01
The performance-consulting case
Modules 1–2
Diagnose whether the problem is a training problem at all. You leave with a needs-analysis report, evidence table and cause-solution matrix a reviewer can interrogate.
Digital course · For US career changers into workplace L&D
Instructional Design Portfolio System
Break the experience catch-22 with portfolio evidence reviewers can inspect.
$349 complete course · $129 templates
Final deliverable
Three published case studies
First output
A chosen case and gap draft in 15 minutes
Total effort
Roughly 45 to 70 honest hours
Level
No ID experience required
Why this course exists
“A capable professional is being told they need instructional design experience to get instructional design work.”
This course breaks that loop with evidence instead of credentials. Not a certificate line on a résumé: a three-case portfolio a hiring reviewer can open, inspect and interrogate.
One problem becomes three portfolio cases.
You work one performance problem end to end: diagnosis, design, build, facilitation, evaluation. Then you publish it as three distinct, rights-clean case studies. That is what entry-level hiring reviewers actually ask to see.
02
The eLearning production case
Modules 3–6
Analysis to storyboard to an accessible 10-to-15-minute working module, with a launch QA record and accessibility test evidence, not just screenshots of slides.
03
The facilitated-session case
Module 7
A timed 60-minute session package another facilitator could run cold: guide, deck plan, practice, debrief and job aid, synchronized by activity ID.
For people converting real experience, not starting over.
For US career changers and workplace professionals, including teachers, trainers, HR practitioners and subject-matter specialists, converting real experience into entry-level instructional-design portfolio evidence for workplace learning and development roles.
It is not certification prep, not a Storyline tutorial, and not for mobile-only learners, because full production needs a real computer. K-12 curriculum leadership roles, which usually require graduate credentials, are out of scope by design.
The transformation
From experienced professional without instructional-design evidence to the owner of a complete, defensible three-case workplace L&D portfolio.
The files alone, or the full transformation.
Working Templates is for practicing designers who already know the workflow and want the working files. The portfolio itself, with the course, the cases and the evidence, is Portfolio Builder. Both licence one named person.
Working Templates
The editable toolkit and workbook, without the course.
$129
- Editable toolkit: storyboard deck, needs-analysis, design-brief, facilitator-guide and case-study documents, plus a 9-sheet working spreadsheet
- The five documents you hand on carry your own name, not ours
- 24-page Core Action Workbook, A4 and US Letter
- 2-page quick reference: the evidence chain and final readiness review
- For working designers who already know the workflow and want the files
Portfolio Builder
Full courseThe complete transformation, evidence to publication.
$349
- Everything in Working Templates
- The full 8-module course: 24 chapters and a 471-slide presentation edition
- 12-page Advanced Toolkit with a second full transfer case
- Three annotated worked demonstrations, 26 pages
- Guides and the 27-source reference ledger
Twelve artifacts. One ninety-second test.
The final module ends with the reviewer test: can a stranger find your diagnosis, your alignment, your build evidence and your evaluation plan in ninety seconds? Everything here exists to pass it.
- Case brief and rights declaration
- Performance-gap statement and evidence manifest
- Needs-analysis report with cause-solution matrix
- Audience profile and task-and-decision map
- Objective and assessment blueprint
- Solution architecture and design brief
- Production-ready storyboard with interaction map
- eLearning build with an accessibility and launch-readiness record
- Accessibility test record
- Facilitated session package with job aid
- Evaluation plan with instruments
- Three published portfolio case studies
Plus the 24-page workbook, the 12-page advanced toolkit with a second full transfer case, three annotated demonstrations, and the editable template kit.
Straight from the course files.
Each frame is pulled from the delivered course files without retouching, so the standard you see is the standard you get. The Northstar teaching case is fictional and labelled as such.
Frame 1 of 471: the portfolio dossier beside the course declaration
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The curriculum.
Eight modules, 24 chapters and 471 slides. Each guided hour is deliberately small next to the applied hours, because every hour is designed to leave an artifact behind, and the artifacts are the portfolio.
Module 1 · 40 min guided · 45 to 75 minutes applied
Portfolio target and case launch
Choose a lawful portfolio case, frame the performance gap without presupposing training, and open the evidence workspace.
- 1.1Evidence worth building
- 1.2Choose a lawful case
- 1.3Frame the gap and open the workspace
You leave with
A case brief with rights declaration, a complete performance-gap statement, and a started evidence manifest.
Module 2 · 40 min guided · 4 to 6 hours applied
Performance diagnosis
Diagnose whether training is an appropriate response, code the evidence, and write the needs-analysis recommendation.
- 2.1Is this a training problem?
- 2.2Collect and code the evidence
- 2.3Write the recommendation
You leave with
A needs-analysis report with an evidence table, cause-solution matrix, and a defensible training decision.
Module 3 · 40 min guided · 3 to 5 hours applied
Audience, context and task analysis
Translate learner and task evidence into an audience profile, constraints register, and task-and-decision map.
