Chosen: 1 + 8’s tiles for Any time, with a role/type filter (Gary, 11 Oct)
Learner · Coursework
Ten ways to make Coursework less flat
The same real data on every one: Priya Shah, Tuesday 2 February, week 5 of 8. Each keeps one line of detail per row and the state in words. Long lists are cut to a few rows here so the ten are easy to compare.
1Session cards with the cover
Each session is a white card with its week picture down the left edge; finished sessions shrink to a small card with a green tick.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Session 1all accepted
Session 2all accepted
2A ring per session
A small ring beside each session name fills as work is accepted, with the hours counted on the right; accepted rows fold away.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Session 1
4½ of 4½ hoursSession 2
7½ of 7½ hoursSession 3
9½ of 9½ hoursSession 4
6½ of 10½ hoursSession 5
0 of 10½ hoursAny time
2½ of 27 hours3Three columns
To do · Waiting to be marked · Accepted. Work sent back sits at the top of To do in amber, so you see who is holding what.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
To do
12Waiting to be marked
1Accepted
84The course path
The eight sessions as stops down a line, “You are here” on session 5; open work hangs off its stop, finished stops are a tick.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Session 1
7 Jan2 accepted · 4½ hours
Session 2
14 Jan2 accepted · 7½ hours
Session 6
11 Febopens 11 Feb · 5 assignments
Session 7
18 Febopens 18 Feb · 4 assignments
Session 8
25 Febopens 25 Feb · 4 assignments
Any time
5Next up
The one most urgent assignment as a big card with its picture and one button; everything else as compact rows below.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Open
- Prepare a meeting briefSession 4 · 4 hours · due 1 Feboverdue
- Spot the mistakes in an AI-written summaryAny time · 1½ hoursto do
- Turn a supplier directory into clean dataAny time · 3 hours · Ops trackto do
- Write a job advert and check it for biasAny time · 2 hoursto do
- Turn meeting notes into actions and a follow-upAny time · 1½ hoursto do
- 6 more open
This week
6The hours meter
A big meter of the 90 hours, one block per assignment; the dashed blocks are what you could add, and each open row says “+4 hours”.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
counted 38½ ready to hand in 25½
Open
- Triage a week of emailSession 3 · due 28 Janchanges needed
- Prepare a meeting briefSession 4 · due 1 Feb+4 hoursoverdue
- Spot the mistakes in an AI-written summaryAny time+1½ hoursto do
- Turn a supplier directory into clean dataAny time · Ops track+3 hoursto do
- Write a job advert and check it for biasAny time+2 hoursto do
- Turn meeting notes into actions and a follow-upAny time+1½ hoursto do
- 6 more open
7Colour chips by state
Each row leads with a coloured chip and icon (amber changes needed, brown overdue, sage accepted); bolder titles.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Any time
8Track tabs
Everyone · Sales · Ops · Legal · Marketing as illustrated tabs; any-time assignments become tiles with a small picture. Try the tabs.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Sessions
- Triage a week of email4 hours · Session 3changes needed
- Prepare a meeting brief4 hours · Session 4overdue
- Turn a messy spreadsheet into a summary4 hours · Session 5opens 4 Feb
- Forecast next quarter from last year’s numbers3½ hours · Session 5opens 4 Feb
- Turn a report into a ten-slide deck3 hours · Session 6opens 11 Feb
Any time
Read the AI at work guide2½ hoursaccepted- Spot the mistakes in an AI-written summary1½ hoursto do
- Write a job advert and check it for bias2 hoursto do
- Turn meeting notes into actions and a follow-up1½ hoursto do
Prepare a two-minute update and say it out loud1½ hoursto do
Turn a shared-inbox rule into an automation3 hoursopens 11 Feb
9Week strip
The eight week pictures in a strip with ticks on finished weeks; pick one and its assignments show underneath. Try picking a week.
10Numbered stops
Each session is a short numbered checklist: ticks for accepted, the next stop gently pulsing, “2 of 3 handed in · 4 hours to earn”.
Coursework
38½ of 90 hours
Sessions 1 and 2 · all accepted
Session 3
3 of 3 handed inSession 4
2 of 3 handed in · 4 hours to earnSession 5
opens 4 FebAny time