In a New Dork State of Mind

FCP 101

The good people over at Mac|Life have put up "Getting Started with Final Cut Pro". It's still a little detailed for a beginner IMHO, but there are some helpful tips here. (Three long pages of info.)

Might be worth it to do a little selective copy and paste to make your own handout for students. My students prefer to watch the tutorial movies on the Apple FCP site.