We introduced the idea of “ Resource Request ” in the first course. Here are the instructions if you haven’t signed up for that course or you took it before the “Resource Request” feature was added.

One of the nice things about an online course like this, where thousands of people are enrolled and active simultaneously, is that you get to share materials and crowdsource ideas. So feel free to take advantage of the next Discussion Prompt to make a “Resource Request.”

You might not get a response right away. But if you return to the discussion thread before you finish the course, perhaps you’ll find that somebody has generously filled your request. Or maybe you’ll just pop back in to fill somebody else’s. The Resource Request page is also a place for Resource Donations!

That original “Resource Request” gave pretty general examples. You could post anything related to writing, editing, and language more generally:

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource to feed my love of high-quality magazine articles and other forms of creative nonfiction.

Possible Answer : The site Longform.org .

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource to help teach my teenage son punctuation and grammar.

Possible Answer : The collection of grammar videos on the Khan Academy website.

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource that lets me learn about language while listening to a podcast.

Possible Answer : The podcast Lexicon Valley by Columbia University’s John McWhorter

This time, however, we are going to focus the Resource Request on the two themes of the current course: structure and organization.

Here are some examples:

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource that helps me structure my research.

Possible Answer : The Craft of Research by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, Joseph Williams, Joseph Bizup and William Fitzgerald

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource that helps me structure my day.

Possible Answer : Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource that helps me structure my work team’s goals.

Possible Answer : Measure What Matters by John Doerr

• Resource Request : Requesting a resource that helps me structure a store, hotel, or restaurant.

Possible Answer : Abstract: The Art of Design  (Episode 8, Ilse Crawford )

You can post your request or fill somebody else's in the discussion thread that follows.