Mission, roles, and the learning contract
Choose a learning path that fits the skills you can show.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Choose a learning path that fits the skills you can show.

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Choose a learning path that fits the skills you can show.

00:00:05.917 — The idea

Start with what you can already do, not the title you want. Choose practice that addresses your next gap. Describe course activity honestly without claiming a qualification it did not award.

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Start with what you can already do, not the title you want. Choose practice that addresses your next gap. Describe course activity honestly without claiming a qualification it did not award.

00:00:21.042 — One useful term

Skill evidence. Work that shows what you did and under what conditions.

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Work that shows what you did and under what conditions.

00:00:28.500 — A worked example

Jordan watched six introductory lessons and saved one source check. That supports a statement about introductory study and practice. It does not support “federally certified AI expert.”

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Jordan watched six introductory lessons and saved one source check. That supports a statement about introductory study and practice. It does not support “federally certified AI expert.”

00:00:44.000 — Your turn to think

Does watching lessons prove independent coding ability? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Does watching lessons prove independent coding ability?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:00.875 — Why this answer works

No. Coding needs its own evidence. Jordan should practice the current gap before moving to a software-building path.

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No. Coding needs its own evidence. Jordan should practice the current gap before moving to a software-building path.

00:01:11.750 — Check 1

Choose a path using demonstrated skills.

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Choose a path using demonstrated skills.

00:01:17.458 — Check 2

Name the gap you will work on.

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Name the gap you will work on.

00:01:22.208 — Check 3

Keep public claims within the evidence.

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Keep public claims within the evidence.

00:01:27.542 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.