The GenAI Workflow for Instructional Designers
Nine modules. Forty-seven hands-on lessons.One real course built end to end, with AI doing the grunt work and you making every call that matters.
The course is being built in the open. Most lessons are live now, the rest are marked coming soon in the curriculum below and go up every week. Enroll today at 30 percent off and everything lands in your account as it publishes.
NO CODING REQUIRED · LIFETIME ACCESS · EVERY SOURCE FILE INCLUDED
The missing piece was never another tool.
You're already using AI in bits and pieces. What was missing was a workflow, one repeatable path from messy source material to a built course. That's the course. No coding. You stay the designer.
You won't be watching demos. You'll be building.
One scenario runs the whole course: a customer de-escalation course for Varney Communications, built from the kind of pile you actually get handed.
We walk it through the pipeline together, module by module — every prompt real, tested, and written the way you'd say it out loud.
AI drafts. You decide.
MARCUS'S BAD HABIT, FOLDED RIGHT IN. THE FRAMEWORK WAS THE AI'S. THE CATCH WAS YOURS.
Let's make sure this is your course.
This one assumes a baseline and gets straight to the craft. Nine modules is a real commitment, so it's worth knowing now whether it's aimed at you.
Nine modules. Forty-seven lessons.
One course built end to end. Work them in order or jump to the module your current project needs.
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Lesson 1: Welcome and what we are building
What we're building together, and what you'll walk away with beyond one finished course.
What we're building together, and what you'll walk away with beyond one finished course.
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Who I am, and how I actually build courses with AI day to day.
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Lesson 3: Meet Varney and the scenario we will build
Meet Varney Communications, Marcus the SME, and the scenario that runs through every module.
Meet Varney Communications, Marcus the SME, and the scenario that runs through every module.
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Lesson 4: Your downloads and source kit tour
A tour of your source kit: the transcript, the policy, the emails, the Slack thread.
A tour of your source kit: the transcript, the policy, the emails, the Slack thread.
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Lesson 5: How to follow along and get the most out of this
How to build alongside me instead of just watching.
How to build alongside me instead of just watching.
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A fast prompting refresher, then straight to the craft of building learning.
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Lesson 7: Where AI helps and where human judgment is non-negotiable
The rule that keeps your courses safe: AI drafts, you decide.
The rule that keeps your courses safe: AI drafts, you decide.
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Get your chat, image, and voice tools set up and ready.
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Lesson 9: Guardrails for accuracy, hallucination checks, and protecting your data
Catch made-up facts, verify against your sources, and mask sensitive data.
Catch made-up facts, verify against your sources, and mask sensitive data.
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Lesson 1: Set up your Project and load the sources
Set up a Project where your brief, sources, and voice live together.
Set up a Project where your brief, sources, and voice live together.
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Lesson 2: Pulling signal out of messy source material
Watch the AI read the whole messy pile and pull out what's usable.
Watch the AI read the whole messy pile and pull out what's usable.
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Lesson 3: Turning the sources into a clean framework
Shape raw substance into a framework you actually trust.
Shape raw substance into a framework you actually trust.
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Lesson 4: Working with more than one SME
What to do when SMEs agree, disagree, or quietly contradict each other.
What to do when SMEs agree, disagree, or quietly contradict each other.
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Lesson 5: Drafting learning objectives
Turn your framework into behavior-focused objectives you can measure.
Turn your framework into behavior-focused objectives you can measure.
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Lesson 6: Spotting content gaps before you build
Surface what your sources never covered, before it's expensive.
Surface what your sources never covered, before it's expensive.
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Build the outline in passes until the flow feels right.
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Lesson 1: Prompting for the right level and tone
Get drafts pitched at the right level and tone from the first pass.
Get drafts pitched at the right level and tone from the first pass.
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Lesson 2: Writing on-screen text that doesn't sound generic
Draft on-screen text that carries your voice, not the generic default.
Draft on-screen text that carries your voice, not the generic default.
