lesson builder

I too would like to see the product upgraded for Logos 4. One of the things I noticed is that the current version will not work with some current operating systems.

Abraham

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I was hoping,, that handouts could be modified to do this, but I dont think thats likely 

Never mind. I finally figured it out.

it was easy to add a question, put in the answer, then print out a teacher version and a separate student version without modifying the document.  That's huge.

I'm always interested to hear what your favorite thing about Lesson Builder is. Just the ability to find lessons? To make new ones from scratch in a structured editor? To mix and match pieces from different lessons?

I wrote a series of lessons in Lesson Builder over the last year. I've used many other techniques and found lesson builder to be quite good and would be excellent with just a few more improvements. I liked the program despite the facts that

• The canned lessons were of absolutely no use to me.
• The connection to Logos 3 that allowed Bible verses to be imported never worked.

Here are some reasons I liked it:

• It allowed teacher and student editions of lessons to be printed. This alone is a great feature, one that is complicated to duplicate in
  Word or any other text editor.
• It allowed teacher/facilitator notes. 
• It allowed structured construction of lessons with just enough formatting to make them look good.
• It allowed me to change the entire look of a lesson by changing templates so I could have a template for drafts and another for finished versions. Plus if I wanted I could have templates that would make the lessons look different for different kinds of audiences.
• There was enough flexibility to have a variety of types of sections, question/answer,  informational etc.
• It had a nice structured index to a series of lessons.
• You could search for and grab sections from other lessons to be reused. The Bible references attached to lessons added to this ability.

Things I would like to see added:

• A more advanced ability to add, place and format pictures/graphics
• The ability to search/move/tie things with Logos resources, notes and clippings.

WIthout these additions, Lesson Builder is outdated and too restrictive for modern audiences.

And a "way-out-there" idea: allow the lessons to also be output to html so they could be embedded in a web page and interactively used through a web browser.

After doing lessons in many ways for many years, I have to say that I'd really like to see Lesson Builder available with some of these enhancements.

PS I would pay for this feature if it had the enhancements I've suggested.

The ability to utilize Lesson Builder in tandem with Logos 4 would make it a very powerful resource. The increased flexibility suggested by Jim would make it more practical. The removal of the restriction to 32 bit operating systems would make it possible to appeal to a wider audience.

Here are some reasons I liked it:

• It allowed teacher and student editions of lessons to be printed. This alone is a great feature, one that is complicated to duplicate in Word or any other text editor.
• It allowed teacher/facilitator notes. 
• It allowed structured construction of lessons with just enough formatting to make them look good.
• It allowed me to change the entire look of a lesson by changing templates so I could have a template for drafts and another for finished versions. Plus if I wanted I could have templates that would make the lessons look different for different kinds of audiences.
• There was enough flexibility to have a variety of types of sections, question/answer,  informational etc.
• It had a nice structured index to a series of lessons.
• You could search for and grab sections from other lessons to be reused. The Bible references attached to lessons added to this ability.

Things I would like to see added:

• A more advanced ability to add, place and format pictures/graphics
• The ability to search/move/tie things with Logos resources, notes and clippings.

Ditto - I agree with all you say Jim

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It allowed teacher and student editions of lessons to be printed. This alone is a great feature, one that is complicated to duplicate in Word or any other text editor.

Maybe you're already doing this, but I'm using the hidden text feature of Word to enable student & teacher editions of the same document to be printed. For stuff that's to be printed for teachers only (answers, e.g.), I make the text hidden.

The magic comes at print time... for student manuals, don't print hidden text (no action required). For teacher editions, do (one checkbox).

I liked Lesson Builder, too (beta tested it but didn't buy it). Given a limited budget & that I already had Word, I decided I couldn't afford it...

Hi Michael,

I don't have Word 2003 any more, but it works there (all my documents that use this were originally created in Word 2003), so I'll give instructions for Word 2007.

1. Select text you wish to make hidden.
2. Ctrl-d will open your format font window. Click "Hidden" checkbox (in the list with Bold, Italic, etc.)

That's all there is to it.

To control printing, get to Print Preview (Office button | Print | Print Preview)

1. Select Print Options
2. In the Print Options section of the Word Options window that opens, check / uncheck Print hidden text as desired.

That's all there is to that, too.

Enjoy!

what version of Lesson Builder do you have? 

Sorry for the delayed response. I'm using version 1.1. How did you get 4?

Does anyone have the view patch/fix for XP/Vista that used to be available from MP?