Understand your audience
Use reader needs and evidence to choose an angle that matters. This module has 3 lessons and takes about 1h 55m. Each lesson has a creative assignment, a self-review checklist, and a short quiz.
Start module 02 in the Learning LabTurn assumptions into questions
Describe a reader without inventing research.
An audience description should explain a situation and a need. A first-year student carrying a torn notebook is more useful than a list of assumed personality traits.
The source pack does not include interviews. Mark statements such as students worry about cost as assumptions. An invented quote is not customer research, even when an assistant makes it sound natural.
Write questions you could ask later: what would stop you attending, what would you want to bring, and where would you expect to find the details? Keep personal details out of practice notes.
See it in action
Read the fictional practice brief
FICTIONAL PRACTICE BRIEF: Green Bench is a student repair club. It runs a free notebook-cover repair workshop on Saturday, 14:00 to 16:00, in Room B. There are 12 places. Learners bring one worn notebook; tools and scrap card are provided. Register using the club form. No date, form URL, access arrangements, impact figures, or testimonials have been supplied. Ask the organiser about missing details before publishing. This is a creative exercise, not a real event.
Download source packBuild an audience note using one known fact, one assumption, and one research question.
Known fact
The workshop has twelve places and learners bring one worn notebook, according to the fictional source pack.
Assumption
I suspect beginners may worry that they need repair skills, but the brief does not include evidence for this.
Question
What information would help a new student decide whether this workshop is suitable for them?
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Check that you labelled assumptions clearly.
Match the message to the reader
Choose a useful angle for a specific situation.
The same event can answer different questions. A beginner may need to know what to bring. A club coordinator may need to know the capacity and materials. Change the emphasis while keeping the facts stable.
An angle is the part of the story you lead with. Bring your worn notebook focuses on the learner task. Twelve places available focuses on capacity. Neither needs a claim that seats are almost gone.
Select the angle that best answers the reader need. Do not use urgency unless you have real evidence for it. Explain your choice in one sentence.
See it in action
Read the fictional practice brief
FICTIONAL PRACTICE BRIEF: Green Bench is a student repair club. It runs a free notebook-cover repair workshop on Saturday, 14:00 to 16:00, in Room B. There are 12 places. Learners bring one worn notebook; tools and scrap card are provided. Register using the club form. No date, form URL, access arrangements, impact figures, or testimonials have been supplied. Ask the organiser about missing details before publishing. This is a creative exercise, not a real event.
Download source packWrite two openings for different readers and explain which you would use for first-year students.
Beginner opening
Bring your worn notebook to a free cover repair workshop. Tools and scrap card are provided.
Coordinator opening
Green Bench has twelve workshop places available, with tools and scrap card supplied for notebook-cover repairs.
Choice and reason
I would use the beginner opening because it explains the task and removes uncertainty about bringing tools.
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Both openings use the same approved facts.
Practical: make an audience message map
Create a message map for beginners, returning club members, and organisers.
Bring together the two lessons in this module. Create a message map for beginners, returning club members, and organisers. Use the fictional Green Bench source pack, and keep missing details visible in your working notes.
Your finished work should include: Three reader situations with labelled assumptions. An opening and a useful next action for each reader. Keep the actual text in the workspace. For media, describe your file or storyboard, its version, and the decisions it shows. Media files stay on your device; this form saves text only.
Try this review experiment: Ask a peer which opening answers their first question. If working alone, list the question each opening leaves unanswered. Record what changed and why. You may use your own AI tool or work from the supplied sample drafts. Label which approach you used. The checklist checks completeness and your review record, not creative quality.
Your creative assignment
FICTIONAL PRACTICE BRIEF: Green Bench is a student repair club. It runs a free notebook-cover repair workshop on Saturday, 14:00 to 16:00, in Room B. There are 12 places. Learners bring one worn notebook; tools and scrap card are provided. Register using the club form. No date, form URL, access arrangements, impact figures, or testimonials have been supplied. Ask the organiser about missing details before publishing. This is a creative exercise, not a real event.
- Revisit lessons 02-01 and 02-02 and collect your drafts.
- Create a message map for beginners, returning club members, and organisers.
- Use your own tool or the supplied examples. Keep the source facts, prompt, and draft together.
- Ask a peer which opening answers their first question. If working alone, list the question each opening leaves unanswered.
- Revise the work, complete the worksheet, and record any remaining publication blockers.
What to hand in
- Three reader situations with labelled assumptions.
- An opening and a useful next action for each reader.
Reflect on your work
Which change helped the reader most, and what evidence supports that choice?
Save the written work and review notes in Practice. Media files stay on your device. Review quality yourself or with a mentor.
See it in action
Read the fictional practice brief
FICTIONAL PRACTICE BRIEF: Green Bench is a student repair club. It runs a free notebook-cover repair workshop on Saturday, 14:00 to 16:00, in Room B. There are 12 places. Learners bring one worn notebook; tools and scrap card are provided. Register using the club form. No date, form URL, access arrangements, impact figures, or testimonials have been supplied. Ask the organiser about missing details before publishing. This is a creative exercise, not a real event.
Download source packCreate a message map for beginners, returning club members, and organisers.
Your finished work
Three reader situations with labelled assumptions. Start from the examples in the two earlier lessons, then write your own complete version or a detailed account of your media asset.
Evidence and review
Use this experiment: Ask a peer which opening answers their first question. If working alone, list the question each opening leaves unanswered. Record the observations, source checks, and any unresolved questions.
Revision and next step
Describe a specific change to this assignment and explain how it helps the reader. Keep the previous version for comparison.
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Check that you included three reader situations with labelled assumptions.
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