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Write narration for the ear, ready for a voice tool.
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Lesson 4: Building examples and scenarios
Turn real stories from your sources into examples that feel true.
Turn real stories from your sources into examples that feel true.
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Lesson 5: Adding emotional storytelling to AI drafts
Push the AI for the emotional texture that makes learning stick.
Push the AI for the emotional texture that makes learning stick.
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Lesson 6: Catching bias and generic, narrow examples
Spot narrow examples and quiet stereotypes, and steer past them.
Spot narrow examples and quiet stereotypes, and steer past them.
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Lesson 7: Editing AI output so it sounds like you
A track-changes edit pass that becomes your reusable style guide.
A track-changes edit pass that becomes your reusable style guide.
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Lesson 1: Generating and adapting images for a course
Generate and adapt course visuals without a stock library.
Generate and adapt course visuals without a stock library.
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Keep every visual looking like it belongs to one set.
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Route diagrams to the tools that do them well.
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Plan your screens in a plain Word table, fast.
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Lesson 5: Building a full visual storyboard
Take the storyboard visual so stakeholders can feel the course early.
Take the storyboard visual so stakeholders can feel the course early.
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Lesson 6: Storyboarding from your own template
Feed the AI your own template and get your format back.
Feed the AI your own template and get your format back.
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The de-escalation course was never the deliverable. The system was.
Five things leave with you when the last lesson ends. Less time in production, more time on the design decisions that make learning stick.

Dr. Pooja Jaisingh
"Every prompt in this course is one I use in my own work, shown exactly as I run it, mistakes and course-corrections included."
I built this because I kept watching brilliant designers use AI in scattered bits, then go right back to the grunt work by hand. You deserve a system, not another tool tutorial.
The honest answers.
Do I need to know how to code?+
No. One lesson uses Claude Design to vibecode a custom interaction, and it's built for people with no coding background. Everything else runs in tools you already know.
Is this an intro to AI?+
No. It assumes you know the basics of GenAI and prompting. We skip what a language model is and get straight to the craft of building learning with it.
Which AI tools do I need?+
A chat tool, an image tool, and a voice tool. Module 1 walks you through setting all three up, plus the guardrails that keep the output accurate and your data protected.
Which authoring tool does it assume?+
Yours. The assembly lesson maps your finished assets to a build plan in Captivate, Storyline, or Rise, with interactions, branching, and publish settings tailored to the tool you actually use.
Is the whole course available now?+
Not yet, and that's exactly why the early bird price exists. Most of the forty-seven lessons are live today. The ones still in production are marked coming soon in the curriculum, so you can see exactly what's ready before you enroll. New lessons go up every week until all nine modules are finished, and lifetime access means everything lands in your account as it publishes, at no extra cost.
What happens to the early bird price?+
It goes away once the course is complete. Right now it's 30 percent off, applied automatically at checkout with nothing to enter. Enrolling early means you pay less and get every remaining lesson as it lands.
Do I get the source files?+
All of them. The full Varney kit: Marcus's transcript, two more SME interviews, the policy, the emails, the Slack thread, the notes, the tips deck, a storyboard template, and a data masking example. You build alongside me instead of just watching.
Is this teaching me to replace myself?+
The opposite. The rule under every module is that AI drafts and you decide. The point isn't doing less work. It's spending your hours where your judgment actually matters.
How long will it take me?+
It's self-paced with lifetime access, so you can run it in a focused week or work a module at a time around real projects. Most people do the latter.
Can I get a refund?+
Yes. You have 14 days, as long as you have completed less than 20 percent of the course. Email hello@dlnook.com and we'll take care of it. Full details on the Refund Policy page.
Let's take one messy pile and turn it into something good.
Together, start to finish. You'll walk out with a finished course and the system that built it.
EARLY BIRD · IN PRODUCTIONMost lessons are live now, with the rest marked coming soon and added every week. Your 30 percent discount applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.