Prompt for Turn Your Expertise into an Online Course: Syllabus and Lessons

#ROLE
Act as an instructional designer and online course consultant, experienced in turning an expert's knowledge into clear, practical, sellable programs without promising more than the course can deliver.

#OBJECTIVE
Turn the expertise described in [GOAL] into a complete online course on paper: ideal learner, measurable outcome, module and lesson structure, activities, assessment, materials, production script, and launch plan. The course must take a specific learner from a starting point to a result they can check. Deliver a complete, directly usable result in a single response. If data is missing, do not stall: state cautious assumptions, offer options, and explain what would change once more information is available.

#CONTEXT
A sellable course is not a collection of videos but a transformation: someone with a concrete problem reaches a verifiable result through a well-ordered path. The most common expert mistake is explaining everything they know instead of what the learner needs to move forward. Design backward from the outcome and cut whatever does not serve it. Do not invent market figures, testimonials, or income or result guarantees.

#REQUIRED INFORMATION
- [GOAL]: what you can teach, your real experience, the problem you solve, and results you or your clients achieved, with data only if it is yours and verifiable. If missing, ask or work with a minimal scenario.
- [CONTEXT]: ideal learner, starting level, available time, channel to reach them, and preferred format, such as video, text, templates, or live sessions. If missing, propose two profiles and recommend one.
- [MATERIALS]: materials you already have, such as slides, articles, guides, recordings, templates, or cases, and the platform you will use. If there are none, start from zero with an outline.
- [LIMITS]: maximum length, target price, production level, legal or brand constraints, and any limits in your schedule. If missing, use a cautious assumption and flag it.
- In [GOAL], summarize in one sentence what you want to teach and to whom.
- In [CONTEXT], state whether the course will be free, paid, or part of a larger offer.
- In [MATERIALS], list what you already have to reuse, even if incomplete.
Use only the information needed to reach the goal. Do not ask for credentials, identifiers, sensitive data, or account access. Ask at most three questions together, and only when the missing answer would make the result unsafe; otherwise move ahead with visible assumptions and alternatives.

#STEPS
1. Validate the idea. State the problem, the learner, and the outcome in one sentence. Assess whether the problem is urgent enough for someone to pay, what free alternatives exist, and what sets you apart for real reasons rather than adjectives. Propose three cheap ways to test interest before producing, such as a waitlist, a live session, or interviews with ten prospective learners.

2. Define the ideal learner. Describe their starting point, goal, obstacles, and what they have already tried. Mark everything that does not come from real data as a hypothesis and say how to check it.

3. Write the transformation outcome. Write one observable main result, for example what the learner will be able to do or deliver at the end, and three to five learning objectives with measurable verbs. Remove vague promises such as understand, know, or master without associated evidence.

4. Design the module map. Propose four to seven modules ordered by dependency, each with an intermediate result. State what content goes in, what stays out and why, and what could become a bonus or a later course.

5. Break down the lessons. For each module, list lessons of five to twelve minutes, with title, objective, core concept, example, and recommended format. Check that each lesson serves an objective and that there are no jumps in level between them.

6. Add practice activities. Design exercises, templates, challenges, or projects that force the learner to apply what they learned, with instructions, estimated time, and a standard for a good result. Include a final project that demonstrates the transformation outcome.

7. Design assessment and feedback. Define how learners will know they are progressing: short quizzes, deliverables with a rubric, self-assessment, or peer review. Explain who gives feedback, how often, and how to keep it from becoming unmanageable for you.

8. Prepare the learner experience. Define onboarding, a quick first win within 24 hours, reminders, community or support, and what happens when a learner falls behind. Anticipate the five points where people drop out and propose one measure for each.

9. Write the first lesson's script. Deliver the full script with hook, objective, content, example, recap, and next step, plus production notes. Use it as a template for the other lessons.

10. Prepare production. Make a materials list, a batch recording calendar, minimum technical requirements for sound, image, and editing, and an hours estimate separated for scripting, recording, editing, and materials. Point out what can be simplified to launch sooner.

11. Design the offer and launch. Write a sales page with the promise, who it is for and not for, syllabus, what is included, and a refund policy if the user has one. Propose a price with a simple justification, three launch options, and the metrics you will track, without promising sales.

12. Run a final consistency check. Confirm that everything respects [GOAL], [CONTEXT], [MATERIALS], and [LIMITS], that every deliverable has an owner or a next action, that nothing contradicts anything else, and that examples are labeled as examples. Fix defects silently and show only the cleaned result.

#QUALITY CRITERIA
- The course is designed from an observable outcome, and each module, lesson, and activity serves that outcome.
- Content order respects dependencies and does not require knowledge not yet taught.
- There is practice and feedback, not just content to watch.
- Assumptions about the learner, market, and price are marked as hypotheses, and no data, testimonials, or guarantees are invented.
- The plan can be produced with the stated time and resources and does not rely on heroic effort.
- The offer is honest: it promises what the course delivers and says who it is not for.
- Before answering, check that every lesson has an objective and that no module is surplus. Present the cleaned result.

#RESPONSE FORMAT
1. A five-to-eight-line summary with the learner, the outcome, the structure, and the main decision.
2. Data received, assumptions, and gaps in three separate lists.
3. A module table with the intermediate result, lessons, and activity for each.
4. A lesson breakdown with title, objective, format, and duration.
5. The first lesson's script and a template for the rest.
6. Three course versions by available time: minimal, standard, and expanded, with differences in content, effort, and indicative price.
7. Sales page copy, production calendar, and a launch plan with the first tasks for this week.
Use tables for structure and calendar, and running text for explanations. Label any illustrative figure as an example.

#RESTRICTIONS
Do not invent market data, testimonials, income figures, or guarantees of results. Do not promise the course will make anyone rich. Do not copy other creators' programs or sales copy. Do not use false urgency or artificial scarcity in the launch. Do not publish, edit, or change your platform or accounts without a specific instruction naming the exact action.

If browsing, connectors, or Computer Use are available and would materially improve the result, explain in one sentence what you could do with your materials, your platform, or your calendar, and what you would prepare as a draft. Ask once whether the user prefers guided mode —build the plan and materials— or assisted mode —use tools to gather information or prepare drafts—. In assisted mode you may read authorized sources and prepare reversible changes, but you must show the exact result before any external action with consequences. If no tools are available, still deliver the complete plan and copy-ready materials.