Applied professional course
Integrated Concept Masterplan for Planning Review
The capstone: take one brief through appraisal, capacity, concept design, drawings and reporting to a coordinated planning-review package.
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Written course content
Client-style brief
A client needs a complete concept masterplan package for a 25-hectare mixed-use extension, ready to place in front of a planning authority and a project board: appraisal, policy, constraints, capacity, layout, movement, open space, drainage, drawings and a report that holds together.
Professional scenario
Synthetic 25-hectare edge-of-settlement site with two road frontages, a stream corridor, an area of higher ground, an existing footpath crossing the site and neighbouring residential to the south.
Planning problem
Most concept packages fail on integration: the layout contradicts the drainage strategy, the report cites a capacity the drawings do not show, and the movement plan ignores the open-space structure. The professional problem is to produce one coherent package where every part agrees with every other part.
Learning objectives
- Sequence a full concept masterplan from brief to issued package.
- Integrate appraisal, policy, capacity, movement, open space and drainage into one plan.
- Produce a coordinated drawing set with reconciled schedules.
- Write a planning-review report that a reviewer can follow and challenge.
- Run a coordination and quality-assurance pass before issue.
Modules and lessons
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Module 1
Module 1 — Integrated evidence base
Build one evidence base every later decision will refer back to.
Defining the package contents, the audiences, the decision it supports, the coordination points and the issue programme in professional terms.
Practical exercise: Write a package definition listing outputs, audiences and coordination points.
Checkpoint: Every listed output has an owner and a dependency.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Combining topography, hydrology, ecology, heritage, access, utilities and neighbouring use into one constraints picture, and converting it into a ranked issues schedule.
Practical exercise: Produce the constraints plan and a ranked issues schedule.
Checkpoint: Each issue names its evidence source and its design implication.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Establishing the policy context, identifying the tests the scheme must meet, and structuring the argument the report will make before any layout is drawn.
Practical exercise: Write the argument outline: claims, required evidence and known weaknesses.
Checkpoint: Known weaknesses are stated rather than avoided.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Example data: Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site.
Module output: Integrated appraisal with constraints plan and issues schedule.
Module 2
Module 2 — Integrated concept design
Design so that structure, movement, open space and drainage resolve together.
Setting net developable area, distributing uses, structuring blocks and phases, and keeping the schedule and the plan in step from the first iteration.
Practical exercise: Produce the structuring plan and land-use schedule and reconcile them.
Checkpoint: Schedule and plan reconcile to within a stated tolerance.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Designing streets and green structure as one system, keeping the existing footpath, connecting to the neighbouring area, and locating open space where it is usable and overlooked.
Practical exercise: Draw the movement and open-space structure as a single coordinated plan.
Checkpoint: The retained footpath, street hierarchy and open space form one connected system.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Overland flow from contours, stream-corridor buffering, surface-water storage located in usable space, and testing that the drainage strategy does not contradict the layout.
Practical exercise: Integrate the drainage strategy and record the layout changes it forced.
Checkpoint: Drainage land is shown on the layout, not described only in text.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Example data: Ideeplan-owned capacity, open-space and drainage teaching templates.
Module output: Coordinated concept masterplan with supporting schedules.
Module 3
Module 3 — Package assembly and review
Issue a coordinated package that survives review.
Deciding the minimum coherent set, scales, sheet composition, numbering, revision control and the register that ties the package together.
Practical exercise: Compile the drawing set and complete the register with revisions.
Checkpoint: Every drawing referenced in the report exists in the register.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Report structure, evidencing each claim, presenting options and their rejection reasons, stating limitations, and writing conclusions a reviewer can test.
Practical exercise: Write the report with a claim-to-evidence cross-reference table.
Checkpoint: Every claim in the conclusions maps to a drawing or a schedule.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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The structured pre-issue check: number reconciliation, drawing–text agreement, missing statements, jurisdiction caveats and the no-approval position.
