How does this work?

You will see real Instructional Design activities, one at a time: 24 in the free Quick Check and all 66 in the Full Diagnostic, covering the 12 stages of the ID workflow. For each, you decide the most appropriate professional Human–AI working mode: Human, Human-Led + AI-Assisted, AI-Led + Human-Validated, or AI. There is no "more AI = better" answer. Recommended answers stay hidden until you finish.

ID Foundation

Can I perform the underlying Instructional Design work?

  • Diagnosing performance problems and defining capability
  • Learner, task and context analysis
  • Learning strategy, architecture and sequencing
  • Assessment aligned to evidence of performance

AI Utilization

Can I appropriately use AI to accelerate ID work?

  • Research-intensive synthesis at volume
  • First-draft generation and transformation
  • Systematic QA, accessibility and consistency checks
  • Evaluation data analysis with human validation

Human Judgment

Do I recognise what should remain human-owned?

  • Diagnosis and contextual understanding
  • Prioritisation and instructional judgement
  • Ethical judgement, accuracy and accountability
  • Final decisions and business impact claims

Augmentation Maturity

Can I redesign and orchestrate the workflow around Human + AI?

  • Humans set direction and the quality bar
  • AI accelerates execution
  • Humans evaluate and refine AI output
  • Human + AI operate as a combined system

Human + AI working modes

Every activity can be owned in one of four ways. Understanding the distinction between them is the foundation of the assessment.

ModeMeaningUse when
HumanThe ID owns and performs the task. AI may assist, but human judgement remains central.Diagnosis, context, strategy, judgement, ethics, final decisions and accountability.
Human-Led + AI-AssistedThe human sets the objective, constraints and quality bar; AI substantially assists execution.AI accelerates while the ID directs.
AI-Led + Human-ValidatedAI performs most of the task; the human validates, corrects and owns the final decision.AI executes while the ID validates.
AIAI can perform the task with appropriate human oversight.Structured, repeatable, bounded and reviewable work.

The scoring model

More AI does not mean greater readiness. You are rewarded for the appropriate Human–AI decision for that particular activity. The score is a reflection tool, not a psychometric measure.

100

Preferred mode for that activity

90

Acceptable alternative mode

60

Risky mode for that activity

20

High-risk mode for that activity