LessonUp is an online teaching platform that makes it easy for educators to create interactive lessons, discover lessons from others, and teach both in the classroom and remotely.The video on the right shows what teachers can do with LessonUp.

A channel in LessonUp is like a mini library. It allows you to share your lesson materials with both LessonUp users and people without an account. This makes it easy to reach a wider audience and offer valuable resources to teachers everywhere.

LessonUp makes it easy to work together with colleagues thanks to two shared folders: the editorial folder and the publication folder.

The editorial folder is the blue folder. Any material placed here is automatically locked, which means other people can’t find or view it in the lesson library.

The publication folder is the red folder. Anything placed here goes live on your channel instantly. If you move or copy a lesson from the editorial folder, you'll receive a notification. You can also create subfolders in the publication folder to better organise your lessons. These subfolders appear under the Lessons tab on your channel. You might group them by topic, education level, or audience: whatever works best for you.

Log into LessonUp.Click your name in the top-right corner.Under Organisations, select your channel’s name.You’ll find an overview of permissions under the tabs Editorial Team, Administrators, and Folders.

Here you can add new editorial members by entering their email addresses.Tip 💡: We recommend keeping the ‘Grant a LessonUp school license immediately’ option checked when adding someone new.

This is where you decide who the administrators of your organisation are. What can administrators do?Access the admin environment.Add and remove members.Upload attachments to the channel.

Remember that teachers often use your lessons alongside their own materials, unless your content completely replaces their existing resources. To ensure alignment, take the time to familiarise yourself with the curriculum. Teaching goals are clearly outlined in textbooks, so reviewing a textbook can help you understand them and consider how your expertise can complement them.Explore these resources:National curriculum: Contains the national curriculum for England to be taught in all local-authority-maintained schools.GCSE assessment objectives: Outlines learning objectives for tests and exams.Collaborate with schools or teachers to ensure your lesson materials meet their needs.

Make your learning objectives specific and student-focused. Our recommendation is to set no more than three learning objectives per lesson.💡 Tip: Always phrase the learning goal from the student’s perspective, for example:“By the end of this lesson, you will be able to…”

To keep your visual identity consistent, it’s a good idea to start by creating a basic lesson template.Gather the following elements:LogoColour codes (hex or RGB values)ImagesFrequently used components

A basic lesson includes all the slides you regularly use. For example:

LogoClick ‘+ Components’, select ‘Image’ and upload your logo. Drag and place it in the desired position.Adding coloursThe colours you add are linked to your personal account. Click here to learn how to add colours in LessonUp. If a colleague uses one of your slides with custom colours, those colours will automatically be available to them in their lesson too.FontsLessonUp offers a set of fixed fonts to choose from. It’s not possible to upload your own font, so select one that resembles your organisation’s font as closely as possible. Alternatively, you can upload text as an image.Components: Text & ImageComponents: Text & ImageAdd a text box to your lessonUse text bordersAdd an imageInsert or adjust a background image

Since LessonUp is an open platform where content is accessible to everyone, we always advise using copyright-free resources or materials covered under Creative Commons licenses.Useful websites for quality lesson materials:Freepik: high-quality photos, vectors, videos, and mockupsUnsplash: high-quality photosFlaticon: free iconsForvo: pronunciations in different languages, useful for language lessonsCC Search: a search engine for Creative Commons-licensed images💡 Tip: if your organisation has proprietary images not covered by Creative Commons, you can still use them in your lessons. While teachers can save your lessons, they cannot download or copy the images, ensuring they remain within LessonUp.⚠️ Note: avoid using images showing identifiable people unless you have their permission.

Be concise yet informative:Content: what is the lesson about?Duration: how long will the lesson take?Target audience: who is the lesson designed for?Curriculum alignment: how does the lesson link to the curriculum?You can add this information in the Description and Lesson instruction sections. How to find it:Click Options in the lesson editorSelect SettingsThen click on Description

Consider the learning objective of your lesson: how much time do students need to achieve it? Avoid making the lesson longer than necessary and be honest about the duration. Ideally, include a rough time breakdown.

Click your name in the top-right corner to open your account settings.On the left, click your organisation’s name.