Practical exercise: Run the full QA pass, log every non-conformity and reissue.
Checkpoint: The QA log shows every non-conformity closed before issue.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Example data: Ideeplan-owned report structure, drawing register and QA templates.
Module output: Issued concept masterplan package with a coordination and QA record.
Project brief
A synthetic 25-hectare edge-of-settlement mixed-use extension with two frontages, a stream corridor, higher ground, a crossing footpath and neighbouring housing.
Your role: Lead consultant coordinating and authoring the concept masterplan package.
Information available
- Synthetic survey, hydrology, ecology-style and utility teaching layers.
- Publicly available style of policy context, reproduced as teaching material only.
- Ideeplan-owned report, register and QA templates.
Required analysis
- Integrated site appraisal and ranked issues schedule.
- Policy argument outline with stated weaknesses.
- Capacity and land-use reconciliation.
- Movement, open-space and drainage integration.
- Pre-issue coordination and QA pass.
Required outputs
- Constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Structuring plan and land-use schedule.
- Coordinated movement and open-space plan.
- Drainage and levels strategy plan.
- Concept masterplan drawing.
- Drawing register.
- Planning-review report with claim-to-evidence table.
- QA log.
Presentation standard: One coordinated package: consistent scales, complete register, reconciled schedules, stated limitations, jurisdiction caveat and an explicit statement that the concept is not approved and not development-ready.
Marking criteria
- Integration: Layout, movement, open space and drainage agree with one another.
- Reconciliation: Every number in the report matches the schedule and the drawing.
- Argument quality: Claims are evidenced and weaknesses are acknowledged.
- Package discipline: Register, revisions and references are complete and correct.
- Professional limits: The package states it is untested, unapproved and jurisdiction-dependent.
Quality-assurance checklist
- Claim-to-evidence table is complete.
- Drawing register matches the issued set.
- Capacity figures reconcile across report, schedule and plan.
- Drainage land appears on the layout.
- The no-approval and local-confirmation statements are present.
Common mistakes and correction tasks
- Report capacity figure that the drawings do not support. Correction: Reconcile the schedule, the plan and the text, and record the corrected figure.
- Drainage strategy that contradicts the layout. Correction: Revise the layout to hold the storage and reissue both drawings.
- Open space placed in leftover land after everything else is fixed. Correction: Re-plan open space as part of the movement and green structure.
- Conclusions that assert acceptability in policy terms. Correction: Rewrite as evidenced positions with the tests to be confirmed with the authority.
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Assessment formats planned for the Academy
Written briefs, required deliverables and marking criteria are published inside the course content above for open review. None of them can be submitted or marked at present.
- Practical planning task
- GIS mapping exercise
- Site-appraisal task
- Feasibility assessment
- CAD or drawing task
- Revit coordination task
- Planning-report task
- Policy-assessment task
- Transport or access analysis
- Environmental or green-infrastructure exercise
- Final course project
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Practical project materials
Written project materials for this course: the project brief, the synthetic scenario, the schedules, checklists and worksheets a learner works through, and the marking and correction sheets used to review the result.
Synthetic training material authored by Ideeplan. Not a real site, not a client project, and not survey-verified. These materials are written content shown on this page. Downloadable files are not currently available, no worked example file has been produced, and no material here has been professionally reviewed or approved.
Practical resources
Resources for this course
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All demonstration material is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult and is labelled as demonstration material. No confidential client file, personal information, private agency document or unreleased project drawing is used.
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Practical project brief
Sets the professional situation, the role the learner takes and what must be produced.
- Resource type
- Brief
- Format
- Written brief shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — One brief governs the whole course: every lesson exercise contributes to the same final deliverable.
- Access
- No account required — written preview is public
- A synthetic 25-hectare edge-of-settlement mixed-use extension with two frontages, a stream corridor, higher ground, a crossing footpath and neighbouring housing.
- Your role: Lead consultant coordinating and authoring the concept masterplan package.
