SkillSchool
Web, Learning Management, Sprint Zero, Design
Everyone knows that learning never really stops, but what most don’t realize is that everyone has something they can teach. SkillSchool was created to make curriculum development easier and student assessment faster for everyone from professional teachers to those with a passion to share.
Beginning with the Tanooki Labs Sprint Zero Process, we defined and designed a fully custom learning management system from the ground up that was focused as much on the instructor’s experience in creating and grading a class as it was on the student’s experience of taking a class. Lessons are created with a Medium-style single column editor that is simple and straightforward to sue. With a fully bespoke Assignment module in the class builder, creating assignments is simple and submitting them for grading is intuitive. Grading in particular was taken from a tedious task to something that can be quickly accomplished while standing in line for a coffee.
The SkillSchool model is based on the idea that creating and sharing classes should be as simple as possible, so not only can anyone be an instructor, but in the spirit of Github repositories, each class can be duplicated by another organization and taught there helping to make teaching (and learning) viral.
““Tanooki Labs brought their passion and commitment to the process of building SkillSchool. Every week I looked forward to reviewing the process and doing the strategy work with the team to make SkillSchool a great experience for instructors. “”
— BRE PETTIS, FOUNDER