Welcome to the Design Document Template

The design document template has been created to facilitate the creation of design documents. Using one unified format, with consistent sections, typology, and wording for all design documents, helps the company and its clients. The template also includes information about best practices in instructional design.

About Design Documents

Learning consultants create design documents to convey the proposed design of instruction to the client. They are created after conducting a needs analysis but prior to starting development. Design documents communicate information about the needs assessment, instructional medium, interactivity, risks, and content of the instruction.

About this Site

This site was created as a supplement to the design document template. It includes information about how to use the template, as well as best practices in designing instruction, a discussion of whole-brain learning, and how to create interactive lessons in different media (including instructor-led, web-based, virtual classrooms, and electronic performance support systems (EPSS)).