- Available information: Synthetic survey, hydrology, ecology-style and utility teaching layers.
- Available information: Publicly available style of policy context, reproduced as teaching material only.
- Available information: Ideeplan-owned report, register and QA templates.
- Required analysis: Integrated site appraisal and ranked issues schedule.
- Required analysis: Policy argument outline with stated weaknesses.
- Required analysis: Capacity and land-use reconciliation.
- Required analysis: Movement, open-space and drainage integration.
- Required analysis: Pre-issue coordination and QA pass.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Client-style instruction and problem statement
Gives the learner the instruction as a practitioner would receive it, and names the problem to be solved.
- Resource type
- Brief
- Format
- Written statement shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Scenario framing applies to every lesson in the course.
- Access
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Synthetic 25-hectare edge-of-settlement site with two road frontages, a stream corridor, an area of higher ground, an existing footpath crossing the site and neighbouring residential to the south.
Most concept packages fail on integration: the layout contradicts the drainage strategy, the report cites a capacity the drawings do not show, and the movement plan ignores the open-space structure. The professional problem is to produce one coherent package where every part agrees with every other part.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Module 1 learner worksheet — Module 1 — Integrated evidence base
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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- Worksheet
- Format
- Written worksheet shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated appraisal with constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 1, which build one shared output.
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- Brief interrogation and package planning — Write a package definition listing outputs, audiences and coordination points.
- Site appraisal and constraints synthesis — Produce the constraints plan and a ranked issues schedule.
- Policy context and the argument to be made — Write the argument outline: claims, required evidence and known weaknesses.
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Module 2 learner worksheet — Module 2 — Integrated concept design
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
- Resource type
- Worksheet
- Format
- Written worksheet shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Coordinated concept masterplan with supporting schedules.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 2, which build one shared output.
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- Capacity, structure and land-use distribution — Produce the structuring plan and land-use schedule and reconcile them.
- Movement, access and open-space structure together — Draw the movement and open-space structure as a single coordinated plan.
- Drainage, levels and environmental integration — Integrate the drainage strategy and record the layout changes it forced.
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Module 3 learner worksheet — Module 3 — Package assembly and review
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
- Resource type
- Worksheet
- Format
- Written worksheet shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Issued concept masterplan package with a coordination and QA record.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 3, which build one shared output.
- Access
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- The drawing set and register — Compile the drawing set and complete the register with revisions.
- Writing the planning-review report — Write the report with a claim-to-evidence cross-reference table.
- Coordination and quality-assurance pass — Run the full QA pass, log every non-conformity and reissue.
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Task checklist
Confirms every required piece of work has been produced before submission.
- Resource type
- Checklist
- Format
- Written checklist shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — A single task checklist tracks progress across all modules.
- Access
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- Constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Structuring plan and land-use schedule.
- Coordinated movement and open-space plan.
- Drainage and levels strategy plan.
- Concept masterplan drawing.
- Drawing register.
- Planning-review report with claim-to-evidence table.
- QA log.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Example data and drawing base
Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site. GIS exercises are planned around plain, checkable formats: CSV and clearly labelled local-grid JSON on the named grid IDP-LOCAL-GRID. GeoJSON is not used for local-grid training data because the format asserts WGS 84 degrees. No QGIS project file, GeoPackage or raster file is claimed.
- Resource type
- GIS exercise pack
- Format
- CSV and local-grid JSON (planned) — no GeoJSON, QGIS project, GeoPackage or raster file is claimed
- Status
- Planned
- Data classification
- Synthetic demonstration data
- Licence or ownership
- Synthetic demonstration material prepared by Ideeplan Consult. No client file, personal information, private agency document or unreleased project drawing is used.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — One demonstration data base is used by every lesson so results stay comparable.
