Guides for instructional designers
Practical, no-fluff guides to the checks that make a course work. Written by an instructional designer, for instructional designers.
The anchor guide
What is an instructional design audit?
What it checks, how it differs from QA and SME review, and how to run one by hand.
With a free checker
Bloom's taxonomy verbs for learning objectives
Verbs for all six levels, the ones to avoid, and a checker for your own objectives.
The five-minute check
How to align learning objectives and assessments
The three-column check, what the leftovers mean, and how to match the question to the verb.
A checklist for IDs
How to review an AI-generated course
What AI drafts get wrong and a 10-point review checklist before anything reaches learners.
A screen-by-screen checklist
Mayer's multimedia principles: a checklist for e-learning
All twelve principles as things to look for on a real screen, with the fix for each.
With a copyable template
Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction, with examples and a template
Each event with an e-learning example, the ones usually missing, and a template to copy.
WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA
WCAG checklist for e-learning
WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA in plain questions: what to fix in the storyboard, what to test after.
See what it finds in your course.
Paste a course or upload the file. In about a minute you get a scored report with every finding cited and the fix written for you. Your first audit is free.
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