Auto-Syllabus Generator

Turn a course topic into a structured first draft (modules, learning objectives, and suggested timing) grounded in your own materials, so you start designing from a real outline instead of a blank page.

For Instructional Designers L&D Teams Subject-Matter Experts Training Managers
Sample prompt to Joy's Assistant

Draft a course outline for [a new-manager fundamentals course] using our materials in the Knowledge Center. Give me modules, learning objectives, and suggested timing for each, aimed at [first-time managers].

What it can look like

An illustrative example. Your output will reflect your own sources, data, and prompts.

Draft a course outline for a new-manager fundamentals course using our materials in the Knowledge Center. Give me modules, learning objectives, and suggested timing for each, aimed at first-time managers.

I pulled from your leadership playbook and the coaching guides in the Knowledge Center to shape this. It's a five-module outline for first-time managers, sequenced from mindset to the harder people skills, at about three hours total.

Course outline: New Manager Fundamentals

5 modules · ~3 hours total · audience: first-time managers · drawn from your leadership playbook

The sequence moves from the shift into management, through the everyday skills, to the conversations new managers find hardest. Timing is a starting point you can rebalance.

ModuleLearning objectiveTime
1. From peer to managerExplain how the role changes when you move from doing the work to leading it, and identify the habits to let go of25 min
2. Setting expectations and goalsSet clear, measurable expectations with a direct report and connect them to team goals35 min
3. Coaching and one-on-onesRun a structured one-on-one and use coaching questions to develop a team member rather than solve for them40 min
4. Giving effective feedbackDeliver specific, timely feedback (both reinforcing and corrective) using your organization's feedback model40 min
5. Handling difficult conversationsPrepare for and lead a hard conversation about performance while keeping the relationship intact40 min

A few notes on the shape. Module 1 is deliberately short. It's mindset-setting, and new managers are eager to get to the practical parts. Modules 3 through 4 carry the most weight because your coaching guides are strongest there and it's where new managers struggle most.

Module 5 assumes the feedback model from Module 4, so keep them in order. If you need to fit this into a two-hour slot, the cleanest cut is to fold Module 1 into the intro and shorten the one-on-ones practice in Module 3.

Want me to expand any module into subtopics and activities, or add a knowledge check to the end of each one?

From topic to a working outline

Auto-Syllabus Generator drafts a course outline from a topic and your existing materials. It proposes a module sequence, writes a learning objective for each, and suggests timing, giving you a real structure to react to and reshape instead of a blank page.

  1. Point Joy at your materials

    Upload the source content, existing decks, and any subject-matter notes to the Knowledge Center. Joy draws on what you already have to shape the outline.

  2. Describe the course

    Tell Joy the topic, the audience, and roughly how long the course should run. It proposes a module sequence with an objective and suggested time for each.

  3. Reshape the draft

    Reorder modules, merge or split them, tighten objectives, or rebalance timing. Ask Joy to expand a module into subtopics or add a knowledge check.

  4. Take it into design

    Copy the finished outline into your design doc, storyboard, or LMS and start building the actual content from a structure you already trust.

  5. Make it one click for your team

    Save this ask as a custom command on the assistant your team already uses, so anyone can run it in one step.

Make it yours

Module Sequence

A proposed order of modules that builds logically from fundamentals to application.

Objectives Per Module

A clear, measurable learning objective written for each module, ready to refine.

Suggested Timing

An estimated duration for each module so the whole course fits the time you have.

Grounded in Your Content

The draft draws on materials already in your Knowledge Center, not generic filler.

Microlearning Series

Break the topic into short, standalone lessons instead of one long course.

With Knowledge Checks

Add a suggested check or activity to each module so the outline includes assessment points.

Multi-Level Track

Draft foundational, intermediate, and advanced versions of the same topic as a learning path.

Cohort Schedule

Lay the modules across a week-by-week schedule for an instructor-led or blended cohort.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the syllabus generator actually produce?

A structured draft outline: a proposed sequence of modules, a learning objective for each, and suggested timing. It's a starting structure you reshape, not a finished course.

Where does the content come from?

From the materials in your Knowledge Center: existing decks, source content, and SME notes. Joy draws on what you already have so the outline reflects your material rather than generic templates.

Can I control the length and audience?

Yes. Tell Joy the audience, their starting level, and how long the course should run, and it proposes a module sequence and timing to fit. You can rebalance any of it with a follow-up.

Does it build the actual course content?

It drafts the outline and objectives to design against. You take that structure into your design doc, storyboard, or LMS and build the content. Joy can expand individual modules into subtopics as you go.

How is this faster than starting from scratch?

The slow part of course design is getting to a structure you can react to. Auto-Syllabus Generator gives you that structure in minutes, so your design time goes into refining a draft instead of facing a blank page.

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