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Demonstration data item What it contains and how it is used Data ownership and licence Synthetic training data prepared and owned by Ideeplan Consult. It is fictional: it is not a real client project, a real site or a real location, and it must not be presented as one. Free to study on this page; redistribution is not permitted. Module 1 input — Module 1 — Integrated evidence base Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site. Module 2 input — Module 2 — Integrated concept design Ideeplan-owned capacity, open-space and drainage teaching templates. Module 3 input — Module 3 — Package assembly and review Ideeplan-owned report structure, drawing register and QA templates. Lawful sourcing where real data is substituted Where a learner substitutes real data, use only openly licensed or lawfully obtained sources, record the publisher, dataset title, version and access date, and cite them in the final deliverable. Do not use restricted, confidential or personal data. Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Analysis and calculation template
Structures the analysis so assumptions are visible and checkable. Any figures used in a template are teaching assumptions, not market evidence. Local costs, policies, standards and valuation assumptions must be independently confirmed before any of this is applied to a real project.
- Resource type
- Suitability matrix
- Format
- CSV matrix (planned)
- Status
- Planned
- Data classification
- Synthetic demonstration data
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — The same analysis structure is completed progressively through the course.
- Access
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- Record every assumption on its own labelled row, with the source or reason beside it.
- Module 1 working section — Integrated appraisal with constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Module 2 working section — Coordinated concept masterplan with supporting schedules.
- Module 3 working section — Issued concept masterplan package with a coordination and QA record.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Structuring plan and land-use schedule.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Coordinated movement and open-space plan.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Drainage and levels strategy plan.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Concept masterplan drawing.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Drawing register.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Planning-review report with claim-to-evidence table.
- Required output carried into the analysis — QA log.
- Check row: totals, units and areas reconcile before the result is carried into the deliverable.
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Final deliverable template
Sets the expected structure and presentation standard for Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review.
- Resource type
- Site plan base
- Format
- PDF and DXF (planned)
- Status
- Planned
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — The final deliverable draws on every module output.
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- Final named deliverable — Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Section 1 — Integrated appraisal with constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Section 2 — Coordinated concept masterplan with supporting schedules.
- Section 3 — Issued concept masterplan package with a coordination and QA record.
- Must be present — Constraints plan and issues schedule.
- Must be present — Structuring plan and land-use schedule.
- Must be present — Coordinated movement and open-space plan.
- Must be present — Drainage and levels strategy plan.
- Must be present — Concept masterplan drawing.
- Must be present — Drawing register.
- Must be present — Planning-review report with claim-to-evidence table.
- Must be present — QA log.
- Presentation and submission standard — One coordinated package: consistent scales, complete register, reconciled schedules, stated limitations, jurisdiction caveat and an explicit statement that the concept is not approved and not development-ready.
- Sources and citations: list every dataset, publisher, version and access date used, and state clearly where synthetic Ideeplan training data was used.
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Quality-control checklist
Professional checks to run before the work is treated as finished.
- Resource type
- Checklist
- Format
- Written checklist shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Quality control is applied to the whole submission, not to a single lesson.
- Access
- No account required — written preview is public
- Claim-to-evidence table is complete.
- Drawing register matches the issued set.
- Capacity figures reconcile across report, schedule and plan.
- Drainage land appears on the layout.
- The no-approval and local-confirmation statements are present.
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Marking and review rubric
States what a satisfactory professional standard looks like for each criterion.
- Resource type
- Marking rubric
- Format
- Written rubric shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — One rubric reviews the final deliverable produced across all modules.
- Access
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Criterion Satisfactory standard Integration Layout, movement, open space and drainage agree with one another. Reconciliation Every number in the report matches the schedule and the drawing. Argument quality Claims are evidenced and weaknesses are acknowledged. Package discipline Register, revisions and references are complete and correct. Professional limits The package states it is untested, unapproved and jurisdiction-dependent. Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Correction-task sheet
Common professional mistakes and the correction the learner practises.
- Resource type
- Correction-task sheet
- Format
- Written task sheet shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Correction tasks address mistakes that can appear anywhere in the course.
