Available in: ENGLISH | INDONESIAN (by request) | ARABIC (by request)
Certified Community
Engagement Professional
Build the practical capability to analyse a learning need, design the solution, develop and publish digital learning, and present your work in a professional portfolio.
OVERVIEW
C-IDT Professional equips you to solve learning and performance challenges through structured instructional design. Across eight applied modules, you will learn how to investigate learning needs, translate evidence into learning outcomes and curriculum architecture, design engaging and accessible learning experiences, create valid assessments, develop digital learning with current authoring and AI tools, and evaluate whether the solution works. Practical assignments throughout the programme build towards a professional portfolio that demonstrates your ability to take a learning solution from initial need through to published output.
CORE CAPABILITIES YOU'LL BUILD
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
- Diagnose a performance or learning need using business, learner, task, competency, and stakeholder evidence.
- Translate evidence into measurable outcomes, a coherent curriculum architecture, and an appropriate learning strategy.
- Develop clear instructional content, storyboards, media specifications, and an accessible learning experience.
- Design valid assessments, rubrics, formative feedback, and a proportionate validation process.
- Use generative AI within a documented workflow that preserves human judgement, privacy, accuracy, fairness, and accountability.
- Build, package, publish, and technically test an e-learning module through an authoring tool and learning management system.
- Plan evaluation across learning, transfer, implementation, and business outcomes while stating evidence limitations.
- Apply quality assurance criteria to review the instructional, visual, technical and accessibility quality of a learning solution before release.
C-IDT Professional is designed for people who create, support or manage learning solutions and want to develop stronger capability across instructional design and learning technology.
Early-Career Practitioners
Instructional Design Practitioners
Experienced Learning Professionals
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Available in: ENGLISH | INDONESIAN (by request) | ARABIC (by request)
PREPARATION
Pre-course
The pre-course establishes the shared foundation on which every applied module depends, and diagnoses prerequisite gaps before applied work begins. It carries the knowledge units that the framework retains as prerequisites rather than as applied programme hours: learning science, the instructional design lifecycle, assessment principles, and digital and accessibility standards. It also orients participants to the profession itself, so that design decisions taken later in the programme are made with an understanding of the roles and settings in which instructional designers actually work. Total duration is 240 minutes.
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Welcome guidance and schedule
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Learning science for instructional decisions
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Career pathways in instructional design and technology
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Instructional design lifecycles and evidence-informed decisions
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Needs analysis survey
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Assessment validity, fairness, and evidence fundamentals
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Pre-course readiness quiz
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Digital standards, accessibility, and responsible AI literacy
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CORE-COURSE
Module 1: Evidence-Informed Learning Design Foundations
Establishes the empirical basis on which every later design decision in the programme rests, and the discipline of recording why a decision was taken. The module works through the processing constraints that bound any instructional design (attention, working memory and cognitive load), the practice and feedback conditions under which learning becomes durable, the characteristics of adult learners, and the four principal learning traditions and what each does and does not license. It closes by requiring participants to select and defend a set of principles against a real brief, which is the competence the module is actually assessing: not recall of principles, but the ability to justify their selection and to state the limits of the evidence supporting them.
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What counts as credible evidence in instructional design
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Behaviourist, cognitivist, constructivist and social learning principles in practice
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Attention and working memory as design constraints
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Selecting and defending learning principles for a real brief
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Managing cognitive load through chunking, signalling and coherence
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Industry and domain application: evidence-informed design across regulated, technical and commercial sectors
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Retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving
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Industry standards and compliance: professional capability models for instructional designers
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Feedback timing and usefulness
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Portfolio Builder 1: learner profile and evidence-based design rationale
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Adult learners: prior knowledge, motivation and agency
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Post-module quiz
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CORE-COURSE
Module 2: Performance, Needs, Learner, Task, and SME Analysis
Establishes the diagnostic competence that determines whether a learning intervention is warranted at all, and if so what it must address. The module begins by separating performance problems from learning problems and the stated request from the root need, then works through needs analysis at organisational, job and individual level, competency gap analysis, and the analysis of learners, critical tasks, context, constraints, inclusion requirements and transfer barriers. It concludes with the elicitation of expert knowledge from subject matter experts and the synthesis of all of this evidence into a single actionable recommendation. The module deliberately admits the possibility that the correct recommendation is not a training intervention.
