Education
Preparing slides, teaching notes and a quiz for the same lesson
I used Codex on Windows to connect a lesson plan with diagrams, teaching notes and student questions. Separating what students see from what I explain gave each file a clear purpose.
The problem
Slides alone would not prepare my explanations and students’ checks for understanding.
My approach
I planned the lesson first, then gave diagrams, notes, teaching documents and quizzes distinct roles.
What changed
I retained a connected package of 20 main slides, 41 appendix slides, teaching material and quizzes.
BUILD DETAILS
Build details & ideas to reuse
01Decide what belongs in the lesson
I planned the introductory architecture-law lesson as 16 slides: purpose, definitions, the legal hierarchy, four examples, a search exercise and a closing quiz. I put timing, explanations and sources in speaker notes for a planned 50-minute class.
02Put images in teaching order
I split a city image into four views—site, road, surroundings and users—to match the explanation. On another slide, I reduced 18 content boxes to three summaries and moved the detail into notes. I also checked text overflow and the template after revisions.
03Give each file a job
For the next lesson I prepared a detailed teaching document, 20 main slides, 41 appendix slides of source provisions, and separate student questions and answers. The 61-slide presentation has 61 speaker notes. The document carries explanation, the main deck carries the lesson, and the appendix provides reference material.
04Build from the package already prepared
I refined the teaching document with explanations of building lines, balconies and area calculations. Before using the package in another class, I plan to review the applicable law and rendered layout. The approach I can reuse is to design the lesson, student material, speaking notes and assessment together while giving each file a clear role.
Scope and things to consider
This account covers my teaching and quiz files and the retained 61-slide presentation. It excludes the unfinished later redesign. The later NotebookLM-based slide redesign stopped at a browser connection problem.