What is the Lesson Wizard?
The Lesson Wizard is a step-by-step guide that helps you create complete lesson packages. After generating your lesson plan, the wizard walks you through creating all supporting materials: exercises, quizzes, rubrics, exit tickets, differentiation strategies, homework, and discussion questions.
Getting Started with the Wizard
Step 1: Generate Your Lesson Plan
Start by creating a lesson plan using the Lesson Planner. Once generated, you'll automatically enter the Lesson Wizard.
Step 2: Review Your Lesson Plan
The first step shows your complete lesson plan. Review it to ensure it meets your needs. You'll see:
- Success message confirming generation
- Full lesson plan with objectives, stages, resources, and glossary
- Options to continue to exercises or skip the wizard
Navigating Through the Wizard
The wizard includes 8 steps:
- Lesson Plan: Review your generated lesson
- Exercises: Generate practice activities
- Quiz: Create assessment questions
- Rubric: Generate grading criteria
- Exit Ticket: Create quick assessments
- Differentiation: Generate strategies for diverse learners
- Homework: Create reinforcing assignments
- Discussion: Generate engaging questions
Using the Progress Bar
The wizard features a visual progress bar that shows:
- Your completion percentage (e.g., "25% Complete")
- All 8 steps with visual indicators
- Completed steps marked with checkmarks
- Current step highlighted in orange
Generating Content
For each step:
- Click "Generate [Component]" to create content
- Wait for the loading indicator (spinner) to complete
- Review the generated content
- Continue to the next step or skip if not needed
Skipping Steps
You can skip any step you don't need:
- Click "Skip" to move to the next step
- Skipped steps are marked as completed in the progress bar
- You can always generate skipped components later
Completing the Wizard
When you finish the last step (Discussion), you'll see:
- A completion page with all generated content
- Tabs to review each component
- Options to view the full lesson or create another
Accessing Your Complete Package
All wizard-generated content is saved together. You can:
- View everything in the lesson view page
- Access individual components from tabs
- Export the complete package to Word (DOCX)
- Use the package as a template for future lessons
Tips for Success
- Use the progress bar to track your completion
- Review each generated component before moving forward
- Skip steps you'll create manually
- Take advantage of the visual feedback (loading indicators, success messages)
Troubleshooting
If you encounter issues:
- Refresh the page if content doesn't generate
- Check your internet connection
- Try skipping and returning to a step later
- Contact support if problems persist