Dr. Elisa Janson Jones Dr. Elisa Janson Jones

Drill, Baby, Drill.

You, too, can use Claude to custom-code an interactive element to help you gain greater depth of knowledge, especially for concepts that just require more repetition. Languages, math equations, specific types of problems or questions…all of these are great candidates for your learning mode.

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Dr. Elisa Janson Jones Dr. Elisa Janson Jones

Show the Flow

And what I’ve learned is that not everyone likes a spreadsheet as much as I do. (I like them A LOT).

I’m learning to be very sensitive to this fact. If there’s too much text on a page, many brains just zone out rather than dig in. Having a way to visualize complex concepts in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the already stressed among us is critical.

That’s why when I’m learning, teaching, demonstrating, or presenting a process, I use an interactive of some kind. It prevents the brain from turning on brown noise and gives the user something to do. To see the next stage in the process, they must click. To reveal the explanation (in bullet points…ideally also with emoji), they have to hover and expose the dropdown.

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Dr. Elisa Janson Jones Dr. Elisa Janson Jones

Build Your Own Digital Proposal Webpage

Whether you're trying to convince your boss to let you initiate a new project, or you're selling a product to a new customer, or you're advocating for your local high school band...I guarantee you've had to create a proposal of some kind.

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