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Course plan · Enrolment not openCommunities and communication · Self-paced

Build a community people can join and contribute to

With Shane Rounce

I teach build a community people can join and contribute to 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

Community organisers, tutors and product owners.

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

Design an arrival sequence with examples and an owner for the first response.
Draft group purpose, moderation steps, escalation and member visibility rules.
Maintain a question log, check evidence and link answers back to the conversation.
Define meaningful contribution measures and a feedback loop without exposing private messages.

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

Give newcomers a first action

I explain the decisions behind give newcomers a first action 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: Design an arrival sequence with examples and an owner for the first response.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 1: design an arrival sequence with examples and an owner for the first response. 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

Set useful participation boundaries

I explain the decisions behind set useful participation boundaries 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: Draft group purpose, moderation steps, escalation and member visibility rules.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 2: draft group purpose, moderation steps, escalation and member visibility rules. 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

Turn recurring questions into guides

I explain the decisions behind turn recurring questions into guides 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: Maintain a question log, check evidence and link answers back to the conversation.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 3: maintain a question log, check evidence and link answers back to the conversation. 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

Review community health

I explain the decisions behind review community health 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: Define meaningful contribution measures and a feedback loop without exposing private messages.
How I’ll check your understanding: Submit the working artefact and a short evidence note for module 4: define meaningful contribution measures and a feedback loop without exposing private messages. 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 build a community people can join and contribute to. 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: Design an arrival sequence with examples and an owner for the first response.
Module 2 artefact: Draft group purpose, moderation steps, escalation and member visibility rules.
Module 3 artefact: Maintain a question log, check evidence and link answers back to the conversation.
Module 4 artefact: Define meaningful contribution measures and a feedback loop without exposing private messages.
A concise project brief, source and rights record, evidence log and handover with known limitations.

What good work looks like

Give newcomers a first action: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Set useful participation boundaries: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Turn recurring questions into guides: 20 marks for a correct artefact, justified decisions and repeatable evidence.
Review community health: 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 give newcomers a first action.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for set useful participation boundaries.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for turn recurring questions into guides.
A worked example and a deliberately broken fixture for review community health.
A build a community people can join and contribute to 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 build a community people can join and contribute to.
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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