Teachers & educators
Plan a unit you can see all at once.
Map the concepts, lessons, and resources for a unit on one board, then share it with students or colleagues.
Start from what students should understand.
A unit plan written as a list hides how the ideas depend on each other. On a board, put the big question in the middle, the key concepts around it, and draw arrows from the ones students need first to the ones that build on them.
Each concept can get its own nested board for the lessons that teach it, so the main board stays a one-screen overview of the whole unit.
Keep the resources next to the lesson.
Drop the slide deck, the worksheet PDF, the video and the article for each lesson beside its plan. YouTube and Vimeo links play on the board, and documents open in a preview.
Next year, the whole unit is still there: what you used, what you'd change, and the notes you wrote after teaching it.
Share it with students, plan it with colleagues.
Make the project public and send students a view-only link. They don't need an account to open it, and they can't move anything.
Invite colleagues as editors to plan a shared unit together in real time, and leave comments on the lessons you want to discuss.
How to plan a unit on a board
Start the unit on a blank board, and use the Lesson plan template for each lesson inside it.
Write the unit question
Put the question or outcome the unit builds toward in a note at the center.
Map the concepts
Add a note for each key idea and connect them in the order students need them.
Give each lesson a board
Nest a board under each concept with the objective, activities, resources and a quick check for understanding.
Share and review
Send students a public link, and keep a note after each lesson on what worked.
What helps a unit board stay useful
One question per unit
If a lesson doesn't help answer it, it probably belongs in another unit.
Resources live with the lesson
Attach the actual files, not just their names, so the board works as a single place to teach from.
A note after teaching
Two lines on what landed and what didn't are what make the board better next year.
Questions, answered.
Yes. Make the project public and share the link. Students can view it without signing in, and can't change anything.
Yes. Invite colleagues as editors to work on the same board in real time, or as viewers who can read it.
Yes. The Lesson plan template sets up one lesson: the objective and success criteria, materials, a starter, teach, practice and check sequence, and a reflection. Use it for each lesson board, and change anything on it.
Workflows for this kind of work
Project planning
Give the brief, research, and every deliverable a place in one visual project workspace.
Read the guideVisual research
Put sources and insights side by side so you can follow the thinking, not just collect the files.
Read the guideBrainstorming
Capture the rough ideas, make connections, and choose a direction worth exploring.
Read the guide
Create your first
board.
Start with a question or a few notes. Bring people in when it’s ready.