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Course Notebooks

These notebooks will help you follow the Open Yale courses available online. Choose a course and start with the first lecture.

4 notebooks available

How this was made

When I was 20, I decided to go to university in Ireland. I’m French, and at the time my English wasn’t very good. So, being the genius I was, I enrolled in an Irish history course.

I knew nothing about Irish history. I had no cultural or historical background to fall back on: everything I knew was French. After the first few lectures, I was completely overwhelmed.

Because I could access the slides in advance, I started making documents before each lecture. I used them to give myself the context I was missing and understand what the lecture was going to be about. They helped me follow the course - and pass it - even when my English was still shaky.

This website is a continuation of those documents. Each notebook is designed to help you understand the context before you watch a lecture, then remember what you have just watched afterwards. It does not replace the course. It is here to guide you through these wonderful lectures, all freely available online.

The notebooks were made with AI. I turned the process into a Course Notebook skill so that you can use it to make your own. It was tested on Open Yale Courses, but it is not limited to them. You may need to poke at it, ask it to improve a few things and make the result your own.

I hope you enjoy the notebooks. If you want to see what else I’ve been making during my current vibe-coding phase, you can find it in my portfolio.

Course Notebook skill on GitHub →See my portfolio →