{
  "id": "teaching-midi-virtual-instruments",
  "title": "Teaching MIDI & Virtual Instruments",
  "course_url": "/learn/courses/teaching-midi-virtual-instruments.html",
  "audience": "teacher",
  "lesson_count": 9,
  "mapped_checkpoint_count": 9,
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M01",
      "lesson_number": 1,
      "title": "Teach instructions versus sound",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach instructions versus sound. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Choose a school-approved DAW that creates instrument tracks and edits notes. Test MIDI import/export, audio export and project reopening with a student account.",
        "Demonstrate: The educator plays identical notes through two sounds, keeps performance/state/audio separately and reopens the delivered copy. Drawn notes are accepted as an equal entry route.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: An educator says MIDI contains the exact synth sound and accepts a download notification as recovery proof."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M02",
      "lesson_number": 2,
      "title": "Teach routes and expression",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach routes and expression. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Test note editing and velocity in the selected DAW. Identify whether sustain CC64, pressure and pitch bend can be viewed.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher traces MIDI and audio separately, edits one note property at a time and distinguishes CC64 from its values. Unsupported pressure/bend tests stay labeled as analysis.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: The teacher calls velocity a dB value, confuses port with channel and changes controller number to alter sustain strength."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M03",
      "lesson_number": 3,
      "title": "Teach intentional groove",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach intentional groove. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Test grid size, duplicate clips and quantization. If percentage strength or swing is absent, demonstrate moving one event manually by a measured amount.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher chooses a suitable grid, compares partial movement and preserves anchors while testing offbeats or velocity separately. The actual drum map is verified.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: The educator requires full eighth-note quantization on a sixteenth-note pattern and calls independent random offsets musical intention."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M04",
      "lesson_number": 4,
      "title": "Teach sound design and preserve dependencies",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach sound design and preserve dependencies. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Choose one sampler or sample-based instrument, one FM instrument if available, and two contrasting preset sounds. Use the supplied FM renders if editable FM is absent.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher isolates a documented envelope/modulation parameter, retains instrument state and permitted samples, and distinguishes hands-on operation from supplied-render analysis.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: A preset swap is presented as a one-parameter FM test, and a sampler preset is handed off without its source file."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M05",
      "lesson_number": 5,
      "title": "Teach MIDI 2.0 without hardware mythology",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach midi 2.0 without hardware mythology. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Print the resolution, expression and capability cards. Download both chord-bend examples.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher separates musical gesture, message protocol, host route and receiver support. Advertised, discovered, enabled and tested evidence remain distinct; MPE is not equated with MIDI 2.0.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: A USB-C connector and a successful audio illustration are offered as proof of native MIDI 2.0 support."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M06",
      "lesson_number": 6,
      "title": "Teach configuration and portable exchange",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach configuration and portable exchange. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Prepare the route, configuration and conversion cards. Identify the chosen DAW’s real project/preset export capabilities.",
        "Demonstrate: The educator uses a reversible project/paper model, preserves baseline state and tests notes, controllers and dependencies separately after export. Unsupported features are documented.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: The teacher sends an arbitrary voice dump to hardware and treats a successful file open as proof all expression survived."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M07",
      "lesson_number": 7,
      "title": "Teach hybrid timing and automation",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for teach hybrid timing and automation. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Test importing audio beside MIDI, automation recording/drawing and render playback. Download the alignment example and synchronization cards.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher compares several offsets, distinguishes monitoring from placement and verifies editable automation separately from rendered sound. Synchronization jobs are named individually.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: A fixed shift is applied to variable timing errors, and a WAV containing movement is treated as proof that MIDI holds editable host automation."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-M08",
      "lesson_number": 8,
      "title": "Assess a musical handoff",
      "assignment": "Prepare and teach the demonstration for assess a musical handoff. Use the named practical and classroom case below. Record what the learner actually did, score the case against the course criteria, and revise the teaching after feedback.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Prepare: Provide the fault cards, handoff template and final rubric. Confirm school-approved submission routes and enough storage.",
        "Demonstrate: The teacher scores form, roles, timing/expression evidence, sound/arrangement choices, accessible explanation and actual handoff results. Feedback produces a retained revision; future MIDI 2.0 plans stay separate from tests.",
        "Rehearse and teach back: Perform the linked unit’s practical on your actual classroom setup. Retain a baseline, the changed version and one independent replay/reopen check. Prepare and deliver a three-minute teach-back of the demonstration to a colleague or reviewer, or make an accessible recording for review. Include one prediction, one controlled operation and one check for understanding.",
        "Assess this case: A large project receives full marks without source credits, a complete ending or a tested recovery route."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the prepared example and baseline, the changed or reopened result, a teach-back record, criterion-level case score, feedback, revised plan and access adaptation. Label simulated or untested practical work honestly.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "adapt",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical explanation is accurate and distinguishes observation from inference.",
        "Practical evidence preserves a baseline, controls the intended variable and verifies the result.",
        "Teaching makes the concept accessible and includes a prediction, demonstration and diagnostic response.",
        "Assessment and launch decisions cite actual evidence, identify untested skills and specify a feasible next action."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "PD-MVI-FINAL",
      "lesson_number": 9,
      "title": "Final portfolio and practical review",
      "assignment": "Complete the teaching readiness portfolio for final portfolio and practical review. Rehearse the demonstration, score the case evidence, document revisions, and state which practical skills remain untested.",
      "practice_steps": [
        "Complete the final teaching package: Locate evidence from the course tasks or modules for each final criterion. Include the original, a justified revision, and the verification result. Preserve the listening copy, editable recovery materials and applicable source permissions. Use your teacher-selected DAW."
      ],
      "evidence_requirement": "Portfolio evidence references, final handoff/recovery result, practical-skill record and next learning step. Keep the final teaching package, criterion-level scores, feedback and revised launch plan.",
      "standards": [
        "teach",
        "assess",
        "implement"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Technical accuracy across examples",
        "Controlled practical evidence with retained baselines",
        "Verification, recovery and honest limits",
        "Accessible demonstration and diagnostic teaching",
        "Evidence-based scoring of a learner example",
        "Feedback and documented revision",
        "Feasible classroom plan and individual assessment",
        "Complete participation record and accurate completion scope"
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Score the work against stated criteria, identify the misconception and provide feedback and a suitable next activity.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named educator work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its full scope."
    }
  ],
  "teacher_assessment": {
    "instructions": "Assess the work named in each row. Record the file or portfolio entry, the criterion, the result and the next action. Use a practical observation for equipment operation. Give feedback on the learner’s decisions as well as the finished result.",
    "levels": {
      "3": "Criterion met, with independent verification or a successful application in another situation.",
      "2": "Criterion met: the required work is complete, accurate and supported by evidence.",
      "1": "Some relevant work is present, but the intended result has not been demonstrated.",
      "0": "The required evidence has not been submitted or demonstrated."
    },
    "self_guided": "Read the evidence requirement before starting. Save the work, check each criterion and revise any missing or unsuccessful part. Use a peer or instructor for tasks that require feedback or a witnessed practical demonstration."
  },
  "readiness": {
    "pathway": "educator",
    "fit": "For educators, not a student course.",
    "prioritySkills": "Demonstrating and assessing midi versus audio; performance editing; instrument design; portable project handoff.",
    "priorSkills": "Read or complete the companion student course; bring a sample assignment to assess.",
    "equipment": "Computer with a DAW and virtual instrument, headphones; a MIDI keyboard is optional.",
    "expectedTime": "8 designed hours",
    "teacherGuidance": "No instructor is required; this edition is for educators preparing to demonstrate, assess, and adapt the student course."
  }
}