LEX ASTRA ACADEMY ED 210 / Exercise design and facilitation Lex Astra · Faculty development Teaching edition 2956.3 / Hybrid ———————————————————————————————————————————————— LEARNER WORKSHEET For exercise facilitators preparing Lex Astra practical sessions. This is a private working copy. Downloading submits nothing and records no completion. Use exercise identifiers, not private player information. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SESSION DETAILS Learner identifier: ____________________________________________________________ Instructor / assessor: ____________________________________________________________ Session date / agreed role or variant: ____________________________________________________________ Vessel, configuration and equipment: ____________________________________________________________ LIVE build / capability test date / tested by (if practical): ____________________________________________________________ Stop signal / recovery contact / communication arrangement: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PURPOSE Run a Lex Astra exercise whose changes test the intended skill and leave enough room to observe it. COURSE CONTEXT One instructor cannot assess four radio handovers at once. Run them in turn so each learner can be heard, corrected and given another attempt. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— ENTRY Complete: ED 101, FD 120 Equipment: A pilot team, evaluator, independent stop authority and build check for live work. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CASE: The observer cannot hear the handover 1. The objective is an acknowledged destination-change handover. 2. Four candidates are planned to hand over simultaneously; only one evaluator is available. 3. A draft script adds an unrelated contact event during the read-back. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND GAME SKILLS Build controlled exercises in a changing game Practical instruction revision 1 / 9 October 2026 Pilot the environment Test the intended ship, site, contract sharing, tools and recovery route with the build that will be used. Choose a quiet location or suitable Arena Commander mode for handling and weapons drills. Avoid using uninvolved players as surprise targets or obstacles. Prepare a fallback if the site becomes occupied or its access changes. Inject one decision-relevant change Use a message, a simulated unavailable receiver or a reversible tested configuration to create the required decision. Do not cause an uncontrolled injury or ship fire merely for drama. Release the inject only after the learner establishes the baseline action, and tell evaluators which indication and response they must observe. Reset and compare attempts Restore fuel, equipment, inventory and starting positions as required, then check that the next candidate receives a comparable task. Record environmental differences such as visibility or broken interaction prompts. After the pilot, revise confusing messages and inaccessible observation positions before blaming learners for inconsistent performance. PRACTICAL DRILL Design and pilot a cancelled approach, blocked cargo reception or medical-destination change. Show the baseline, inject trigger, evaluator viewpoint, safe reset and fallback for a game interruption. OBSERVED-SKILL CHECKS The environment and reset are tested before assessment. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ The inject exposes the intended skill without introducing an uncontrolled hazard. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Candidate difficulty and evaluator access remain comparable across attempts. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Apply the technical checks in the agreed role. Discussion and simulation do not certify live handling; Crew Support evidence does not confer Pilot qualification. GAME REFERENCES The linked pages were read for this revision. Community references mix release eras; each source note identifies what is used and what is excluded. Technical explanations below are an Academy synthesis, and drills and performance checks are Academy-designed. Before practice, compare the named actions with the installed LIVE build and actual equipment. Bind actions by name rather than copying old default keys. Research is not an in-game validation. Star Citizen Wiki — Controls https://starcitizen.tools/Guide:Controls Control categories, movement axes and targeting concepts. The page contains legacy bindings and flight-system descriptions; use the installed game’s bindings, not its key table. Star Citizen Wiki — Defend Occupants https://starcitizen.tools/Defend_Occupants A specific lawful bunker mission, shared access, allied NPCs and friendly-fire consequences. Other contracts have different conditions. Squad drills below are Academy teaching methods, not claimed game rules. Star Citizen Wiki — Medical https://starcitizen.tools/Medical Body-part injuries, Hemozal, symptom medication, BDL, bed tiers and regeneration. Ship tables, resource costs and ranges change; inspect the actual bed and tool. Star Citizen Wiki — Engineering https://starcitizen.tools/Engineering Engineering terminals, components, fuses, heat and fires. This community overview is incomplete; verify each interaction and vessel’s support in the session. RSI — Official patch notes https://robertsspaceindustries.com/patch-notes Primary release index for the instructor’s build check, not evidence that a particular interaction has been tested by the Academy. Official LIVE release check: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/patch-notes ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 1: Design from the outcome Choose the decision or action you need to see, then build a situation that requires it. Give each planned change a purpose. An unrelated crisis may be exciting but can hide the very action the exercise was meant to reveal. For every event, identify the learner decision it is intended to expose, the information needed to make that decision and the evidence the evaluator will record. Remove events that add drama without serving an outcome. A smaller exercise with clear observation can support a stronger judgment than an elaborate scenario no assessor can follow. Practise: Map each event to a taught outcome. Ready when: Every event has a relevant purpose and a specific observable response. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 2: Introduce one controlled change Brief roles, boundaries, stop requests and reset arrangements. Wait until the baseline task has been observed before changing the condition. Keep the change within the taught scope rather than springing a punitive surprise. Prepare the change as a controlled message: issuer, release condition, content and intended recipient. State what the facilitator does if the baseline has not yet occurred or a genuine technical interruption intervenes. This keeps two candidates’ attempts comparable without forcing identical responses to circumstances that actually differ. Practise: Run a pilot with one planned change. Ready when: Participants know the limits and the evaluator can observe the intended response. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 3: Improve the exercise as well as the learner Ask which outcomes were actually visible. Separate a learner gap from an overlarge group, unclear prompt or failed tool. Assign a correction and describe how the next pilot will show whether it worked. Evaluate the exercise design separately from the learner. If several candidates misunderstand the same prompt, inspect the prompt before prescribing more practice. Assign an improvement owner and a check in the next pilot, such as confirming that the evaluator can hear every handover after the group is divided. Practise: Write the evaluator’s improvement note. Ready when: Each issue has evidence, an owner and a practical check for the correction. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— WORKED DECISION A destination change tests read-back. The facilitator omits an unrelated attack because it would prevent the observer from hearing the handover. 1. Map the destination change to the handover criterion and remove the unrelated contact event from this drill. 2. Stagger the handovers or reduce the group so each candidate can be heard. Assign an independent stop role. 3. Pilot one baseline handover and then the change. Record whether the evaluator saw the intended evidence and adjust the design before assessment use. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR EXERCISE Produce a one-change run sheet, facilitate a pilot and write an improvement action based on the evaluator’s actual coverage. WHAT CHANGES The evaluator cannot observe every candidate in the proposed group. My decision and reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR WORKING RECORD Outcome / event / expected observable action ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Candidate order / evaluator coverage / stop and reset roles ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Pilot evidence / design problem / correction and next check ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CHECK YOUR REASONING What should you change when an observer misses two candidates’ handovers? My answer before consulting the explanation: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— EVIDENCE TO KEEP A pilot exercise, event-to-outcome list and improvement actions. Criterion 1: Every event has a relevant purpose and a specific observable response. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 2: Participants know the limits and the evaluator can observe the intended response. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 3: Each issue has evidence, an owner and a practical check for the correction. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— FINDINGS AND NEXT ATTEMPT Demonstrated: observed work meets the criterion. Further practice required: an observed gap needs a specific practice task. Interrupted: conditions prevented valid assessment; not a failure. Not assessed: enough evidence has not yet been collected. All three criteria need individual evidence. A team result or quiz cannot replace an unobserved practical. Practice variant for a fresh attempt: Use an evaluator connection loss during the pilot. Pause or reschedule the unobserved outcome instead of inventing a result. My next practice task: ____________________________________________________________ Review contact: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— COMPARE AFTER ANSWERING Have those two candidates repeat their handovers, one at a time, or assign another instructor to listen. Assess what each person says and does; another crew member’s correct reply cannot stand in for theirs. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SOURCE AND EDITION The assessment return and the second attempt /academy/archives/assessment-return Academy teaching record on recording the actual gap and arranging a second attempt. The faculty practice samples below are newly authored examples, not private candidate records. The lessons are current Academy teaching, not newly discovered historical records. Lex Astra opened in 2891. Historical sources keep their original issuer and date; all case callsigns, quantities, times and conditions are supplied for practice. Course text revised 8 October 2026; fictional teaching edition 2956.3. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Instruction revised 9 October 2026. Lex Astra cases supply the teaching situations. Professional references inform communication, decision-making and instructional design; they do not confer external qualifications. LIVE capabilities remain subject to the recorded session check. Carnegie Mellon · objective / assessment alignment https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/learningobjectives.html FEMA · objective-led exercises and improvement https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/exercises/hseep IES · worked examples, retrieval and spaced practice https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/1 ———————————————————————————————————————————————— INSTRUCTOR CHECK Try the exercise with the ship and equipment you will use. Brief station assignments, callsigns, channel and recovery point. Explain the command “Stop exercise” before starting. If a bug prevents completion, repeat the affected task when it works. Ask before recording the session; use player handles in your notes. Review rules: /academy/archives/academy-ordinance Teaching basis: /academy/framework#research