Hosting supplemental work on PF?

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The discussion centers on the idea of enhancing Susskind's General Relativity lecture series by creating a collaborative platform for problem-solving among participants. The proposal includes hosting a weekly "watch and work" group at a university and developing a thread for problems and solutions related to each lecture, with contributions from members to facilitate learning. The intention is to create a structured approach to tackle the material, possibly leading to a dedicated subforum for open-source supplemental materials. There is interest in this unconventional approach, and discussions are ongoing among staff to explore its feasibility and gather further input.
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I'm currently revisiting Susskind's GR series, with the intent on hosting a weekly group "watch and work" "party" at the uni I work at. The free lectures are great and I'm glad to have them. However, I think they could be supplemented with some problems and solutions, particularly ones that follow along and make sense with the videos.

Would I be able to just make a thread with a few problems and solutions (hid in spoilers) and have it locked afterwards?

I actually think it would be great to have a few threads that were "Susskind Lecture 1 Problem Set Scaffolding", where PF members would help contribute ideas, questions, and check each others work, and then a final thread with 10 posts (1 for each lecture) containing what we decided was most optimal.

I know this is slightly unconventional for the site, but I think it would be great. We could potentially have a subforum for supplemental materials that are open-source.

Is this allowed and something people are interested in?

Thoughts?
 
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