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Business email, DNS and migration that preserves delivery

With Shane Rounce

I teach business email, DNS and migration that preserves delivery through a practical project, worked examples and checks that another person can repeat. This is a complete course plan; lesson recordings, workbooks and delivery are still to be produced.

4 weeks16 learning hoursSelf-paced

I’m developing this course as part of Learn Courses. This is the full teaching plan, ready to review before I produce the lessons and open enrolment.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Who I’m building this for

Technical generalists and business administrators.

Before you begin

A computer with a current browser and permission to use the project material.
Basic familiarity with the subject and the ability to prepare and share a small digital project.
No client records, credentials or production changes are needed for the exercises.

PROPOSED COURSE FEE

£99

Provisional planning figure, not an approved price or an offer for sale. I have assumed reusable self-paced lessons and bounded support. Production effort, access period, assessment support and tax treatment need confirming before sale.

Planning price only. Enrolment is closed and no payment is taken.

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The sample is fictional. It is separate from this course’s future lessons.

A PRACTICAL NEXT STEP

What you’ll be able to do

Map mailboxes, shared addresses, forwards, domain access and retention needs.
Explain and test MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC on a sandbox domain.
Move sample mail and verify inbound, outbound and shared-address behaviour.
Check form acceptance, message submission and received mail as distinct outcomes.

THE TEACHING PLAN

Your next 4 weeks

A clear route through the subject, with something to make, test or reflect on at every stage.

MODULE 1

Inventory the mail service

I explain the decisions behind inventory the mail service using worked examples, a deliberately broken case and a corrected version. The lesson distinguishes what the evidence establishes from what still needs checking.

Your practical activity: Map mailboxes, shared addresses, forwards, domain access and retention needs.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 1: map mailboxes, shared addresses, forwards, domain access and retention needs. Include the initial state, the chosen change, a meaningful failure case and the result of the check. I review whether the evidence supports the conclusion and return specific revisions where it does not.

MODULE 2

Configure authenticated sending

I explain the decisions behind configure authenticated sending using worked examples, a deliberately broken case and a corrected version. The lesson distinguishes what the evidence establishes from what still needs checking.

Your practical activity: Explain and test MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC on a sandbox domain.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 2: explain and test MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC on a sandbox domain. Include the initial state, the chosen change, a meaningful failure case and the result of the check. I review whether the evidence supports the conclusion and return specific revisions where it does not.

MODULE 3

Pilot a reversible migration

I explain the decisions behind pilot a reversible migration using worked examples, a deliberately broken case and a corrected version. The lesson distinguishes what the evidence establishes from what still needs checking.

Your practical activity: Move sample mail and verify inbound, outbound and shared-address behaviour.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 3: move sample mail and verify inbound, outbound and shared-address behaviour. Include the initial state, the chosen change, a meaningful failure case and the result of the check. I review whether the evidence supports the conclusion and return specific revisions where it does not.

MODULE 4

Follow a form to its destination

I explain the decisions behind follow a form to its destination using worked examples, a deliberately broken case and a corrected version. The lesson distinguishes what the evidence establishes from what still needs checking.

Your practical activity: Check form acceptance, message submission and received mail as distinct outcomes.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 4: check form acceptance, message submission and received mail as distinct outcomes. Include the initial state, the chosen change, a meaningful failure case and the result of the check. I review whether the evidence supports the conclusion and return specific revisions where it does not.

PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Your final project

Build and document a complete practical project for business email, DNS and migration that preserves delivery. Use an invented organisation or an expressly permitted personal project, join the four module artefacts into one coherent result and demonstrate a normal journey, a failure state and a recovery or revision.

What you’ll produce

Module 1 artefact: Map mailboxes, shared addresses, forwards, domain access and retention needs.
Module 2 artefact: Explain and test MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC on a sandbox domain.
Module 3 artefact: Move sample mail and verify inbound, outbound and shared-address behaviour.
Module 4 artefact: Check form acceptance, message submission and received mail as distinct outcomes.
A concise project brief, source and rights record, evidence log and handover with known limitations.

What good work looks like

Inventory the mail service: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Configure authenticated sending: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Pilot a reversible migration: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Follow a form to its destination: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Integration and handover: 20 marks for a coherent project, source acknowledgement, appropriate access and a clear explanation of remaining limits. Pass requires at least 70/100 and correction of any privacy, access or destructive-operation defect before completion.

Resources for your learning

A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for inventory the mail service.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for configure authenticated sending.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for pilot a reversible migration.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for follow a form to its destination.
A business email, dns and migration that preserves delivery workbook with evidence prompts and the capstone marking sheet.
A transcript, caption file and text-first lesson version for every recording.
A downloadable source-and-rights checklist and a sample completed project handover.

A course you can access

Provide edited captions, transcripts and a text-first route through every lesson.
Use keyboard-operable exercises, visible focus, legible contrast and no essential autoplay or motion.
Supply downloadable instructions and low-bandwidth alternatives; avoid timed assessment as a default.
Offer equivalent written evidence where live attendance or spoken presentation is a barrier and document support before enrolment.

FINISH WITH SOMETHING USEFUL

How you’ll complete the course

Submit all four module artefacts and respond to assessment feedback.
Complete the capstone at 70/100 or above with no unresolved access, privacy or destructive-operation defect.
Explain a meaningful failure case and the limits of the result in the evidence log.
Completion records describe assessed participation; I am not claiming external accreditation.

Completion will describe the work you have done. No external accreditation or professional qualification is claimed.

BEFORE I OPEN ENROLMENT

What I still need to finish

I’ll turn this plan into a delivered course once the teaching material and the learning service are ready.

Produce and editorially review the four lessons, worked examples, broken fixtures and marking guidance for business email, dns and migration that preserves delivery.
Build and test the course-specific workbook and capstone reference project using synthetic or permitted material.
Pilot the complete learner journey, including mobile, keyboard, captions, assessment feedback and recovery from interrupted access.
Approve the actual price, tax treatment, refund terms, access period, support boundaries and any cohort dates before accepting payment.
Implement and test authentication, server-side paid entitlements, webhook reconciliation, private asset access and tenant isolation before unlocking paid lessons.
Confirm tutor availability, feedback turnaround, moderation responsibilities and capacity before advertising tutor-led support.
Review source licences, sample rights and current official technical guidance before recording or publishing the material.

The ideas behind the course

My published articles are background reading for this plan. The full lessons, activities and assessment material still need producing.

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