Lessonmaker is a tool included in Wordsearch 11 & 12 for creating small group lessons and Sunday school lessons rapidly. Simply type in what Bible passage or topic you want to make a lesson from, and select the lesson materials you have in your library. If you are really pressed for time, you can hit the panic button, and a lesson will be instantly created for you. These lessons can be printed for classroom handouts.
Here are some basics on how to use Lessonmaker.
Click on the Lessonmaker icon from the toolbar, and the window will open.
Type in what Bible passage or topic you want to make a lesson from, and select the lesson you would like to use from the results.
The lesson will open in the Lessonmaker window.
More on the Lessonmaker toolbar:
Lessonmaker Toolbar
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Open
Opens the Lessonmaker window to open another lesson. |
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Log
Shows you which lessons you have used and on what date. |
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Copy to Doc
Copies the lesson into a Word Processor document. You have to select the text you would like to copy for it to copy. |
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Copy
Copies the lesson onto your clipboard. You have to select the text you would like to copy for it to copy. |
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Panic
Instantly creates a lesson for you. Select the books you would like to include and you’ll be provided with a lesson. |
To learn more about Lessonmaker, watch this video:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQ9-2Tul4w&w=560&h=315]
I can’t get lesson maker to work properly. It enters ok but then none of the clicks work, there is no chapter change arrows. I have to always use the contents menu to move around. I am using a lesson maker book.
Dale
I cannot get the interaction between Lesson maker and the word processor. I am using the internal word processor. The copy to document does not copy selected text, The panic button runs but does not place the answers anywhere. I tried an external Word as well but no go. I watched the tutorial but no help. (It doesn’t just display Lessonmaker but goes through everything.) It says I can double click a question but that does not work either.
I have other problems as well. Everything in Lessons folder automatically goes to Lesson maker but I have a book in a subdirectory and it will not. Traversing from one page to another: if I click on a book to start lessonmaker then the open command does not know about this particular book. I have to select it inside the open and then select the chapters. It should know. I am not sure everything in the lessons folder is lessonmaker compatible.
Hi Dale! The best way to get this worked out is to contact our support team at support@wordsearchbible.com or 888.854.8400. Thank you!
Cannot get lesson maker to export to powerpoint. I get a dialogue box that says powerpoint cannot open the file. Called tech support and no help given. When are you going to fix this?
Jerry
Hi Jerry! This is a known bug that is being worked on, but for now you can use copy and paste to move things into PowerPoint. (Not a perfect solution, I know!) Thanks so much for your patience!
How do you create a new lesson, instead of using the pre-filled plans? Sorry, I’m having a time trying to figure it out…
Hi Will! This video should help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQ9-2Tul4w&index=5&list=PL-Ne73oC9Uv58hx8V27ZbSnO2TnxujRHD
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the answer, however the issue I am having is not covered in the video. I am wanting to create the lesson from scratch. When I open the lesson maker it only has the preloaded lessons from the book of John. I can only pull a new lesson from that file. But, I cannot figure out how to make my own editable lessons (not from the the John file but make a new file to pull from). I apologize if I’m not being clear…I’m kind of confusing myself trying to explain it…
The book of John was a sample book of lessons to show you how LESSONmaker works. To add more lessons, you will need to add more LESSONmaker compatible content to your library. https://www.wordsearchbible.com/products/category?category_id=98
To create your own lessons from scratch, I think you have to use the Word Processor.
I think I’m trying to ask how do I create a new lesson kit to open and create a message from.