Expert ID Review

Professional eyes
on your work.
Before you move forward.

Get your instructional design work reviewed by practitioners with 15+ years of experience — before you present to stakeholders, move to the next phase, or hit publish. Clear, specific, actionable feedback grounded in evidence-based ID principles.

Who Expert Review Serves

A second opinion
from a senior
instructional designer.

Expert Review is for L&D practitioners and in-house instructional designers who are running the work themselves — but want the quality check that comes from having a senior reviewer in the room.

Whether you're using the KEA platform independently or working outside it, submit your work and get it back with structured, evidence-based feedback. Your deliverable stays yours — we just help you make it sharper.

You're running KEA independently

Using the platform and want expert eyes before committing to the next phase

You're in-house without a senior ID

Solo on your L&D team or junior ID looking for senior-level review

You're presenting to stakeholders soon

Want to walk in with confidence that your work holds up

You want managed-quality, independently

Own the work, but benchmark it against professional standards

How It Works

Three steps. No mystery.

The review process is intentionally simple. Submit, get structured feedback, optionally debrief. Your deliverable, your revisions, your timeline — we just make sure what you're building holds up to evidence-based scrutiny.

Step 01

Submit your work

Send the deliverable you want reviewed — document, storyboard, slide deck, eLearning file, video script, or platform output. Any format, any phase.

Include context: who the learners are, what the objective is, and what you're uncertain about. The more context, the sharper the feedback.

Step 02

Receive your review

We review your submission against evidence-based ID principles — cognitive load, learning objective quality, assessment alignment, UDL, and more.

You get direct markups where possible, or a detailed written feedback report. Every comment is clear, specific, and actionable — with a why behind it.

Step 03 — Optional

Debrief together

If you want to talk through the feedback live, a debrief call is available. We go through key points together so nothing gets lost in translation.

Particularly useful when the feedback involves restructuring, modality changes, or conversations you'll need to have with stakeholders.

Scope

What gets
reviewed.

Any deliverable from any phase of the instructional design process. The review is scoped to the artifact you submit — if you want multiple phases reviewed, each counts as its own review.

Not sure if what you have fits? Send a short description through the contact form and we'll confirm before you commit.

Phase 01

Needs Analysis reports

Phase 02

Learning Design Briefs

Phase 03

eLearning storyboards, scripts, PPT decks, job aids, guides, infographics

Phase 04

Implementation & rollout plans

Phase 05

Evaluation plans & Kirkpatrick frameworks

Flexible

Video scripts, facilitation guides, existing content audits

The Review Framework

What the feedback covers.

Every review is structured against the same evidence-based frameworks that inform the KEA methodology. You get a consistent, defensible lens applied to your work — not subjective opinion.

01

Learning objective quality

Measurable, performance-based, Mager-compliant — and actually aligned to the identified gap.

02

Cognitive load management

Chunking, sequencing, and worked example design — is the content set up for retention or overload?

03

Assessment alignment

Are you measuring what the objectives actually claim to teach? Where assessments miss, we flag it.

04

Modality fit

Is the format serving the learner or the producer? Modality decisions grounded in context, not convenience.

05

Accessibility & UDL

Multiple means of representation, action, and engagement — built in, not retrofitted.

06

Motivation & engagement

SDT-informed: autonomy, competence, relatedness. Designed in, or bolted on at the end?

Investment

One review.
One price range.

Pricing varies by the complexity of what you submit — a short job aid is not the same work as a multi-module storyboard. After you describe what you'd like reviewed, you'll get a specific quote and agreed turnaround before the review begins.

$750–$1,500
per phase reviewed
Specific quote given at time of submission, before work begins
Turnaround agreed up front — no surprises
Works with any platform plan or entirely standalone
Studio subscribers receive 20% off every Expert Review
Optional debrief call available at no additional cost
Have work to review?

Walk into your next
stakeholder meeting
with confidence.

Describe what you'd like reviewed and we'll follow up with a quote and agreed turnaround. Most reviews start within 3 business days of acceptance.