By the end of this guide you'll know two ways to grow a curriculum from real teaching: import a batch of lessons, or add one lesson from the calendar.
When to import
Import shines when the calendar already holds the truth — titles you refined, plans you wrote under pressure, files you attached for real classes.
Typical moments:
- End of a term or year — capture what you actually taught
- Mid-year — freeze a good stretch of lessons into a reusable sequence
- Switching schools or classes — keep the pedagogical archive even if the timetable changes
Your lessons stay on the calendar. Import builds a new curriculum from them; it does not remove or replace the dated lessons.
If you prefer to design the plan before teaching, start with Create a curriculum instead.
Import from Lessons (batch)
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Open Curricula
From the sidebar, go to Curricula (Curriculum Management).
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Click Import from Lessons
Click Import from Lessons. The dialog title is Import Curriculum from Lessons.
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Set the source
Fill in:
- Curriculum Name (required)
- Description (optional)
- School, Subject and Class (required)
- Timetable (optional) — limit to one timetable, or leave as all
- Start Date and End Date (required) — the window of lessons to consider
- Academic Period (optional)
Choose school, subject, class and the date range of lessons to pull in - 4
Preview and select
Click Preview Lessons. GapFiller lists the lessons found in that range.
Use Select All or Deselect All, or tick individual lessons. Only selected lessons become topics — in chronological order.
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Create the curriculum
Click Create Curriculum. GapFiller creates the curriculum with one topic per selected lesson.
What gets copied into each topic
For every selected lesson, the new topic receives:
- Title
- Sequence (from chronological order)
- Lesson / exam type
- Lesson plan text
- Duration (from the lesson’s start and end times)
- Materials
- Todos (preparation tasks)
That is why attaching files and writing plans on lessons during the year pays off: import turns day-to-day teaching into a durable archive.
After import, open the curriculum and tidy titles, merge thin topics, reorder, and enrich materials. Import is a strong draft — then you curate.
Add one lesson from the calendar
When a single lesson turned out especially well, you do not need a full import.
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Open the lesson
On the Calendar, open the lesson → Curriculum tab.
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Add This Lesson to Curriculum
Find Add This Lesson to Curriculum.
- Choose an existing curriculum, or type a new curriculum name
- Set Position in Curriculum and Item Title if needed
- Check the preview: content to copy includes title, lesson plan, materials and to-dos
From any lesson, add that one occurrence into an existing or new curriculum Confirm with Add to Curriculum.
Use this when you are building the curriculum gradually — one strong lesson at a time — instead of waiting for a full date range.
Import vs create from scratch vs duplicate
| Approach | Best when |
|---|---|
| Import from Lessons | The calendar already has plans and files worth keeping |
| Add This Lesson to Curriculum | You want to save one lesson into a growing plan |
| New Curriculum + topics | You are designing the sequence before or beside teaching |
| Duplicate | You need a new copy for another year or class (re-check materials — see create guide) |
After you import
- Reorder or merge topics if the calendar had catch-up or one-off lessons
- Add missing materials on topics you still care about next year
- Share the curriculum with another class (edit → add classes) if they follow the same plan
- Apply the curriculum when you want those topics on a new calendar stretch
What's next?
- Create a curriculum and store your plans — topics, materials and reorder in depth
- Apply a curriculum to your calendar — generate lessons or apply content to existing ones
- Create, edit and delete lessons — keep attaching plans and files as you teach