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Day 51 / 60Week 6 · Portfolio SprintMini project

Portfolio piece: onboarding experience

Learning goal

Design a first-week onboarding experience built around tasks.

Estimated time

40 minutes · self-paced

Warm-up

What did you actually need in your first week at a job?

Main lesson

Design around week one

timeline

Map the tasks a new starter must complete by day 5, then build support around those, not around company history.

  • Day-by-day task checklist
  • One short module for the riskiest task
  • Manager conversation guide
  • A 30-day reinforcement drip

Deliverable

example

A one-page programme map plus one built artefact (module, checklist or guide).

Examples from practice

  • A 5-day onboarding map with one micro-module on day 2.

Interactive quiz

Strongest onboarding element?

Reflection

What would have halved your own onboarding anxiety?

Daily challenge

Draft the day-by-day map in 20 minutes.

Portfolio task

Save 'Portfolio 1 — Onboarding experience'.

AI design tools

Ten assistants for this lesson

AI Mentor

Instructional design questions only

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