Timelines & Flow:

• The course starts on June 15, 2023 and access to the course content ends on December 15, 2023. We will send out reminders and other info as we get closer to the start date of the course.
• The course will be mainly self-guided week to week, with the bulk of the content being pre-recorded video and written content.
• To complete the written and video curriculum we recommend setting aside 3 hours of study time per week.
• A core part of this course is the earthen building project that you will be  encouraged to create, which students will work on week-to-week on their own. For the hands-on aspect of the course, we recommend setting aside an additional 5 hours a week, but of course this is ultimately up to you.
• The entire course content will be published on June 15, 2023, but we encourage students to complete the course in 1-2 week segments to keep things more organized and engaging on Slack and in the Live Sessions.
• There will be 3 Live Sessions. They will be recorded and uploaded to the learning platform, so no worries if you can’t attend all of them!
• You will have access to instructor support via Slack until October 15, 2023.
• You will have access to the course content for 6 months total.

Software & Platforms:

• This course will use a few different platforms. Besides the course website where you will be following the curriculum, your individual earthen building project will be supported by our interactive course discussion on Slack.
• All students will be asked to join the course Slack workspace (what is this?) once the course starts — this is where students will get the chance to interact with one another and the instructors, ask questions, and share resources & projects if you wish!
• We will have clear tutorials in the course curriculum for how to use Slack, but we highly encourage you to familiarize yourself as much as possible and find other tutorials on this platform if you don’t feel confident, so we can all be ready to jump into this together.

Tutorial for Slack