⚠️ As a general rule, don’t include personal information in your lessons. The only exception might be your name as the author of a lesson if you want to make clear your ownership of copyright. This is done using metadata.

📝 Writing lessons

Lessons are written in plain text and comprise a number of problems. Refer to the Lesson format guidance for details.

You have three ways to create your own lessons.

• Create lessons directly in your local library.
• Use an external editor and save lessons on your local file system.
• Use an external editor and import lessons into your local library.

Using the local library

1. From the home page, select Open local library.
2. Select the lesson you want to edit.
3. From the lesson summary, select Edit.
4. Create your lesson and select Save.
5. Select Close editor.
6. When you are returned to the lesson summary, select Play lesson.

Using the file system

1. Create a lesson using your preferred text editor.
2. Make sure you include a title at the top of the file. This should be written using the title metadata like this: title: my title here.
3. Save it to your local file system.
4. From the home page of RapidQandA, select Open lesson from file system.
5. Browse to select the required lesson.
6. From the lesson summary, select Play lesson.

Importing into the local library

1. Create a lesson using your preferred text editor.
2. Save it to your local file system.
3. From the home page of RapidQandA, select Open local library.
4. Select the slot you want to use.
5. Select Edit.
6. Select Import.
7. Select Close editor.
8. When you are returned to the lesson summary, select Play lesson.