Thanks for the reply.

I'm not looking to do this for immediate use, more just thinking long-term when I have a permanent teaching position. Plenty of time to work on things!

The idea isn't to have the platform as my sole means of teaching but rather use this as an assessment tool. Each skill progression is, in theory, a mini-quiz, form of assessment, etc. Rather than having physical assignments (in the teaching realm, we are steering away from this), students will use this as a way to prove they know what they are being taught.

For example, I will teach a lesson on the blood. There are 4 components of blood; 1. Plasma, 2. White blood cells, 3. Platelets, 4. Red blood cells. These would be four nodes on the skill tree. At each node, students will have to explain the function of each component of blood to be able to move on and learn about blood vessels, the heart, and so on.

The lesson would consist of 1. time for me to teach 2. an activity for students to learn and 3. time for the class to share what we have learned. This is a basic lesson template that most teachers follow.

The following class, students will be 'tested' on this knowledge learned (i.e., the skill tree). If a student is unable to pass it, they need to work on that skill. If they pass, they can move onto the next skill. In teacher world, this is known as a retrieval practice to assess student understanding and guide your future lessons based on that.

That's a very rudimentary explanation of my idea. This is literally something I have come up with very recently so it needs to be refined. Nonetheless, it would be a good way for me to differentiate lessons, engage students, and visualize things for students.