Outline Your Skillshare Class

Video Lesson Outline

Class Title: Sew a “baby doll” without pattern – for complete beginners
Best practices:
● Be specific
○ Keep your title to 30 -70 characters
● Incorporate keywords relevant to your class
○ Topic, skills or techniques, tools, project, takeaways
● Use proper capitalization

Class Description
Your class description is a brief overview of your class and should cover:
- What the class is about and a few of the skills students will learn
- An overview of the class project
- Who the class is geared toward or if any prior knowledge or experience is required

In this class, I going to teach how to make a baby doll.

Students will learn how do make a simple pattern, using a piece of clothing as reference.
They will also learn some simple and basic sewing techniques that they can use in both simple and
advanced projects.
The class is for complete beginners on sewing who want something easy and fast to get started. No previous
experience is required and anyone can do it.

Outlining your class is one of the best ways to ensure your video lessons are well organized and engaging.

Tips & Best Video Lesson Video Format Video Length Talking Points & Key Concepts
Practices Title

*Add as many video Give each video Examples: Video lessons Skillshare classes are typically 20-60
lessons as you need. lesson a clear, Talking Head, are 2-5 minutes, minutes in total length. Each video lesson
To add more rows: concise title. Physical Demo, on average. can include: a demonstration of
Right click > Insert Screencast and techniques, definition of concepts,
row Slides. Aim to examples and your unique perspective!
vary your video
format every 1 -
2 minutes to
 keep your
audience
engaged.

In the first video, give Introduction Talking Head, 2”

a brief (<4 min) Physical Demo,
overview of who you
are, what you'll be
teaching, what
students will learn
and why this class is
important. For a more
complete intro video
template, head here.

In this second video Material Physical Demo, 2’’ Sewing Machine, Fabric, Scissor,
I’m going to show Linha, Viés (opcional).
student’s the material
they are going to use.

Part 3 – Planing and Pattern Physical Demo, 5’’ Show the croqui, and the planner.
making a Pattern Show how to use other pieces of
clothing as reference.
Ressaltar que alterações podem ser
feitas.

Part 4 – Cutting the Cutting the II 2’’ After the pattern is done, I’ll show sts
fabric fabric how to cut the fabric.

Top Sewing the top II 5’’ Acabamento (costura francesa e viés)

Short Sewing the 5’’ Elastic, barra, costura francesa.

short

Ending Your turn! 3’’ Mostrar o resultado, ressaltar que

alterações podem ser feitas no molde,
é só usar a imaginação.
Falar sbre o class project (fazer um
worksheet com o passo a passo
resumido em pdf *exemplo:
https://www.skillshare.com/classes/P
aper-to-Digital-Watercolor-Brush-
Lettering/366493432/project-guide) e
que eles devem mostrar o resultado.

Class Project

All Skillshare classes include a class project that prompts students to put their new skills to action. Come up with an
exercise or assignment that students can easily complete. Learning more about crafting a class project here.

Project Description
Start with a concise sentence that summarizes the entire project. Follow with a few lines or a brief paragraph
explaining the details of the project in more depth. What will students need to do to complete the project? If
appropriate, you can share a step-by-step list of instructions.
 Wrap up the class project description by describing exactly what the finished project will look like, what format it
should be in, etc… Finally, encourage your students to share their project in the class project gallery.

First Step: Download the planner and the review worksheet.

Second: After Planning and reviewing the lessons, start your project (if you have any question, is a good idea to
watch the video again).

Third: Share the picture of your project!

START YOUR PROJECT as soon as you've watched the Supplies and Inspiration video. Share
your inspiration images in the Project Gallery.

Helpful Links:
Class Publishing Checklist
Teacher Handbook
Class Merchandising Guide
Teach Challenge

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