Course Outline to Module

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name: course-outline-to-module
description: Use this skill when the user asks Claude to outline a course, structure modules and lessons, turn knowledge into curriculum, or decide how to structure a course. Trigger when the user mentions knowing a topic and wanting to teach it, building a course, or phrases like 'help me structure my course into modules.' This skill helps produce a curriculum outline organized around outcomes.
compatibility: Claude.ai, Claude Desktop
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# Course Outline to Module

## Purpose
Turn a topic or body of knowledge into a structured curriculum on one fixed format, so every course is built around outcomes and a student always knows what each module delivers.

## When to Use This Skill
Use it to design or restructure a course, workshop, or training program.

## When Not to Use This Skill
Do not use it to write the full lesson content or scripts (it produces the structure). Do not use it without a topic and target student.

## Required Inputs
- The topic.
- The target student and their starting level.
- The transformation the course promises.
- The format (video, text, cohort) and rough length.

## Workflow
1. If the source is a brain dump or transcript, extract the structure first.
2. State the course promise and the assumed starting point.
3. Sequence modules by what a student must learn first, each with its outcome.
4. Break each module into lessons, each with one objective and key points.
5. Add a capstone or action step that proves the transformation.

## Output Format
Return the curriculum: Course Promise and Starting Point, Modules (title, outcome, lessons), per-lesson objective and key points, and a Capstone or action step. Produce a doc on request; otherwise inline.

## Quality Standards
- Sequenced by learning dependency, not by what is easiest to teach.
- Every module and lesson states an outcome.
- Each lesson holds one objective.
- Uses contractions, no em dashes, no hype.

## Edge Cases
If the topic is huge, scope it to one clear transformation rather than covering everything. If the starting level is unknown, ask; a course pitched at the wrong level loses students.

## Safety and Limitations
Do not present the outline as guaranteeing results; it structures teaching, not outcomes.

## Test Prompts
1. I know email marketing cold and want to turn it into a course for beginner ecommerce owners. Help me structure it into modules and lessons with clear outcomes.
2. Here's a brain dump of everything I teach about freelance pricing. Turn it into a logical curriculum with a capstone, for intermediate freelancers.
3. Structure a 4-week cohort course on AI for real estate agents. Assume they're not technical. Sequence the modules so each one builds on the last.

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Trigger Phrases

• "I know email marketing cold and want to turn it into a course for beginner ecommerce owners. Help me structure it into modules and lessons with clear outcomes."
• "Here's a brain dump of everything I teach about freelance pricing. Turn it into a logical curriculum with a capstone, for intermediate freelancers."
• "Structure a 4-week cohort course on AI for real estate agents. Assume they're not technical. Sequence the modules so each one builds on the last."