Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Lesson 3.1: Writing learning objectives Updated Markdown page
Write learning objectives that say what a learner can do after a lesson, observable, testable and tied to a real task in Exponential, and use them to choose content, exercises and quiz questions. 40 minutes.
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Module 4: Delivering a course Updated Markdown page
The fourth module of Train the trainer, the first hour, safe demonstrations, unknown answers, troubleshooting in class, security and privacy, and self-help habits. Six lessons, 4 hours 15 minutes.
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Lesson 4.2: Demonstrating safely Updated Markdown page
Demonstrate Exponential on a projector without leaking anything, a clean demo installation, invented content, no passwords or personal data on screen, a prepared machine, and a plan for when the demo breaks. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 4.6: Helping learners help themselves Updated Markdown page
Teach learners the habits that keep them independent after the course, the "?" context help, the Help center search, keyboard shortcuts, the error reference, and how to ask the community a good question. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 4.3: Questions you cannot answer Updated Markdown page
Handle questions beyond your knowledge honestly, say so, look it up with the learner in the Help center or the code, park it on a question board, and answer after the course with a source. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 4.1: Running the first hour Updated Markdown page
Open a course so that everyone is signed in, safe and oriented within the first hour, introductions, the lab check, the first sign-in, changing the generated password, and finding the Help center. 60 minutes.
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Lesson 4.5: Security and privacy in class Updated Markdown page
Keep a course safe, training installations bound to the local machine, no shared administrator accounts, test addresses at example.invalid, no real data, passwords that meet the rules, security problems reported…
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Lesson 4.4: Troubleshooting in class Updated Markdown page
Fix the problems that stop learners most often, permissions, a maintenance page, stale caches, a lost password, with the troubleshooting chapter, the logs and the log viewer, without stopping the room. 50 minutes.
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Module 5: Accessibility and inclusion Updated Markdown page
The fifth module of Train the trainer, accessible materials, the accessible administration, languages and right to left, and accommodations. Four lessons, 2 hours 30 minutes.
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Lesson 5.1: Accessible course materials Updated Markdown page
Make slides, handouts and exercises usable by everyone, real text instead of pictures of text, alt text, contrast, headings, readable code, and the help pages' own PDFs as accessible handouts. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 5.4: Accommodations and inclusive practice Updated Markdown page
Plan for every learner, ask about needs before the course, offer materials in advance, pace for different speeds, pair work, breaks, and fair assessment with accommodations, without collecting more personal information…
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Lesson 5.3: Languages and right to left in class Updated Markdown page
Teach in the learners' language, switch the administration's Interface language, explain translation completeness honestly, and show a right-to-left interface, with a test account. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 5.2: Teaching with the accessible administration Updated Markdown page
Show learners the accessibility features of the administration, keyboard use, the skip link, color mode, column widths and browser zoom, so every learner can work in the way that suits them. 40 minutes.
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Module 6: Assessment and follow-up Updated Markdown page
The sixth module of Train the trainer, checking understanding, end-of-course assessments, feedback, certificates in the trainer's own name, and the follow-up. Five lessons, 2 hours 40 minutes.
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Lesson 6.5: After the course Updated Markdown page
Keep learners going after the last day, a follow-up message with sources, the community channels, the next course, the way from user to contributor, and the trainer's own clean-up and improvements. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 6.4: Certificates of attendance in your own name Updated Markdown page
Issue a certificate of attendance or completion that is honest, in your own or your organization's name, naming the course, its topics and duration, without any claim of official status from 7x or the Exponential…
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Lesson 6.1: Checking understanding during class Updated Markdown page
Find out during the course, not after it, whether learners can do what the objectives say, the expected-result check, show-me questions, quick polls and the one-minute summary. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 6.3: Collecting feedback Updated Markdown page
Improve every course with feedback that needs no personal data, three questions (what worked, what was hard, what next), anonymous collection, and turning the answers into changes to the course and fixes to the help. 30…
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Lesson 6.2: Quizzes and practical tasks Updated Markdown page
Assess at the end of a course with questions and tasks that match the objectives, written questions with sourced answers, practical tasks on a training installation, and a simple rubric, presented as the trainer's own…
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Trainer FAQ Updated Markdown page
Short answers to the questions trainers ask most, about certification, licensing, versions, labs, accounts, mail, languages, accessibility and keeping the material up to date, each with the page that explains it.