1. Click the New button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon to start your new Design Document

2. Use the Start a New Learning Design Document dialog box to:

  • Enter the title for the Learning Design Document you are creating

  • Enter an optional Course ID

    • This appears on the cover page and becomes a Window's searchable keyword field that you can use with the File Finder function of Microsoft Windows.

  • Select a Cover Page

    • The Learning Design Tool comes with one default cover page.

    • You can modify it and make additional custom cover pages.

    • See Module 1: Lesson 4 of this course for instructions on how to create a custom cover page.

3. Save your New Learning Design Document when prompted

  • You will see a new Learning Design Document being built on your screen

  • You will be prompted to SAVE your new Enter Learning Design Document

    • We recommend that you save to your local Documents folder & then work locally

    • You can later save a copy to network drive

  • After you Save you will see a message telling you that your document is ready

    • Click OK

    • You can now start working in your new Learning Design document.

New button on Learning Design Tool ribbon
Start a new Learning Design Document dialog box
New Document is Ready dialog box