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What the student is paying $14.99 a month for

Not the videos — those they could get anywhere. They are paying for you: your feedback on their work, your answer to their question, and a record at the end that says what they were taught and that they were tested on it. Design every part of this course around that.

Section 1

Course Identity

Course code
[[e.g. AI 210 — we assign the number]]
Course title
[[Say the capability, not the topic]]
School
[[One of the four]]
Professor
[[Name, and the work that earns you the right to teach this]]
Term length
[[6–12 weeks. Longer than 12 and students fall off; shorter than 6 and there is no room for feedback.]]
Cohort or rolling
[[Fixed start date with a cohort, or join-anytime. Cohorts finish better; rolling is easier to run.]]
Cohort size cap
[[However many students you can actually give feedback to. Be conservative — missed feedback is the fastest way to lose trust.]]
Prerequisite
[[Usually the matching 101, or "the skills taught in it". State it as skills, never as a credential.]]
Weekly workload
[[Honest hours per week, including assignments. Round up.]]
Tuition
$14.99 / month — fixed at this level. Scholarships available, no proof of hardship required.
Credential
Certificate of Completion, issued by the School, on the criteria in Section 5.
Section 2

The Promise and the Student

A student who finishes this course can [[do the specific professional-grade thing]] well enough to [[the real-world bar: get hired for it, charge for it, pass the inspection, ship it]].

Who this is for

[[The student's actual situation, and what they have already done or learned.]]

Who this is not for

[[Name them. At 200-level someone is spending money — do not let the wrong student spend it.]]

What this course is not

[[Say the thing people will assume and be wrong about. "This does not make you a licensed electrician." "This is not investment advice and will not tell you what to buy."]]

Section 3

Learning Outcomes

Five to eight. At this level each outcome must be tied to something the student produces — because each one has to be assessable to support a certificate.

  • [[Verb + object + the standard it is judged against]]
  • [[Outcome 2]]
  • [[Outcome 3]]
  • [[Outcome 4]]
  • [[Outcome 5]]
  • [[Outcome 6 — optional]]

Every outcome needs an owner

Each outcome above must appear in at least one assignment or assessment in Section 4. If an outcome is never checked, delete it — the certificate would be claiming something we did not verify.

Section 4

The Term, Week by Week

One block per week. Each week has content, a live moment, and something the student hands in.

1

Week 1 — [[Title]]

Outcome served: [[Which outcome from Section 3]]
Content: [[Lessons, runtime, platform]]
Live: [[Zoom/Twitch session, day and time, recorded yes/no]]
Assignment: [[What they hand in, and in what form]]
Feedback: [[Written / video / live review — and by when]]

2

Week 2 — [[Title]]

Outcome served: [[ ]]
Content: [[ ]]
Live: [[ ]]
Assignment: [[ ]]
Feedback: [[ ]]

3

Week 3 — [[Title]]

Outcome served: [[ ]]
Content: [[ ]]
Live: [[ ]]
Assignment: [[ ]]
Feedback: [[ ]]

4

Week 4 — [[Title]] · midpoint check

Outcome served: [[ ]]
Content: [[ ]]
Live: [[ ]]
Assignment: [[A larger piece — the first thing that looks like real work]]
Feedback: [[ ]]

5

Weeks 5–[[n]] — [[Title]]

Outcome served: [[ ]]
Content: [[ ]]
Live: [[ ]]
Assignment: [[ ]]
Feedback: [[ ]]

6

Final week — the capstone

Deliverable: [[One piece of work that demonstrates the course promise. Something they can show an employer or a client.]]
Assessed against: [[The rubric in Section 5]]
Review format: [[Live review, written critique, or both]]
Keeps: The student keeps the work. It is theirs, and it is portfolio.

Section 5

Assessment and the Certificate

Hope MetaVersity makes exactly one claim about a credential: that we documented what a learner was taught, and that they were tested on it. This section is where you make that claim true.

What is assessed

[[List each assignment and the capstone, with the outcome each one checks. Every outcome in Section 3 must appear here at least once.]]

The standard

[[Describe "good enough" in plain language for each piece. Not a percentage — a description. "The joint holds under load and the bead is continuous."]]

Resubmission

[[How many times a student may redo work. The default here is unlimited within the term — we teach mastery, not deadlines.]]

Certificate issued when
[[Spell out the exact bar. e.g. "All six assignments submitted and meeting standard, plus the capstone reviewed and accepted." A student should be able to read this and know precisely where they stand.]]
Certificate names
The issuing School, this course, the date, and the issuing authority. Standard across HMU — you do not write this.
On-chain option
Student's choice, for verification only. Modest minting fee. How this works. Never presented as an investment.
Attendance
[[Does missing live sessions affect the certificate? Our strong preference is no — people work shifts. Recordings should be enough.]]
Integrity
Work submitted must be the student's own. AI assistance is [[permitted and must be disclosed / not permitted for the capstone / your call]] — state it plainly here so nobody guesses.
What it never says
Not a degree. Not accreditation. Not licensure. Does not replace any legal or regulatory requirement. This language is fixed and appears on every credential.
Section 6

What You Commit To

Paid students are owed a response. Write down what you can actually sustain, not what sounds generous — then hold to it.

  • Feedback turnaround: [[e.g. within 5 days of submission]]
  • Questions answered: [[Where, and within how long]]
  • Office hours: [[Day, time, platform, recorded or not]]
  • If you have to miss a session: [[How students are told, and what replaces it]]
  • Course kept current: [[When you will review it — at minimum once a year]]

If life happens

Tell the Office of the Dean early. We will pause enrollment, notify students, and hold your course page. Nobody here is penalized for being a person.

Section 7

Access, Enrollment, Money

  • Lessons: [[Vimeo password-protected, YouTube unlisted, or members-only]]
  • Live: [[Registered Zoom, subscriber-only Twitch]]
  • Community: [[Private verified Discord channel]]
  • Materials: [[Restricted Drive or Notion]]
  • Verification: HMU confirms enrollment and grants access. You never collect payment, and you never handle a student's payment details.
  • Scholarships: Scholarship students are indistinguishable from paying students. You will not be told which is which.
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Section 8

Pre-Flight Check

  • Every outcome in Section 3 is checked by something in Section 5.
  • A student could read Section 5 and know exactly what earns the certificate.
  • The weekly workload number is honest, including assignments.
  • Your feedback turnaround is one you can hold in a bad week, not a good one.
  • Nothing promises a job, an income, a license, or a legal or medical outcome.
  • The "what this course is not" paragraph names the thing people will wrongly assume.
  • Captions or transcripts on all lesson video. Required.
  • Every asset is yours or licensed to you.
  • You have read the Content Standards end to end.
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