Warm-up
Open any free online course. First impression: what hurts?
Audit checklist
exampleScore each item 1–5 and note evidence.
- Objective is observable and job-relevant
- Extraneous load removed
- Multimedia principles respected
- Retrieval every 5–7 minutes
- Feedback explains consequences
- Practice resembles the real task
From audit to fix
Every low score must produce a concrete redesign action, not a complaint.
- — An audit of a free compliance course scoring 2/5 on practice realism.
Which criterion was hardest to judge?
Daily challenge
Complete the audit for a real course in 20 minutes.
Portfolio task
Save the completed audit — it becomes evidence in Project 2.
AI design tools
Ten assistants for this lesson
AI Mentor
Instructional design questions only
Hi! I'm your ID Mentor. Ask me anything about spot the violations — or instructional design in general.