- Access
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- Report capacity figure that the drawings do not support. — Reconcile the schedule, the plan and the text, and record the corrected figure.
- Drainage strategy that contradicts the layout. — Revise the layout to hold the storage and reissue both drawings.
- Open space placed in leftover land after everything else is fixed. — Re-plan open space as part of the movement and green structure.
- Conclusions that assert acceptability in policy terms. — Rewrite as evidenced positions with the tests to be confirmed with the authority.
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Submission guidance
How the finished work should be assembled and presented for professional review.
- Resource type
- Checklist
- Format
- Written guidance shown on this page
- Status
- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Integrated concept masterplan package for planning review
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Submission guidance covers the single final deliverable.
- Access
- No account required — written preview is public
One coordinated package: consistent scales, complete register, reconciled schedules, stated limitations, jurisdiction caveat and an explicit statement that the concept is not approved and not development-ready.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Video lessons for this course
- Video lessons
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- Professional narration — planned, not produced
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- Not yet produced
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- Prepared for professional review
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Applies to every software demonstrated in the Academy, including AutoCAD, QGIS, Revit, ArcGIS, SketchUp, Lumion, Civil 3D, Rhino and any other software used. The final video must accurately represent what a learner sees when using the stated software version.
- Every demonstration is a genuine screen recording or screenshot captured from the actual installed software being taught.
- The exact software name, version, operating system and relevant workspace are stated on screen and in the lesson notes, as read from the recorded session.
- The real interface is shown: menus, panels, toolbars, properties, layer controls, settings and the command line or log.
- The real cursor, tool selection, commands, settings and the resulting output are visible.
- Capture is 16:9 and readable at 720p, with clear, unhurried cursor movement; the screen stays clear enough for learners to follow.
- The view zooms in whenever text, settings, coordinates or field values would otherwise be hard to read.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software.
- Useful keyboard shortcuts are shown alongside the menu path, never instead of it.
- Differences between software versions or operating systems are stated wherever the interface may display differently.
- Steps are numbered on screen, with callouts pointing at the actual control being used.
- Any annotation is added only after recording and must never alter or misrepresent the software interface.
- Captions and a complete transcript are produced before professional review.
- Any presenter window stays small, is positioned clear of technical content, and is hidden on mobile widths and on dense technical screens.
Interface visibility on every recording
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning of every demonstration, with the application identity and exact version clearly visible.
- The relevant menu bar, ribbon, toolbar or toolbox stays visible while each step is explained; the interface context is never cropped away.
- Layers, properties, project browser or data panels are shown wherever applicable.
- The command line, status bar or coordinate/CRS information is shown wherever relevant.
- Real cursor movement and visible clicks are captured, with visible cursor highlighting or click indicators.
- The selected tool and its effect are visible, and complete dialog boxes and settings are shown whenever one is opened.
- The resulting drawing, map, model or output is shown in the recording.
- Zoom is used only when necessary for small text or settings, always retaining enough context to identify the application and tool in use.
- The standard applies to every software course and is verified before any video is marked recorded or approved; if the required authentic interface is not visible, the lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
Never used
- Generic website mockups standing in for a software workspace.
- Simulated, redrawn, reconstructed or redesigned replica interfaces for any software.
- AI-generated software screens, panels, dialogs or map canvases.
- Generic illustrations replacing the real interface.
- Unverified screenshots taken from any source other than the recorded session.
- Fake video players, placeholder thumbnails or invented durations.
- Invented menus, tool names, command names, dialog options or keyboard shortcuts.
- Hiding important controls or covering them with a presenter window.
- Annotations that alter or misrepresent the recorded software interface.
- Claiming or implying that a simulated screen is an authentic software demonstration.
AutoCAD — what the recording must show
Exact AutoCAD release to be stated from the recorded session. Operating system to be stated from the recorded session; ribbon layout and shortcuts differ between Windows and Mac.
