Content Strategy Difficulty: Intermediate

Generate Tailored Course Ideas and Topic Outlines Based on Expertise and Audience

This prompt directs an expert course creator to generate tailored course ideas and detailed topic outlines based on the user's specified expertise, motivation for course development, and characteristics of the target audience. It guides the creation of multiple course concepts with associated potential topics, enabling structured course planning aligned with user inputs.

The prompt

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Act as a professional course creator with expertise in instructional design and curriculum development. Based on the provided [EXPERTISE], placeholder, [MOTIVATION FOR COURSE DEVELOPMENT], placeholder, and [TARGET AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS, INTERESTS, AND NEEDS], placeholder, create a list of viable course ideas suitable for this context. For each suggested course, generate a detailed outline of potential topics that comprehensively cover the subject matter. Present the output as a structured course ideation framework that supports strategic course development from concept to content planning.

Highlighted text is a blank. Swap it for your own detail before you send the prompt.

What it produces

  • Course Idea: Digital Marketing Fundamentals
  • Topics: SEO Basics, Social Media Strategies, Content Marketing, Analytics and Metrics
  • Course Idea: Introduction to Data Science
  • Topics: Data Analysis, Machine Learning Basics, Data Visualization, Python for Data Science
  • Course Idea: Personal Productivity Mastery
  • Topics: Time Management Techniques, Goal Setting, Focus and Concentration, Tools for Productivity

How to use this prompt

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  1. Copy the prompt

    Use the Copy button above. The whole prompt goes to your clipboard exactly as written. Nothing is trimmed.

  2. Fill in the blanks

    Replace [EXPERTISE] [MOTIVATION FOR COURSE DEVELOPMENT] [TARGET AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS, INTERESTS, AND NEEDS] with your own details. Everything in square brackets is a blank for you to fill in.

  3. Paste it into your assistant

    Checked against ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. It is written as plain instructions, so paste it into whichever of them you already use.

  4. Read the result, then push back

    Compare what you get to the example below. If it is close but not right, say what to change: shorter, warmer, more specific, then ask again in the same conversation.

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