Make my lesson notes easier to read - fold sections away, add email links, number the steps
Your lesson notes are the written half of each lesson. They can do more than plain paragraphs, and a little structure makes a long lesson much easier to read on a phone.
The prompt
“In the [lesson name] lesson of my [course name] course, fold the [section name] part away behind a heading learners can tap to open, and make the email address a link.”
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What notes can hold
- Headings to break a lesson into parts.
- Bulleted and numbered lists. A numbered list keeps its numbers even when the steps are split up by explanation between them.
- Tables, for comparisons and timetables.
- Quotes, which show as a callout box.
- Pictures from your media library or the web.
- Links to web pages, to other pages on your site, to an email address, or to another part of the same lesson.
- Fold-away sections. A heading learners tap to open. They are good for sources, extra reading, practice tasks and frequently asked questions, which most learners skip and some learners need.
Fold-away sections
Ask for them in your own words: “put the sources at the end behind a heading called Sources and further reading”, or “turn the questions at the bottom into a list learners can open one at a time”. Bernard writes the section markers for you. Each section starts closed.
If learners ever see text like [[accordion: Sources]] on the page, the
marker is sitting inside a sentence. Ask Bernard to put it on a line of its
own and it folds.
When changes show
Changes to notes reach enrolled learners the next time they open the lesson. There is nothing to publish. Your free taster lesson is the one exception: it is a public page, so it updates when you approve your next publish.
Questions people ask
- Can part of a lesson fold away until a learner opens it?
- Yes. Ask Bernard to put a section behind a heading, such as ‘Sources and further reading’ or ‘Try it yourself’. Learners see the heading with a plus sign and tap it to open the section. Several sections in a row stack neatly, like a list of questions.
- My learners see [[accordion: ...]] in brackets instead of a folding section. Why?
- Until 21 September 2026 the fold only worked when the marker line had an empty line above and below it. Written with the content straight after it, the brackets printed as text. That is fixed, and every lesson written that way now folds properly with no change needed from you. If you still see brackets, the marker is probably in the middle of a sentence, which is treated as ordinary words. Ask Bernard to put it on its own line.
- Can I link an email address in my notes?
- Yes. Ask Bernard to make an address a link and learners can tap it to start an email, with a subject line if you want one. A link can also jump to another part of the same lesson. Links to web pages open in a new tab, so the lesson stays open behind them.
- My numbered steps all say 1. How do I fix that?
- When steps are split up by other text, each one used to start again at 1. Now a list that starts at 2 or higher keeps its number, so step 3 still reads 3 after a paragraph of explanation.
- Can I style my lesson notes differently?
- Yes. Your notes sit inside your site’s own course styling, which Bernard can change for you. Tell Bernard what you want, for example bigger quotes or a coloured box around tips, and it changes the look for every lesson on the site.
- Do changes to notes go live straight away?
- For enrolled learners, yes. Lesson notes are read fresh each time a learner opens a lesson, so there is no approve step for them. The free taster lesson is a public page and updates at your next publish.