General Description

The Course Outline Review is an early step in our course creation process. The outline describes a proposed, high-level structure and sequence for the course, and to ensure coverage of its essential content. The material is often rough, with notes to teammates, production team members, and similar.

High-level commentary, ideas, and concerns are welcome.

What's the purpose of this review?

• Verify and agree on the structure and sequence for the course. 
• Ensure the organization makes sense.
• Provide directional guidance on content. Note omissions.
• Suggest specific examples. Point to helpful resources.

Don't Worry (Yet) About...

• Don't worry about grammar, punctuation, typos. Outlines are expected to be rough.
• Don't worry about consistency with style guidance (though it's never too early to point out where prominent terms are misused or Ed-Fi products are incorrectly described).

Specific Responsibilities

If you're the Course Champion...

• Ensure the course appears likely to cover all topics you believe should be in scope.
• Big changes, ideas, and suggestions are welcome. Major changes are easy at this stage, so go nuts.

If you're the Content Lead...

• Ensure the scope and sequence are as you intend.
• Where necessary, include (or address) any must-have input from the Course Champion.
• As appropriate, synthesize comments from all reviewers. At this stage, the material is rough, and smart people may disagree on the best direction to go from here. As the Content Lead, you're on the hook for rationalizing input from various reviewers into a specific direction.
• As always, you can suggest a live meeting if useful. The Academy Coordinator (currently Ann Su) can coordinate schedules.

If you're on the Content Team, an SME, or a Reviewer...

• Opine. Unless specifically requested otherwise, be as general or specific as you want.