

  3. Repeat steps 1 - 2 until all of your Modules and Lessons are moved into the Optimum learning box

    • Multiple items can be moved at the same time. Hold down the "Shift Key" for contiguous selections or the "Control Key" for non-contiguous selections

    • The final required structure is Module and Lesson.

      • All modules must have at least one lesson

      • And every lesson must be attached to a module

  4. Use the MOVE UP and MOVE DOWN buttons as needed

  5. When your sequence list is set, click Validate to check the list against all objective dependencies

  6. When done, click Continue

Text Formatting and Instructional buttons on Learning Design Tool ribbon

How to add details to your course outline

  1. Edit your Course Outline by typing in new content

  2. Use the Text Formatting buttons on the Learning Design Tool ribbon to format your edits

  3. Click in the yellow highlighted text to overwrite it with content based on prompts provided

  4. Within the Lessons, click Select type of instruction to add instructional activities

  5. Click Add Content Block on the Learning Design Tool ribbon to add another instructional activity

    • The new Instructional Content block will insert immediately below where your cursor is sitting

  6. Select the yellow highlighted text in the Data and Resources cell and click Import Data to import information associated with your instructional activity

  7. Select the blue pound signs and in type in Lesson and Module times - in minutes only

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Extract buttons on ribbon

How to Extract your Course Outline and Audit Data

Course Outline

  1. Click Course Outline in the Extract group on the Learning Design Tool ribbon to extract your course outline.

  2. You will be given the option to extract your outline into:

    • An IGST document - requires having the Instructor Guide Scripting Template software installed

    • LeaderGuide Pro - requires having LeaderGuide Pro installed

    • PowerPoint - requires having a new blank PowerPoint presentation open and minimized

    • A Word document

  3. If you have the Audit Tracking function enabled you will see a message about that

  4. When extracting to LeaderGuide Pro please follow all of the prompts

Audit Data

  1. Click Audit Data in the Extract group on the Learning Design Tool ribbon.

  2. You will see a Word document that lists:

    • Design Document Name and Course ID

    • Imported Content Analysis Data - the type, document names and file paths

    • Finalized Learning Objectives

    • Extracted Course Design Documents - the date extracted, documents names and file paths

  3. Save the new Audit Reference file

Extract dialog box
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