Instructional Design Portfolio
EDUC-42598
Instructional Design Portfolio
Prerequisite: All 4 Core Courses | 10 Weeks
As you complete the UC San Diego Instructional Design Certificate, the Instructional Design Portfolio course gives you the opportunity to synthesize your learning and present your work in a professional, career-ready format. You’ll develop a personalized portfolio that reflects not only your technical abilities but also your educational philosophy, design vision, and readiness to contribute in real-world roles.
Course Details
Through guided reflection and hands-on work, you’ll refine key projects developed throughout the certificate. You’ll also have the chance to expand these projects into polished samples—customized learning tools, curated curricula, multimedia presentations, prototypes, and thoughtfully structured lesson plans—that demonstrate your instructional design process from start to finish. Throughout the course, you’ll define your professional identity and clarify how you want to be seen by employers, recruiters, and collaborators.
Whether you're preparing for a career in academia, corporate training, nonprofit education, or edtech, this course helps you strategically tailor your portfolio to align with your specific goals—giving you flexibility and confidence to meet the expectations of different hiring environments.
What You'll Learn
- Define your instructional design philosophy and articulate your vision as a learning professional
- Assemble a polished portfolio featuring key instructional design projects and tools
- Curate and refine project samples such as learning strategies, assessments, and digital assets
- Write strategic summaries that clearly communicate your instructional decisions and outcomes
- Tailor your portfolio and resume to meet the expectations of both academic and corporate employers
- Develop and practice a confident elevator pitch and job interview strategy
- Identify and implement networking and job search techniques within the learning design industry
Course Information
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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- No refunds after: 4/3/2026
- Early enrollment advised
- No UCSD parking permit required
- No visitors permitted
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Kristin Ziska Strange
A Leader in Instructional Design and Educational Innovation
Krys Ziska Strange serves as the Associate Director of Faculty Development & Instructional Design, helping to expand the reach and impact of online programs and educational technology at Tufts University. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, exploring the intersections between faculty professional development and faculty identity. She also holds a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University and a Bachelors in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Methodist University.
Before joining Tufts, Krys worked at Digital Learning as the Assistant Director of Technology & Innovation at University of Arizona, as an Instructional Designer and Instructional Technologist for Northern Arizona University's e-Learning Center and spent ten years as a K-12 English teacher (Creative Writing, Speech, American Lit, and Multicultural Lit). After spending a decade in K-12, Krys wasn't quite done with teaching yet. She has spent most of the past decade teaching online and in person in courses for Northern Arizona University, Tufts ExCollege, and University of Arizona. Currently, Krys teaches for the University of Arizona's School of Information in their Games and Behaviors degree, teaching courses on instructional technology, gamification, and game design.
Krys serves as a Lead Instructor and Developer for the UCSD Instructional Design Professional Certificate Program.
Outside of work, Krys spends her time running tabletop RPGs, watching sci-fi, running a moderately successful farm on Stardew, and reading all the books she can get her hands on.
