Hasty Treat - Building Curriculum for Courses

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss how they create courses, design and build curriculum, as well as insights and best practices for content creation.

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Show Notes

4:32 - Wes’ process

• Figure out what to make
• Build the thing you’re teaching in the course
• Have it reviewed by experts
• Simplify and create a linear flow for what you’re teaching

16:25 - Scott’s process

• Chose a topic
• Build the thing
• Create the outline as you go
• Have goals in mind, for individual topics
• Record with final code open

28:25 - How to get started

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