July 2025
Course
How to Pray the Rosary: Course
Introduction
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course overview
This is a short 4o minute course that helps deepen spiritual formation through learning the history, power, and beauty of a meditative prayer like the Rosary.
Role
Learning Experience Designer (LxD)
Project Length
One Week
Learners
Catholics seeking to deepen their faith through powerful meditative prayer.
Tools
Articulate Rise 360, Figma, Framer, ChatGPT
Problem
Problem: Amparo wants to pray the Rosary but would have a hard time making it to a prayer group in her parish due to her health issues.
Lack of Access
Measurable goal
An engaging learning experience that teaches the beauty of the Rosary through its history, structure, spiritual benefits.
Action
Research
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Persona
This course was specifically designed with my grandmother in mind who has some knowledge of the Rosary but has never committed to its daily practice. Because of some health issues, she is not able to venture to her local parish to partake in a Rosary group, nor attend with her friends.
Amparo Loza Sapien
Age: 80
Occupation: Retired
Location: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Summary
While Amparo grew up Catholic, she did not have the formation. She’s always had a devotion to the Blessed Mother and would attend Church frequently until her health impeded it. Amparo would like to make the Rosary a part of her daily prayer.
Frustrations
Health Issues
Goals
Grow in Prayer
hobbies
Telenovelas
Values
Faith & Family
“I wish I knew how to pray the Rosary.”
Design
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Backwards Design
Learning Objectives
Content
Practice & Feedback
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This is a short but comprehensive course on the Rosary. In this course you will learn:
The history of the Rosary
Its structure
The prayers
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Lesson One
The History of the Rosary
Que es el rosario y porque se reza?
El Rosario nació como una forma sencilla de oración para quienes no sabían leer. En el siglo XIII, la Virgen María se le apareció a Santo Domingo y le pidió que enseñara esta oración.
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Quiz
Knowledge Check
History
Who is traditionally credited with promoting the widespread use of the Rosary in the 13th century?
St. Dominic
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Catherine of Siena
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The Anatomy
Tap on the rosary to learn more.
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Lesson Two
The Mysteries
Joyful Mysteries
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Luminous Mysteries
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Sorrowful Mysteries
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Glorious Mysteries
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Lesson Two
Glorious Mysteries
Wednesdays & Sundays
The Resurrection – Jesus rises victorious from the dead on the third day.
The Ascension – Jesus ascends into heaven, promising to send the Holy Spirit.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit – The Spirit comes upon Mary and the Apostles at Pentecost.
The Assumption of Mary – At life’s end, Mary is taken body and soul into heavenly glory.
The Coronation of Mary – Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth as Mother of the Church.
Knowledge gaps
Lack of technological understanding. That will require a simple and intuitive user flow. The user flow will focus on signifier when needed to ensure a seamless user experience.
learning objectives
Recall the history of the Rosary
Identify each part of the Rosary and its use in prayer
Describe the significance and importance of the Rosary
Demonstrate how to properly pray the Rosary
measurable goal
Understanding of the mysteries of the Rosary and why we meditate on them.
Action
To be able to pray the Rosary with little to minimal guidance.
activity
The course will utilize an interactive Rosary activity where the learner will interact with the Rosary digitally to learn its structure.
Information
Content and information is designed to aid and help the learner toward the learning goal. The learning is split into three lessons.
Testing
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Measurement
Two formative quizes and one summative quiz.
usabiity
Testing was done with a rough prototype and found no major usability issues.
Outcome
Learner completed the module with a passing score of 80 Percent.
feedback
Continuous feedback would be great to continue to see course effectiveness.
Conclusion
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Take aways
Designing and developing this course was a great joy. It allowed me to deepen my own understanding of the Rosary. Moving forward I will continue working on creating formation modules that I can implement on a larger scale.
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