- 3.1Profile the real audience
- 3.2Map the work context
- 3.3Map tasks, decisions and errors
You leave with
An audience profile, a context and constraints register, and a task-and-decision map with common errors.
Module 4 · 40 min guided · 4 to 6 hours applied
Alignment and solution architecture
Write observable objectives with matched assessment evidence and architect the smallest sufficient solution.
- 4.1Define proof before content
- 4.2Blueprint the assessment
- 4.3Architect the smallest sufficient solution
You leave with
An objective and assessment blueprint plus the solution architecture and design brief.
Module 5 · 40 min guided · 5.5 to 8.5 hours applied
Storyboarding and interaction design
Specify a production-ready, accessible storyboard another developer could build without inventing missing logic.
- 5.1Choose purposeful interaction
- 5.2Write the buildable screen
- 5.3Design the decision scenario
You leave with
A production-ready storyboard with interaction map, feedback design, accessibility notes, and a scenario map.
Module 6 · 40 min guided · 10 to 18 hours applied
Build, accessibility and launch readiness
Build the module, test accessibility against the WCAG 2.2 target, and prove launch behavior beyond the preview.
- 6.1Build for function and access
- 6.2Test accessibility for real
- 6.3Publish and prove launch
You leave with
A working module build, an accessibility test record, and a launch-readiness pack with an issue log.
Module 7 · 40 min guided · 6 to 10 hours applied
Facilitated and blended package
Produce a timed facilitator package another facilitator could run: guide, deck, practice, debrief and job aid.
- 7.1Design the session
- 7.2Build the handoff package
- 7.3Prepare for the real room
You leave with
A facilitator guide, slide deck plan, participant practice, debrief guidance, job aid, and contingency matrix.
Module 8 · 40 min guided · 4.5 to 7.5 hours applied
Evaluation and portfolio publication
Plan evaluation beyond satisfaction, publish three defensible case studies, and complete the final readiness review.
- 8.1Plan evaluation that answers decisions
- 8.2Write the case study
- 8.3Publish and complete the final readiness review
You leave with
An evaluation plan with instruments and three published, rights-clean portfolio case studies.
The working standard
Every hour leaves an artifact behind.
The workbook is the course. Reading without building leaves you with notes instead of a portfolio, so every module ends with a piece a reviewer can hold.
The honest boundary
What this course refuses to promise.
- A hiring guarantee
- An interview promise
- An accessibility certification
- Live coaching or portfolio review
What you get instead: complete, honest, inspectable evidence of a full instructional-design workflow, and the judgment to defend every decision in it.
Credentials say you attended. Evidence shows you can do the work.
Read it before you buy.
Lifted verbatim from the toolkit files, so the writing standard is inspectable before you commit forty-plus hours to it. Nothing is paraphrased.
“What this script produces is bounded, honest evidence: what was tested, how, and what was found. Claim exactly that, and no more.”
The boundary, stated up front
Accessibility test script, in the editable toolkit
“An interaction earns its place by rehearsing something the objective needs, not by making a page feel busy: clicking is not learning.”
Rule governing the whole set
Interaction pattern cards, in the editable toolkit
“An unrecorded test did not happen, as far as your build record is concerned.”
Before you start
Accessibility test script, in the editable toolkit
Questions, answered.
I have no instructional design experience. Can I do this?
Yes, and that is the point. The course assumes no ID experience. You need clear professional English, basic document and slide skills, and a laptop. It converts experience you already have into portfolio evidence.
Do I need Articulate Storyline or another paid tool?
Module 6 needs one authoring tool, and a free open-source option (H5P) is a supported path. Commercial tools like Storyline or Captivate work too, most with free trials. No tool is included or endorsed. The toolkit uses standard DOCX, PPTX and XLSX files and is structurally checked during the build; choose an office application that supports those formats.
How long does it really take?
About 5.5 guided hours plus 38 to 62 applied project hours; plan roughly 45 to 70 hours to a finished three-case portfolio. The build module alone is 10 to 18 hours. That is honest, and it is why the result is defensible.
I do not have a workplace project I can publish. What do I use?
The supplied fictional Northstar Systems case is designed exactly for this: a complete, privacy-safe performance problem you can diagnose, design, build and publish without permission risks. Real workplace material works too, with the rights workflow taught in Module 1.
Will this get me a job?
No course can promise a hiring decision, and this one refuses to. It promises the part you control: complete, honest, inspectable evidence of a full instructional-design workflow, and the judgment to defend every decision in it.
How do I know it fits before I buy?
Everything is inspectable before payment: the full curriculum, the twelve artifacts, unedited slides, and applied-hours estimates stated honestly instead of rounded down. If a question is still open, write to hello@thedigitalkit.co and a human answers before any money changes hands.
Start the portfolio that ends the catch-22.
$349 for the complete Portfolio Builder, or $129 for the working editable templates without the course. The guided Portfolio Builder reaches its first output inside 15 minutes.
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