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Performance problems, learning problems, and the business outcome
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Subject matter expert elicitation: interview guides and probing tacit expertise
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Separating the stakeholder request from the root need
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Synthesising evidence into an actionable recommendation
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Training needs at organisational, job and individual level
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Industry and domain application: how needs analysis differs across sectors and organisational maturity
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Competency-gap analysis
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Industry standards and compliance: data protection, consent and evidence handling in needs analysis
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Learner profiles, critical tasks and decision mapping
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Portfolio Builder 2: needs-analysis brief, learner profile and SME discovery plan
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Context, constraints, resources, inclusion needs and transfer barriers
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Post-module quiz
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CORE-COURSE
Module 3: Outcomes, Curriculum Architecture, and Learning Strategy
Converts diagnostic evidence into the architecture of a learning solution. The module covers the writing of observable performance statements with their conditions and criteria, the constructive alignment check that keeps content, practice and assessment addressing the same performance, and the assembly of a curriculum blueprint with defined course and module boundaries, prerequisites and controlled scope. It then addresses sequencing, progression and pathway design, the selection of modality against explicit criteria rather than habit or budget, and the design of practice, performance support and the transfer conditions without which a well-designed course produces no change in the workplace.
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From needs evidence to learning outcomes
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Choosing modality: criteria and the trade-offs between instructor-led, virtual, blended and digital delivery
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Writing observable performance statements with conditions and criteria
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Designing practice, performance support and transfer
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Running a constructive-alignment check
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Industry and domain application: curriculum architecture for compliance, technical skills and leadership programmes
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Curriculum blueprint components and course and module boundaries
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Industry standards and compliance: mandatory training, regulated curricula and auditability
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Prerequisites, entry criteria and scope control
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Portfolio Builder 3: outcome-alignment map, scope and sequence, and modality rationale
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Sequencing, progression and learning pathways
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Post-module quiz
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CORE-COURSE
Module 4: Competency Framework Research and Course Creation
This module addresses the step that the previous blueprint assumed rather than taught: where a recognised competency framework comes from, how its authority and currency are judged, and how it becomes a course. It begins with the function standards perform in curriculum design and with the division of labour between research and design, which in large institutions is carried by separate functions and in most organisations by the instructional designer working under subject matter expert direction. It then covers where occupational standards, qualification frameworks and professional capability models are published and how to appraise them; how a framework is read at the level of units, elements, performance criteria and evidence requirements; how missing content is elicited and validated with experts using established occupational analysis methods; how intended difficulty is calibrated against published level descriptors and learning taxonomies; and how the whole is converted into a traceable translation map and then into a course blueprint.
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Why competency frameworks anchor curriculum design
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Mapping complexity and difficulty: level descriptors and learning taxonomies
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The division of labour: researcher, instructional designer and subject matter expert
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Building the framework-to-curriculum translation map
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Locating occupational and competency standards: national, regional and sector sources
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Industry and domain application: translating frameworks in vocational, professional and corporate settings
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Appraising framework quality, authority, currency and fit
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Industry standards and compliance: recognition, equivalence and defensible level claims
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Reading a framework: units, elements, performance criteria and evidence requirements
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Portfolio Builder 4: framework source register, appraisal note, traceability matrix and level calibration
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Eliciting and validating framework content with subject matter experts
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Post-module quiz
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Module 5: Instructional Content, Storyboards, Media, and Accessible UX
Converts architecture and standards into production-ready specifications. The module covers instructional writing for a defined audience and voice, the assembly of modules and the selection of learning resource types, storyboarding and screen-by-screen interaction specification, narration scripting and low-fidelity prototyping, visual hierarchy and information density, the selection of media by learning function and the multimedia coherence principles that govern their combination, and the implementation of accessibility as a design decision taken during specification rather than a remediation applied afterwards. The module’s output is a specification another person could build from.
