Design a course delivered over WhatsApp
A messaging-first course plan with bite-size lessons, a sending schedule, engagement tactics, and assessments that work in chat.
The prompt
Help me design a course that runs entirely over WhatsApp (or a similar messaging app).
Topic and outcome: [what learners should be able to do by the end]
Learners: [who they are, their devices, data costs, literacy and language]
Group size and format: [one-to-one broadcast / community group / small cohorts]
Length and pace: [e.g. "3 weeks, one lesson a day"]
My tools: [regular app / business app / automation or chatbot tool / none]
Free or paid: [and how people sign up]
Plan:
1. Curriculum: modules and daily lessons, each with one clear objective.
2. Lesson format: what each lesson looks like in chat - a short text, a voice note under 2 minutes, an image or short video, and one task. Keep files small for low-data users.
3. Schedule: what goes out when, plus reminders and catch-up messages for people who fall behind.
4. Engagement: prompts for replies, peer discussion rules, accountability, and how I'll keep the group from getting noisy.
5. Assessment and feedback: quick quizzes, voice or photo submissions, and how I'll give feedback without being overwhelmed.
6. Operations: onboarding message, group rules, opt-out handling, moderation, and accessibility.
7. Privacy: members' phone numbers are visible in groups - recommend options to protect them and how to get consent.
Return a course overview, a day-by-day schedule table (Day | Objective | Message content | Format | Learner task), the first 3 lessons written out, and the welcome message.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- what learners should be able to do by the end
- one-to-one broadcast / community group / small cohorts
- e.g. "3 weeks, one lesson a day"
- and how people sign up
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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