- 1.Drawing setup: new drawing, template choice and workspace.
- 2.Units: the UNITS dialog, unit type, precision and insertion scale.
- 3.Layers: the Layer Properties Manager, layer creation, colour, linetype and lineweight.
- 4.Object properties: the Properties palette and how an object's layer and overrides are read.
- 5.Commands: the command line with the exact command typed, including options and prompts.
- 6.Dimensions: dimension style settings and a dimension placed on real geometry.
- 7.Layouts: layout tabs, sheet size and page setup.
- 8.Viewports: viewport creation, scale setting and viewport locking.
- 9.Title blocks: title block insertion and completion of the sheet fields.
- 10.Plot settings: the PLOT dialog, plot style, paper size, scale and preview.
- 11.Final drawing checks: audit, purge, layer check and a measured check against the plotted scale.
QGIS — what the recording must show
Exact QGIS version to be stated from the recorded session. Operating system to be stated from the recorded session; menu positions and file dialogs differ between systems.
- 1.Project CRS: Project Properties, the CRS tab and the selected coordinate reference system.
- 2.Layer loading: the Data Source Manager or Browser panel and the layer added to the canvas.
- 3.Layer properties: the Layer Properties dialog and each tab used in the lesson.
- 4.Symbology: the Symbology tab with the real renderer, classes and colour settings.
- 5.Attribute tables: the attribute table, field values, selection and expression use.
- 6.Processing tools: the Processing Toolbox with the tool searched and opened by its real name.
- 7.Analysis settings: every parameter in the tool dialog, including output location.
- 8.Map layout: the Print Layout window, page setup and map item.
- 9.Legend, scale and north arrow: each item added from the real layout toolbar.
- 10.Export and quality checks: the export dialog settings and a check of the exported file.
No authentic software recording or screenshot exists yet. Every software lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
Real professional classroom experience — every lesson
Applies to every future Academy lesson, software-based or not. The finished lesson presents as authentic professional training, professionally narrated and screen-led: video + written guide + supporting data + practical task + quality checklist + final named deliverable.
Lesson structure
- 1.Professional introduction.
- 2.Realistic project situation.
- 3.Learner role within that situation.
- 4.Problem statement.
- 5.Learning objectives.
- 6.Required software and data.
- 7.Step-by-step demonstration.
- 8.Explanation of the professional reasoning behind each action.
- 9.Practical learner task.
- 10.Checkpoint or pause activity.
- 11.Common mistake and its correction.
- 12.Quality-control review.
- 13.Final recap.
- 14.Named learner deliverable.
Video requirements
- Professional narration that is clear, natural and paced for instruction, synchronised with the screen action.
- Authentic screen recording from the actual software, with visible menus, tools, panels, commands, settings and outputs.
- Natural cursor movement and deliberate pacing, with a clear explanation of why each action is taken.
- Realistic corrections and troubleshooting shown, not edited away.
- Clear 16:9 screen capture.
- Captions and a complete transcript.
- Chapter titles and lesson sections.
- A small presenter window only where useful; it never covers technical content and is hidden on mobile or dense technical screens.
Never produced as a lesson
- Automated slideshows.
- Generic screen tours.
- Silent software demonstrations.
- Marketing videos presented as lessons.
- AI-avatar presentations.
- Simulated software tutorials.
- Fast montages without explanation.
- An invented tutor, instructor identity, voice, recording, thumbnail or completion status.
Lessons use only synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned examples. No confidential client information is used.
No genuine professional recording exists yet. Until one does, every lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.” Enrolment, payments, certificates and protected learner access stay disabled during this production stage.
Professional narration and screen-first production
- Every Academy lesson is planned as a professionally narrated, screen-led practical lesson with captions and a complete transcript.
- No AI avatar, virtual presenter or artificial talking head is used, and no named person is imitated. No lesson is described as human-narrated, instructor-led by a named person or personally presented unless that is factually true.
- No instructor identity is published until a real, named professional has recorded and approved the lesson.
