Using the Guidebook Design Template as You Start

Add modules & lessons as the second step in starting a new Facilitator Guide.

Overview

After you set up and Save your new Facilitator Guide:

You will use the GUIDEBOOK DESIGN TEMPLATE to:

  • Add the names of your course outline topics and subtopics.

    • Your topics will become the Modules in your facilitator guide

    • Your subtopics will become the Lessons within your Modules

  • LeaderGuide Pro will use this information to set up pages you will use to begin building out your Facilitator Guide.

All LeaderGuide Pro Facilitator Guides are structured with:

The same three sections:

  • A Cover page, an Acknowledgements page and a Table of Contents

  • An Introduction/Preparation section

  • The Instructional content, which is organized into Modules and Lessons (your topics and subtopics)

This is what you will see after saving your new facilitator guide ...

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If you click Cancel instead of OK:

  • A basic facilitator guide will be provided.

  • It will include one new Module page and one new Lesson page.

This is the Guidebook Design Template

You will use this to build the initial Module and Lesson structure of your new Facilitator Guide.

  • Each Module will start on it's own page.

  • The module's Lessons will follow, with each new Lesson starting on a new page.

If you do not have an outline ready to work with:

  • Choose one of the course outlines we provide.

  • This will help you see how a facilitator guide is set up.

Once in your new facilitator guide, you can:

  • Edit the Module & Lesson names, Goals and Times.

  • Add more Modules and Lessons.

Follow these Steps

Step 1

Select one of the Design Template options provided.

  • Your selection will populate the white box to the right of the template options.

  • These options are provided as starting points.

  • You will use the white box area to edit your selection, if desired.

Note:

  • You can SAVE your edited template.

  • Any saved templates will be available to you in the future.

  • Simply select the last option in the templates list: My Custom Templates.

Select Design Template

 

Step 2

Edit to customize

Use the table in the white box to edit the Design Template you selected.

  • The first row of the table must always contain a Module name and a Module Goal placeholder.   

  • Module names (your topics) must be left justified.

  • Lesson names (your subtopics) must be indented at least one space.

  • To edit the default text, simply type over it.

You can insert, delete, reorder, and edit any of the Module and Lesson rows.  

  • The information you enter here can be further edited once you are in your new facilitator guide. 

  • Use the Up, Down, Insert, and Delete buttons to reorder or replace any row in the table.

If you are not ready to enter Module Goals or Lesson Times at this point:

  • Leave the Goal and Time prompts in place. LeaderGuide Pro will deal with it appropriately.

  • Do not leave any blank lines in your outline.

Edit Course Outline

Optionally, you can add a goal for each Module, which will appear on the Module Overview pages in your Facilitator Guide.

  • To add a goal, double-click on the left curly bracket of the “{Module Goal}” prompt.

  • Keep the goal to one sentence. The table cell automatically resizes so you can easily review the text you entered.

You can also optionally add time, in minutes, for each Lesson.

  • The time should be your actual planned time for delivering the lesson’s content. It can be edited in your facilitator guide.

  • Lesson time must be entered as a numeric value. For example: If your lesson time is 2 hours, enter 120. 

Step 3

Once you are done editing:

  1. If desired, click the Save icon to save a copy of this course outline for future use.

  2. To use a saved outline, click My Custom Templates. 

  3. Click OK to transfer the outline into your new facilitator guide. 

    1. LeaderGuide Pro will check your template structure and tell you if a problem exists, so that you can correct the problem and try again.

    2. All the new modules and lessons from your outline are added into your new facilitator guide in the correct location.

    3. In your new facilitator guide, the Table of Contents is updated and the Training at a Glance page is populated. 

  4.  If you click CANCEL 

    1. Your new facilitator guide is simply populated with one “New Module” page followed by one “New Lesson” page.

    2. Once in your new facilitator guide, use the New Module and New Lesson buttons on the LeaderGuide Pro ribbon to add more modules and lessons.

Final steps Guidebook Design Template

 

Step 4

After you click OK or CANCEL
You will have the option to add PowerPoint.

  • If you click YES, you will be guided through the slide import process.

  • If you click NO, you will see a message that your new Facilitator Guide is ready.

Are you ready to add slides