About This Workshop
About This Workshop
Welcome to the December Teach Challenge! The holiday season is the perfect time to share your skills and give back to our amazing community of students; and with our New Year’s membership promotion coming up in January, your class will go live during one of our busiest seasons of the year. This means more students and more opportunity to earn revenue and build a following on Skillshare.
Through the 30-day challenge, we'll guide you through the full process of creating your first class from start to finish with milestones, prizes, and tons of support along the way.
Plus, we have some special prizes in store this month:
- 1 top teacher will receive an iPhone 6S and be featured in a community-wide email to over 1M students!
- 3 others will receive a 1-on-1 teacher consultation with Skillshare
- All teachers who successfully publish by the January 1st deadline will receive a free year of Skillshare Premium Membership and a $50 New Teacher Bonus*
Join today, and stay tuned for updates as the challenge gets underway!
*Learn more here.
How It Works
- Sign up for the challenge by clicking the Join button above, and enrolling in our free class on teaching - Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class.
- Every few days, we’ll send you’ll an email with instructions and tips on how to complete each one of the class creation milestones.
- Start a class project in the Project Gallery of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, and share each of your project milestones for feedback from other teachers. (Note: once you've joined this session, your project from Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class will also appear in the Projects section above, so that other teachers in this Session can give you feedback on your work).
- Use the Discussions section to ask questions along the way and get help from our Teacher Support team.
- Need extra help? Participate in a live AMA with our Teacher Support team on Monday, December 14th at 3pm EST.
- Publish your class to Skillshare by Friday, January 1st to successfully complete the Teach Challenge!
Key Dates and Milestones
Milestone 1: Start Your Class Draft - Due Wednesday, December 2nd
- Assignment: If you haven't done so already, start your class draft at www.skillshare.com/teach by clicking "Start a Class." Your class draft is where you'll upload your class information and videos before publishing to Skillshare.
Milestone 2: Class Topic and Project - Due Friday, December 4th
- Assignment: Watch videos 1-5 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class.
- Deliverable: Start your class project in Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class and share your class topic and class project.
Milestone 3: Outline - Due Wednesday, December 9th
- Assignment: Watch video 6 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class and complete your own outline using this outline template.
- Deliverable: Share a link to your outline in your class project.
Milestone 4: Your Introduction Video - Due Thursday, December 17th
- Assignment: Watch video 7 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, check out our filming resources in our Teacher Handbook, and practice your teacher presentation skills.
- Deliverable: Post your introduction video on Youtube, and embed the link into your project or share the direct URL.
Milestone 5: Publish Your Class - Due Friday, January 1st
- Assignment: Watch videos 8-9 in Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, finish recording your videos, and upload them to your class draft (click "Start a Class").
- Deliverable: Publish your class to Skillshare and share a link to your class in your project by January 1st at 11:59 PM EST!
Teach Challenge Spaces
- The Discussion section and the Community Board are spaces for you to drop comments and questions and ask for extra support and feedback from the community!
- Your Project within the Project Gallery of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class is a working space for your Skillshare class! This is where you'll start planning your class and where you'll share your milestones for the challenge. Feel free to also include photos, mood-boards, or any other inspo along the way. Your project within the class will also be shown in the Projects section up above so that it's easily accessible to everyone else who's joined this December Challenge!
- The Class Draft is where you'll input all of your class content once you're all ready to publish your amazing class!
FAQs
- What if I miss a deadline? No problem - you can catch up to the next milestone and still be eligible to complete the challenge if you publish your class by the deadline.
- Do I have to live in the USA to participate? You can teach a Skillshare class from anywhere in the world! While we can only give prizes out to residents of the United States who are over 18 years of age due to tax purposes, you can still take the pledge and publish your class to Skillshare.
