Why create lessons?

Creating lessons is a great way to test your own kowledge as well a share your knowledge with others. Everybody has something to teach... you probably teach many things everyday and don't even realise.

Create a lesson

1. Sign in


2. Then you can click on one of the Create lesson links

3. Enter the lesson summary details.The Title and Description will appear in the summary when shown in listings. The Tag information will assist finding your lesson in a search


4. Use the Editor to add the lesson body

*part editor shown above

Some useful buttons include:

Insert Image: (insert URL of images from external sites)

Embed Resource: (embed code for flash resources like video, documents and audio)

(Find out more about adding resources at our adding resources lesson)

Maximise Editor: (maximises the editor to full screen for easier editing)

Adding a link: (select text for the link and click this button to as link address)

5. Select a Classroom by choosing from a:

• Current Classroom (select one your current classrooms),




• Select classroom (search and select a public classroom to add your lesson too)




• or create a New Class

Learn more about the types of classrooms in this lesson

6. Click Publish to make your lesson live or Draft to come back later to make further changes before publishing

NOTE: If you are likely to take more then a few hour to create a lesson then it is best to DRAFT the lesson. This way any information will not be lost if you are logged out.

Manage Lessons

1. Lessons can be manged from My Desk tab in Management menu. This enable you to edit, remove or change the classroom allocation.

2. Lessons can also be managed from the Lesson page by clicking the edit or remove button

Where do i go from here?

Well try making your own lesson. In what? Well the best place to start is a lesson in what you enjoy or in a skill you would like to promote.

• Do you like taking photos? - then share how to take photos in poor light.


• Are you are gardener by trade? - then tell us why some plants grow well in the shade


• Are you looking for a job? - then show the world what you can do and how and why you do it.

Teach em a lesson!