LogoUpload your logo via 'Choose logo'.Cover imageUpload a cover image via 'Choose cover image'. Adjust the focus height using the percentage scale (0–100%).TitleEdit your channel title in both English and Dutch.Note: the channel slug will remain the same.SubtitleAdd a short description or slogan for your channel in English and/or Dutch.

The title determines how easily your lesson material can be found. A clear title includes:The topicWords relevant to educationThe target audience

Search engines also scan the lesson description. As a channel administrator, you can add a description and lesson instructions. Read here how it works.

Embedding allows users to open the lesson directly on your organisation’s website, without leaving the page.A great example of this is Van Gogh channel.

To display LessonUp lessons on your website, you need to add a JavaScript snippet. This can be done by your website developer or administrator. If your website uses a Tag Management System (TMS), it’s best to implement the code via the TMS.

Are you using closed material (through vouchers) for the first time or do you want to make important changes? Please contact us at support@lessonup.com.

To create vouchers, a product needs to be in a folder. This works as follows:Place an empty folder in the red publication folder. Indicate via the LessonUp chat or by e-mail (support@lessonup.com) which folder the product should go in. The staff member will then let you know when the folder is locked. Next, fill the folder with lessons and create the voucher codes.💡 Tip: all subfolders that fall under the 'voucher folder' are visible to the user with the corresponding voucher code.

Log into LessonUp and click your name in the top-right corner to open 'Settings'. Click on the appropriate organisation. Then click on the 'Voucher' tab. Click on the red 'New voucher' button. Fill in the following details:- Number of times to use- Description (e.g. the name of the school/user)- Unique reference (optional)- Validity (Choose: 'until expiry date')- Product: which folders the user can access with this codeClick on 'Create voucher'. Share the voucher code with the user.

Log into LessonUp. Click on your name at the top right to get to 'Settings'. At the bottom left, click on 'Statistics (organisation name)'.There are three tabs: 'usage', 'top lessons' and 'user actions'. Want quick details on what a specific item means in the statistics? Press 'i'.

You can download each individual component as csv, xlxs and/or json files. You can also save the graphs as png. How do you do that?Download Usage tab:Go to the Usage tab. Select the data for which you want to download statistics under Date. Hover your mouse over the item you want to download. Click on the three dots that appear. Under Download full results, click csv, xlxs, json and/or png to download that component.Top lessons tab to download all lessons:Go to the Top lessons tab. Select the dates for which you want to download statistics under Date. Hover your mouse over List of lessons. To the right of that box, three dots will appear. Under Download full results, click csv, xlxs and/or json to download the full list of how many times your lessons were presented in total (finished-presenting).Top lessons tab to download one lesson:Go to the Top Lessons tab. Select the dates you want to download the statistics about under Date, and paste the name of the lesson you want to see the statistics about under Lesson. The dates of this lesson will appear to the right of the List of lessons. Hover your mouse over the item you want to download. Click on the three dots that appear. Under Download full results, click csv, xlxs, json and/or png to download that component.Download User Actions tab:Go to the User Actions tab . Select the dates for which you want to download statistics under Date. Hover your mouse over the User actions section. Click on the three dots that appear. Under Download full results, click csv, xlxs and/or json to download this section.You are now downloading all user actions in this period. If you download the Excel file, you can choose to view one individual lesson. For this you need the lesson ID. The lesson ID can be found in the URL of your channel lesson (see image below).

Step 1: create lesson planClick the + create new lesson plan button in My LessonUp to create a lesson plan. A new empty lesson plan will appear after you enter the title.Step 2: lesson plan componentsAdd components using the + Add button. Choose from: header, text, image, Youtube or Vimeo video, link to a website, a new or existing lesson and/or attachment.

You now know how to create a lesson plan. Learn more about copyright in the next lesson plan.👉 Go directly to the next lesson plan: copyright.

LessonUp is an open platform where lesson content is publicly visible.We recommend using copyright-free images or visuals under one of the Creative Commons licences. In all cases, it’s good practice to include correct attribution when using images.This lesson explains how to do that:

Open content may be used, provided correct source attribution is applied. The best way to cite sources depends on the type of content and the context in which it is used. Example: APA style for film and video - Format: Director, J. (Year). Title of film [Movie]. Producer. - Example: Nolan, C. (2010). Inception [Film]. Warner Bros.