- Classes are reviewed against our Class Guidelines. The grand prize winner will be awarded with an iPhone 6S based on adherence to the class guidelines and quality of content as determined by the Skillshare team
- Have any other questions or need more help? Email any questions or feedback to [email protected]
Classes
Projects
Students
Classes
Projects
Students
Welcome to the December Teach Challenge! The holiday season is the perfect time to share your skills and give back to our amazing community of students; and with our New Year’s membership promotion coming up in January, your class will go live during one of our busiest seasons of the year. This means more students and more opportunity to earn revenue and build a following on Skillshare.
Through the 30-day challenge, we'll guide you through the full process of creating your first class from start to finish with milestones, prizes, and tons of support along the way.
Plus, we have some special prizes in store this month:
- 1 top teacher will receive an iPhone 6S and be featured in a community-wide email to over 1M students!
- 3 others will receive a 1-on-1 teacher consultation with Skillshare
- All teachers who successfully publish by the January 1st deadline will receive a free year of Skillshare Premium Membership and a $50 New Teacher Bonus*
Join today, and stay tuned for updates as the challenge gets underway!
*Learn more here.
How It Works
- Sign up for the challenge by clicking the Join button above, and enrolling in our free class on teaching - Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class.
- Every few days, we’ll send you’ll an email with instructions and tips on how to complete each one of the class creation milestones.
- Start a class project in the Project Gallery of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, and share each of your project milestones for feedback from other teachers. (Note: once you've joined this session, your project from Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class will also appear in the Projects section above, so that other teachers in this Session can give you feedback on your work).
- Use the Discussions section to ask questions along the way and get help from our Teacher Support team.
- Need extra help? Participate in a live AMA with our Teacher Support team on Monday, December 14th at 3pm EST.
- Publish your class to Skillshare by Friday, January 1st to successfully complete the Teach Challenge!
Key Dates and Milestones
Milestone 1: Start Your Class Draft - Due Wednesday, December 2nd
- Assignment: If you haven't done so already, start your class draft at www.skillshare.com/teach by clicking "Start a Class." Your class draft is where you'll upload your class information and videos before publishing to Skillshare.
Milestone 2: Class Topic and Project - Due Friday, December 4th
- Assignment: Watch videos 1-5 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class.
- Deliverable: Start your class project in Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class and share your class topic and class project.
Milestone 3: Outline - Due Wednesday, December 9th
- Assignment: Watch video 6 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class and complete your own outline using this outline template.
- Deliverable: Share a link to your outline in your class project.
Milestone 4: Your Introduction Video - Due Thursday, December 17th
- Assignment: Watch video 7 of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, check out our filming resources in our Teacher Handbook, and practice your teacher presentation skills.
- Deliverable: Post your introduction video on Youtube, and embed the link into your project or share the direct URL.
Milestone 5: Publish Your Class - Due Friday, January 1st
- Assignment: Watch videos 8-9 in Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class, finish recording your videos, and upload them to your class draft (click "Start a Class").
- Deliverable: Publish your class to Skillshare and share a link to your class in your project by January 1st at 11:59 PM EST!
Teach Challenge Spaces
- The Discussion section and the Community Board are spaces for you to drop comments and questions and ask for extra support and feedback from the community!
- Your Project within the Project Gallery of Teach an Amazing Skillshare Class is a working space for your Skillshare class! This is where you'll start planning your class and where you'll share your milestones for the challenge. Feel free to also include photos, mood-boards, or any other inspo along the way. Your project within the class will also be shown in the Projects section up above so that it's easily accessible to everyone else who's joined this December Challenge!
- The Class Draft is where you'll input all of your class content once you're all ready to publish your amazing class!
FAQs
- What if I miss a deadline? No problem - you can catch up to the next milestone and still be eligible to complete the challenge if you publish your class by the deadline.
- Do I have to live in the USA to participate? You can teach a Skillshare class from anywhere in the world! While we can only give prizes out to residents of the United States who are over 18 years of age due to tax purposes, you can still take the pledge and publish your class to Skillshare.
- Classes are reviewed against our Class Guidelines. The grand prize winner will be awarded with an iPhone 6S based on adherence to the class guidelines and quality of content as determined by the Skillshare team
- Have any other questions or need more help? Email any questions or feedback to [email protected]