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Audience, voice and instructional tone
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Media selection and multimedia coherence
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Instructional writing: chunking, instructions, transitions and worked examples
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Accessibility and inclusive-design checks
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Module anatomy and learning resource selection
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Industry and domain application: content and media decisions across sectors and production budgets
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Storyboarding: purpose, anatomy and screen-by-screen interaction
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Industry standards and compliance: accessibility conformance, localisation and brand governance
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Narration scripts and low-fidelity prototyping
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Portfolio Builder 5: storyboard and low-fidelity accessible prototype
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Visual hierarchy, typography, layout and information density
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Post-module quiz
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Module 6: Assessment, Rubrics, Formative Feedback, and Validation
Establishes the competence to design assessment that produces defensible evidence of capability. The module begins from assessment purpose and the decision the assessment supports, then works through validity and reliability, fairness and reasonable adjustment, and the rules of evidence. It covers the design of authentic performance tasks and the separation of practice from summative judgement, the construction of an evidence matrix, the writing of selected-response items and plausible distractors, the design of rubrics with criteria, performance levels and assessor guidance, and the planning of formative checks, feedback, trialling and validation. The module builds assessment design competence; it does not constitute an assessor qualification.
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Assessment purpose and the decision it supports
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Rubric design: criteria, performance levels and assessor guidance
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Validity and reliability: assessing the intended capability consistently
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Formative checks, feedback, trialling and validation
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Fairness, reasonable adjustment and the rules of evidence
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Industry and domain application: assessment in high-stakes, technical and developmental contexts
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Authentic performance tasks, and separating practice from summative assessment
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Industry standards and compliance: assessment integrity, records and candidate rights
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Building an evidence matrix
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Portfolio Builder 6: evidence matrix, assessment task, rubric and formative feedback plan
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Selected-response items and plausible distractors
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Post-module quiz
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Module 7: E-learning Authoring, LMS Publishing, and Technical QA
Builds the technical competence to turn an approved specification into a working, published and tested learning object. The module is taught against two named authoring environments, Articulate 360 (Storyline 360 and Rise 360) and iSpring Suite, so that participants know which software to learn rather than working with an abstraction. Participants who do not already hold a licence may use the vendors’ free trials; because those trials are time-limited, participants are advised to register only when they begin this module rather than at enrolment, so that the trial period covers the build work. The module covers authoring workflow and reusable components, navigation, interaction and media integration, accessibility and responsive behaviour during development, production quality assurance, platform and packaging vocabulary, tracking and completion configuration, controlled publishing, and cross-device testing and troubleshooting.
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The authoring tool landscape and workflow planning: Articulate 360 and iSpring Suite
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Packaging, tracking rules and LMS set-up
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Navigation, learner control and purposeful interaction
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Controlled publishing, cross-device testing and troubleshooting
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Integrating audio, video, images and text
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Industry and domain application: production constraints across enterprise, provider and independent settings
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Accessibility and responsive design during development
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Industry standards and compliance: packaging standards, platform security and data protection
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Production quality assurance checklists
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Portfolio Builder 7: build, publish and technically test an accessible e-learning prototype
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Learning platforms, packaging standards and tracking vocabulary
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Post-module quiz
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Module 8: Evaluation, Analytics, Improvement, and Handover
Completes the lifecycle by establishing what may honestly be claimed about a learning solution and what must be done with that finding. The module begins from evaluation purpose and the distinction between output, outcome and impact, then covers measurement at the levels of reaction, learning, behaviour and transfer, the connection of learning to business results, and the checking of implementation fidelity without which a negative result cannot be interpreted. It addresses instrument selection proportionate to the decision, the design of surveys and interviews, the responsible analysis of the small datasets most practitioners actually hold, the reading of learning analytics, and the explicit statement of causal limits and uncertainty. It closes with cost-effectiveness estimation, the prioritisation of improvements into corrective action, and the handover pack by which a solution passes to whoever will run it.
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Evaluation purpose, questions, and the output, outcome and impact distinction
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Prioritising improvements and turning findings into corrective action
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Measuring reaction, learning, behaviour and transfer
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Handover and implementation readiness
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Connecting learning to business results and checking implementation fidelity
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Industry and domain application: evaluation expectations across sectors and sponsor types
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Selecting proportionate instruments and designing surveys and interviews
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Industry standards and compliance: reporting integrity, record retention and evaluation ethics
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Analysing small datasets responsibly and reading learning analytics
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Portfolio Builder 8: evaluation plan, improvement backlog and implementation handover pack
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Causal limits, uncertainty and cost-effectiveness
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Post-module quiz
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COMPLETION
After-course
Completes the lifecycle by establishing what may honestly be claimed about a learning solution and what must be done with that finding. The module begins from evaluation purpose and the distinction between output, outcome and impact, then covers measurement at the levels of reaction, learning, behaviour and transfer, the connection of learning to business results, and the checking of implementation fidelity without which a negative result cannot be interpreted. It addresses instrument selection proportionate to the decision, the design of surveys and interviews, the responsible analysis of the small datasets most practitioners actually hold, the reading of learning analytics, and the explicit statement of causal limits and uncertainty. It closes with cost-effectiveness estimation, the prioritisation of improvements into corrective action, and the handover pack by which a solution passes to whoever will run it.
