A creative writing course using D & D as a framework for teaching narrative skills. This version uses embedded content that can be updated centrally.
Here's what's inside:
✅ UDL principles
✅ SEL frameworks
✅ AI guidance + AI-resistant assignments
✅ SPED accommodations + ELL support
✅ Common Core ELA alignment
✅ WCAG accessibility
✅ NSQ Online Course Standards
✅ Teacher slideshows for synchronous lessons
✅ Teacher guidance and support documents
Attribution
This curriculum uses the storytelling concepts of the Dungeons & Dragons™ game system as a creative writing lens. Specifically, it aligns with the 2024 Player's Handbook (often called "5.5e" or "5e 2024"), as published by Wizards of the Coast in System Reference Document v5.2 (SRD 5.2) under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. The earlier SRD 5.1, covering the 2014 Player's Handbook ("5e"), remains publicly available; both can be found on Wizards of the Coast's SRD page (5.2 appears first; 5.1 follows below). Where the two editions differ — for example, "species" (5.5e) versus "races" (5e), or which fields appear on the official character sheet — this course follows 5.5e. Game references in the course are drawn only from the SRD; named factions, NPCs, settings, and creatures unique to Wizards of the Coast products do not appear in the curriculum.
"Dungeons & Dragons" is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC. This curriculum is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. Participants need no D&D experience to complete the activities within this course.
Creative Writing: D & D was developed by Jon Fila using AI tools (Claude Cowork & Code) for instructional design support, framework alignment and review. Icon images purchased for use from The Noun Project. Additional course images developed in Midjourney. For Terms of Use outside the scope of this license contact jon.fila@inclusiveaistrategies.com If you would like Jon to develop a course you can book a consultation.
Creative Writing Through D & D © 2026 by Jon Fila is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Facilitator: Jon Fila
A creative writing course using Dungeons & Dragons as a framework for teaching narrative skills. This version uses embedded content that can be updated centrally.