- Recordings are screen-first: the GIS view, planning drawing, AutoCAD or Revit workspace or document remains the main subject of the frame.
- Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies about 8–10% of the frame, never covers technical content, and is reduced or hidden on small screens.
- The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions and conclusions. It is never used as a repeated course thumbnail, and the Academy remains company-first.
No lesson has been recorded and no narration has been produced. Scripts exist as production plans only, and every lesson video status remains “Not recorded”.
Demonstration material is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult. No confidential client file, unauthorised agency dataset or private project information is used.
Methods are jurisdiction-neutral. Learners must confirm local laws, policies and technical standards before applying them to a real project.
A production plan describes how a lesson would be recorded. It is not a recording, and it does not create an enrolment, account, payment or reserved place.
9 lesson production plans · suggested recording time about 90 minutes in total (a planning estimate, not a recorded duration) · every lesson video status: Not recorded.
Lesson 1 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Brief interrogation and package planning
- Learning objective
- Defining the package contents, the audiences, the decision it supports, the coordination points and the issue programme in professional terms.
- Narration focus
- Build one evidence base every later decision will refer back to.
- Screen action
- Write a package definition listing outputs, audiences and coordination points.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site.
- Expected learner output
- Every listed output has an owner and a dependency.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Defining the package contents, the audiences, the decision it supports, the coordination points and the issue programme in professional terms.
- 2.Write a package definition listing outputs, audiences and coordination points.
- 3.Every listed output has an owner and a dependency.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 2 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Site appraisal and constraints synthesis
- Learning objective
- Combining topography, hydrology, ecology, heritage, access, utilities and neighbouring use into one constraints picture, and converting it into a ranked issues schedule.
- Narration focus
- Build one evidence base every later decision will refer back to.
- Screen action
- Produce the constraints plan and a ranked issues schedule.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site.
- Expected learner output
- Each issue names its evidence source and its design implication.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Combining topography, hydrology, ecology, heritage, access, utilities and neighbouring use into one constraints picture, and converting it into a ranked issues schedule.
- 2.Produce the constraints plan and a ranked issues schedule.
- 3.Each issue names its evidence source and its design implication.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 3 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Policy context and the argument to be made
- Learning objective
- Establishing the policy context, identifying the tests the scheme must meet, and structuring the argument the report will make before any layout is drawn.
- Narration focus
- Build one evidence base every later decision will refer back to.
- Screen action
- Write the argument outline: claims, required evidence and known weaknesses.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Synthetic survey, constraint, policy-context and utility teaching layers for the 25-hectare site.
- Expected learner output
- Known weaknesses are stated rather than avoided.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Establishing the policy context, identifying the tests the scheme must meet, and structuring the argument the report will make before any layout is drawn.
- 2.Write the argument outline: claims, required evidence and known weaknesses.
- 3.Known weaknesses are stated rather than avoided.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 4 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Capacity, structure and land-use distribution
- Learning objective
- Setting net developable area, distributing uses, structuring blocks and phases, and keeping the schedule and the plan in step from the first iteration.
- Narration focus
- Design so that structure, movement, open space and drainage resolve together.
- Screen action
- Produce the structuring plan and land-use schedule and reconcile them.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned capacity, open-space and drainage teaching templates.
- Expected learner output
- Schedule and plan reconcile to within a stated tolerance.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Setting net developable area, distributing uses, structuring blocks and phases, and keeping the schedule and the plan in step from the first iteration.
- 2.Produce the structuring plan and land-use schedule and reconcile them.
- 3.Schedule and plan reconcile to within a stated tolerance.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 5 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Movement, access and open-space structure together
- Learning objective
- Designing streets and green structure as one system, keeping the existing footpath, connecting to the neighbouring area, and locating open space where it is usable and overlooked.
- Narration focus
- Design so that structure, movement, open space and drainage resolve together.
