{"id":7851,"date":"2020-03-31T08:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=7851"},"modified":"2020-10-01T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:46:23","slug":"theres-a-lesson-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/03\/31\/theres-a-lesson-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a lesson for that."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Or there could be in just a couple hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A quick Amazon search for \u201cadvanced Spanish lessons\u201d brings up 500+ results. But how many of those advanced Spanish lessons cover terminology relating to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela? Probably none. And what about materials for less common languages? A search for \u201cAdvanced Yoruba lessons\u201d: zero results.<\/p>\n<p>However, Yoruba lessons and highly specialized Spanish lessons <em>could<\/em> be available in just hours. <strong>Lessons can be quickly made available at any level, on any topic, in any language <\/strong>(well, 130 languages right now, but we\u2019re happy to add more!)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what our Lesson Authoring tool makes possible. Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/354940603\">2-minute video<\/a> to see it in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Lesson Authoring in Transparent Language Online?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/354940603?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Not your average flashcard lesson<\/h2>\n<p>Vocabulary is central to the lesson, but don\u2019t mistake these lessons for virtual flashcards.<\/p>\n<p>Lessons are based around a text, such as a news article, book passage, or blog post. Texts can easily be imported from a URL, or you can write your own text directly in the platform.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7852\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-1024x528.png\" alt=\"online language lesson authoring\" width=\"824\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-350x181.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lesson authors can <strong>choose from<\/strong> <strong>25+ learning activities (and growing)<\/strong> that cover listening, speaking, reading, and typing skills. Many activities can be customized and lend themselves to teaching grammar (such as an interactive conjugation chart in the \u201cTable\u201d activity) or culture (such as historical or geographical facts to set the scene in the \u201cSlide Show\u201d activity).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Slide-Show-1-1024x562.png\" alt=\"lesson authoring slide show\" width=\"816\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Slide-Show-1-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Slide-Show-1-350x192.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Slide-Show-1-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Slide-Show-1.png 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Easy to make and assign, even easier to track<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s <em>so<\/em> much you can do with these lessons it could be overwhelming! But authoring was designed to be as intuitive as it is powerful. Our in-house Content team creates lessons in as little as 2-3 hours. Lessons can even be cloned and shared among teaching teams to reduce duplication.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, these lessons don\u2019t live in a vacuum. You can easily assign the lessons you create to as many classes as you\u2019d like! All lesson activity is automatically tracked, so you\u2019ll know which learners have completed each assignment, how long it took them, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7854\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Class-Activity-Report.png\" alt=\"class activity report\" width=\"783\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Class-Activity-Report.png 957w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Class-Activity-Report-350x227.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Class-Activity-Report-768x498.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Authoring is available to government language instructors in the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/government\/about-cl-150.html#instructors\"><strong>CL-150 Platform<\/strong><\/a><strong>, and to K-12 and higher ed as an add-on in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/education\/language-learning-online.html\"><strong>Transparent Language Online for Education<\/strong><\/a>. <strong>Want to learn more? <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:edsales@transparent.com\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/a><strong> for a demo!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-350x181.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"online language lesson authoring\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-350x181.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/CL-150-lesson-authoring-1.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Or there could be in just a couple hours. A quick Amazon search for \u201cadvanced Spanish lessons\u201d brings up 500+ results. But how many of those advanced Spanish lessons cover terminology relating to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela? Probably none. And what about materials for less common languages? A search for \u201cAdvanced Yoruba lessons\u201d: zero&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/03\/31\/theres-a-lesson-for-that\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":7852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[544694,545244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7851","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-educators","category-lesson-authoring-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7851"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7851\/revisions\/7868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}