teach.html

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<div id="subnav" class="row hidden-xs">
    <ul class="list-inline col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-3">
        <li class="col-sm-4 col-md-3"><a class="active" href="teach.html">Content Creator</a></li>
        <li class="col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-md-offset-1"><a href="teaching-guide.html">Teaching Guide</a></li>
        <li class="col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-md-offset-1"><a href="content-requests.html">Content Requests</a></li>
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        <h1>What would you like to teach? BizFriend.ly makes it easy to add and request new content.</h1>
        <p>If you're new to creating content, we recommend checking out the <a href="teaching-guide.html">Teaching Guide</a> before you begin.</p>
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    <div class="alert alert-info login-required col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-8">
        You'll need to create a BizFriend.ly account before you can create a lesson. Sign up then come back here.
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        <div id="lesson" class="teach-top col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1">
            <h2>Lesson</h2>
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            <div class="description">
                Lessons are what most people create on BizFriend.ly. It’s the content you see in the right hand helper window.
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            <p class="bold">To create a lesson you’ll need:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>An idea for a lesson that doesn’t exist yet on BizFriend.ly</li>
                <li>A lesson name</li>
                <li>Time to write and iterate on your lesson</li>
            </ul>
            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="lesson-builder.html" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Create Lesson</a>
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        <div id="service" class="teach-top col-sm-3">
            <h2>Web Service</h2>
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            <div class="description">
                Web services are what lessons are about, such as Facebook or Trello. You can add any website or service for lessons.
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            <p class="bold">To add a service you’ll need:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Web service name & URL</li>
                <li>A brief description of the service and why it’s valuable to business owners</li>
                <li>Up to 3 key points to keep in mind</li>
                <li>Up to 5 additional resource links</li>
                <li>Icon for the service</li>
                <li>Screenshot of the service or a testimonial video</li>
            </ul>
            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="new-service.html" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Add Service</a>
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        <div id="category" class="teach-top col-sm-3">
            <h2>Skill</h2>
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            <div class="description">
                Skills are what appear at the top of the Learn section. Web services and lessons live within them.
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            <p class="bold">To create a skill you’ll need:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>An idea for a skill that doesn’t exist yet on BizFriend.ly</li>
                <li>A skill name</li>
                <li>A brief description of the skill and why it’s valuable to business owners</li>
            </ul>
            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="new-category.html" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">New Skill</a>
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        <div id="teaching-guide-box" class="teach-bottom col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1">
            <h2>Teaching Guide</h2>
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            <p>
                Before you get started, we recommend reading the Teaching Guide. It gives you all of the basics to creating great lessons and new content for BizFriend.ly!
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            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="teaching-guide.html" type="button" class="btn btn-default">Open Teaching Guide</a>
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        <div id="request-content" class="teach-bottom col-sm-3">
            <h2>Request Content</h2>
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            <p>Not ready to build new content for BizFriend.ly? No problem! You can request that another teacher creates a lesson, skill, or category. What do you want to learn?</p>
            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="request.html" type="button" class="btn btn-default">Make a Request</a>
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        </div>
        <div id="see-requests" class="teach-bottom col-sm-3">
            <h2>See Requests</h2>
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            <p>Not sure what you want to teach? See the requests made by fellow learners.</p>
            <div class="center center-btn">
                <a href="content-requests.html" type="button" class="btn btn-default">See Requests</a>
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