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Portfolio integration 1: consolidate the problem statement, needs analysis, and learner and SME evidence
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Exam simulation
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Portfolio integration 2: finalise the standards basis, outcomes, curriculum blueprint, scope, sequence, modality and transfer plan
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Official examination
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Portfolio integration 3: refine the storyboard, accessible prototype, media specifications and published package
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Post-course reading: professional networks, the learning business, and global market trends
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Portfolio integration 4: finalise the assessment, rubric, feedback and validation evidence
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Post-course reading: the Sustainable Development Goals and the role of the instructional designer
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Portfolio integration 5: complete the evaluation, analytics, improvement and implementation handover plan
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Online discussion: insights, best practice and professional networking
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Portfolio integration 6: final quality review, AI-use disclosure, references, reflection and submission packaging
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Course feedback survey
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Select a phase to explore the learning journey.
40-hour learning journey
Your Learning Progression
Four connected milestones
The programme moves from preparation to guided application, then portfolio integration and assessment. Each phase builds evidence for the next.
Select a phase on the left to view its purpose and learning hours.
Phase 1
Pre-Course
4 learning hours
Prepare for the programme through welcome and guidance, a needs analysis survey, a readiness quiz, and selected foundational readings.
Phase 2
Core Course
24 learning hours
Complete eight applied modules. Each module combines focused videos, a practical assignment, discussion, and a post-module quiz. The assignments build evidence for the final portfolio.
Phase 3
After-Course
12 learning hours
Integrate your work into a professional portfolio, complete the examination simulation and official examination, then close the programme with guided reading, discussion, and feedback.
Completion milestone
Earn the Credential
C-IDT Professional
Earn the C-IDT Professional credential after meeting the portfolio and examination requirements. Graduate with documented work that demonstrates your instructional design capability.
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C-IDT helped me understand how to move from a training request to an actual learning solution. I now spend much more time analysing the need before deciding what content or format to create.
The biggest difference for me was learning how the pieces connect. Needs analysis, learning objectives, storyboarding, assessment and evaluation no longer feel like separate activities.
The portfolio gave me something practical to show beyond a certificate. I could demonstrate how I approached a learning problem, made design decisions and developed the final solution.
C-IDT covers a lot, but the course still feels practical. I liked seeing how the concepts are used in different learning situations, and the assignments made it easier to connect the theory with my own work.
F.A.Q
Find practical information about eligibility, learning requirements, assessment, software and enrolment.
Group or team enrolment is available for organisations that want to develop instructional design capability across multiple employees. Baugment can arrange coordinated registration, learner onboarding, and a single corporate invoice. Contact Baugment to discuss the number of participants and available team pricing.
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No formal instructional design qualification is required. C-IDT Professional is suitable for people working in instructional design, L&D, training, education, curriculum development, digital learning or related roles. You will need a computer, reliable internet access and basic confidence using digital tools. Previous experience with authoring software is helpful but not required.
Baugment accepts payment by bank transfer and credit card. For corporate payments, please contact Baugment before enrolling.
Some practical activities may involve commonly used learning design, multimedia, authoring, and AI tools. Specific tool requirements and available alternatives will be explained within the relevant modules.
Where possible, learners may use existing accounts, free versions, or trial access.
All videos, readings, quizzes, assignments, templates, and downloadable resources are available through Baugment’s online learning platform. You can access the materials using the email address registered during enrolment.
A desktop or laptop is recommended, especially for practical activities involving authoring tools and portfolio development.
You will complete applied work throughout the eight modules and integrate selected outputs into a professional instructional design portfolio. Your work will demonstrate how you analyse a learning need, make design decisions, develop learning assets and evaluate the solution.
Yes. The self-paced format allows you to study around your professional schedule. You can divide the learning activities into shorter weekly sessions and progress at a pace that works for you.
One live online session* with a career coach to review your professional direction, portfolio positioning and next development priorities.
* Coaching session is open within 30 days of your graduation.