Taking a course with a trainer #

The help contains complete courses for trainers, built from modules and lessons, with exercises and quizzes (Trainers: start here). If you take one of these courses, this page helps you get the most out of it. If you study alone, you can still read every lesson.

Contents #

1. The courses
2. How a course is built
3. Before the course
4. During the course
5. Assessments and certificates
6. After the course
7. Finding a trainer

The courses #

A selection from the Course catalogue:

The catalogue lists the rest (Exponential Intelligence, Search, Multisite and site packages, Newsletters, Hosting and operations, Migrating to Exponential) and a suggested order.

How a course is built #

Course    a course overview: who it is for, the modules, a reading path, schedules
  Module    a module overview: the lessons, preparing the module, a timing plan
    Lesson    one page: at a glance, objectives, trainer's notes, exercise, expected result, quiz, further reading

Source: How a course is built on the trainers' start page. Each lesson has a duration that includes its exercise, and ends with a quiz and its answers.

Before the course #

• Read the course overview: who it is for, the outcome, the prerequisites.
• Check what the trainer asks you to bring. In Editors 101, for example, learners need "a computer with a current browser; no knowledge of Exponential" (Editors 101).
• Do the matching steps of your learning path to arrive with questions (Choosing a learning path).
• Start a study journal for the course.

During the course #

• Do every exercise yourself, on the training installation, in your own folder or on your own site. Trainers use training installations, never live sites or real customer data (Trainers: start here).
• Compare with the expected result of each lesson; ask when yours differs.
• Use test addresses at example.invalid; no exercise should send mail to a real person.
• Note the lesson page of each exercise, so you can repeat it later.

Assessments and certificates #

Many courses end with a written test and a practical task, and longer programs with a capstone (Assessments and practical exercises). They are the trainer's own assessment. If you pass, the trainer may give you a certificate of completion in their own name; if you attended, a certificate of attendance. Neither is an official certification by 7x or the Exponential Foundation; official certifications are planned but not available yet (Certifications and certificates).

You have a right to fair treatment: the assessment lessons ask trainers to give accommodations where needed and to give feedback on results (Accommodations in assessment, Giving feedback on results). If you need an accommodation, tell the trainer before the assessment.

After the course #

• Answer each lesson's quiz again a week later (How to study with the help).
• Do the matching study projects on your own site.
• Take the next course in the suggested order, or follow your learning path.
• Join the community channels the trainer points to (Asking for help and study groups).

Finding a trainer #

The help does not keep a list of trainers. Training centers appear in the partner program's Distribution profile, and what makes a course "official" is not published: "to be defined by the Foundation (or 7x)" (Training partners). Ask:

• your school, university or employer, who may run courses from this material;
• the community channels (Community channels);
• the partner team, for partners who train (https://exponential.earth/partner/contact-us).

If you become good at this, you can teach it yourself: Train the trainer.

Related pages #

• Trainers: start here
• Course catalogue
• Certifications and certificates
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.