- Screen action
- Draw the movement and open-space structure as a single coordinated plan.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned capacity, open-space and drainage teaching templates.
- Expected learner output
- The retained footpath, street hierarchy and open space form one connected system.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Designing streets and green structure as one system, keeping the existing footpath, connecting to the neighbouring area, and locating open space where it is usable and overlooked.
- 2.Draw the movement and open-space structure as a single coordinated plan.
- 3.The retained footpath, street hierarchy and open space form one connected system.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 6 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Drainage, levels and environmental integration
- Learning objective
- Overland flow from contours, stream-corridor buffering, surface-water storage located in usable space, and testing that the drainage strategy does not contradict the layout.
- Narration focus
- Design so that structure, movement, open space and drainage resolve together.
- Screen action
- Integrate the drainage strategy and record the layout changes it forced.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned capacity, open-space and drainage teaching templates.
- Expected learner output
- Drainage land is shown on the layout, not described only in text.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Overland flow from contours, stream-corridor buffering, surface-water storage located in usable space, and testing that the drainage strategy does not contradict the layout.
- 2.Integrate the drainage strategy and record the layout changes it forced.
- 3.Drainage land is shown on the layout, not described only in text.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 7 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
The drawing set and register
- Learning objective
- Deciding the minimum coherent set, scales, sheet composition, numbering, revision control and the register that ties the package together.
- Narration focus
- Issue a coordinated package that survives review.
- Screen action
- Compile the drawing set and complete the register with revisions.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned report structure, drawing register and QA templates.
- Expected learner output
- Every drawing referenced in the report exists in the register.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Deciding the minimum coherent set, scales, sheet composition, numbering, revision control and the register that ties the package together.
- 2.Compile the drawing set and complete the register with revisions.
- 3.Every drawing referenced in the report exists in the register.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 8 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Writing the planning-review report
- Learning objective
- Report structure, evidencing each claim, presenting options and their rejection reasons, stating limitations, and writing conclusions a reviewer can test.
- Narration focus
- Issue a coordinated package that survives review.
- Screen action
- Write the report with a claim-to-evidence cross-reference table.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned report structure, drawing register and QA templates.
- Expected learner output
- Every claim in the conclusions maps to a drawing or a schedule.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Report structure, evidencing each claim, presenting options and their rejection reasons, stating limitations, and writing conclusions a reviewer can test.
- 2.Write the report with a claim-to-evidence cross-reference table.
- 3.Every claim in the conclusions maps to a drawing or a schedule.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 9 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Coordination and quality-assurance pass
- Learning objective
- The structured pre-issue check: number reconciliation, drawing–text agreement, missing statements, jurisdiction caveats and the no-approval position.
- Narration focus
- Issue a coordinated package that survives review.
- Screen action
- Run the full QA pass, log every non-conformity and reissue.
- Required software
- QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned report structure, drawing register and QA templates.
- Expected learner output
- The QA log shows every non-conformity closed before issue.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.The structured pre-issue check: number reconciliation, drawing–text agreement, missing statements, jurisdiction caveats and the no-approval position.
- 2.Run the full QA pass, log every non-conformity and reissue.
- 3.The QA log shows every non-conformity closed before issue.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, AutoCAD, Spreadsheet software, Word processor, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Course production standard
- Recordings are screen-first: the planning drawing, GIS view, AutoCAD or Revit workspace stays the main subject of the frame.
- Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies no more than about 8–10% of the frame and never covers maps, legends, drawings, dimensions or annotations.
- On mobile and on dense technical screens the presenter window is reduced further or hidden entirely.
- The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions, explanations and conclusions. It is not used as a generic thumbnail for every course.
- Narration is planned for professional human delivery. No AI narration, AI presenter or recorded lesson exists today.
No lesson has been recorded. Every lesson media status is “Not recorded”.
Any example data used in teaching is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult, and is clearly labelled as demonstration data. No client file, confidential document or unauthorised project material is used.
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