KLD Institute

Reusable materials

Templates for the teaching loop.

These are the practical worksheets behind the lectures and tutorials. Each template now has a dedicated page with fields, quality checks, starter prompts, and the sessions it supports.

15 templates

Full worksheet coverage from observation to final case story.

Dedicated sub-pages

Each template now has structured fields, checks, and prompts.

Next improvement layer

Add completed examples and printable handout exports after content review.

Template library

Artifact pages for every major learner output.

Observation and Product Decision Sheet

A worksheet for reading a designed thing or product screen through human observation, AI critique, accept/adapt/reject judgment, and a first product decision.

Use when: Use in Sessions 1-2 before asking the learner to design or critique.

Output: One evidence-backed product decision sentence with a visible AI integrity trail.

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Screen Noticing Board

A screen annotation board for mapping screen job, attention order, action, support, status, friction, accessibility, AI critique, transfer insight, and one product decision.

Use when: Use in Session 2 before generating variants, redesigning a screen, or writing a product decision.

Output: One public-ready screen noticing board with evidence notes, AI curation, and a scoped product decision.

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Visual Foundations Board

A visual foundations board for annotating layout, typography, color, composition, accessibility, AI critique, and one product-facing visual decision.

Use when: Use in Session 3 as the overview board, then specialize it across the craft lessons.

Output: One public-ready visual foundations board with evidence notes, AI curation, and a scoped visual-design decision.

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Typography Audit Board

A typography audit board for mapping type roles, reading order, readability, accessibility risks, AI critique, and one type-system decision.

Use when: Use in the typography lesson before approving fonts, hierarchy, or AI-generated UI.

Output: A screen-level typography audit with reusable type roles and one evidence-backed typography decision.

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Color Role and Contrast Sheet

A color role and contrast sheet for assigning color meaning, checking accessibility, reviewing states, and making one disciplined color decision.

Use when: Use in the color lesson before accepting a palette or AI-generated color treatment.

Output: A role-based color audit with contrast checks, state notes, and one evidence-backed color decision.

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Composition Critique Board

A composition critique board for judging whole-screen read, focal point, visual weight, rhythm, density, noise, AI critique, and one composition decision.

Use when: Use in the composition lesson before judging polish or AI-generated UI quality.

Output: A whole-screen composition critique with evidence notes and one product-facing composition decision.

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User, Task, Outcome, and Criteria Sheet

A framing sheet that turns a product moment into user-task-context-outcome, user story, evidence note, assumption, and acceptance criteria.

Use when: Use before feature ideation, critique, acceptance criteria, or deeper flow work.

Output: A clear problem sentence, one user story, and three to six acceptance criteria.

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Interface Decision System

A practical interface worksheet for layout priority, action promises, states, error/recovery paths, UX writing, and accessibility notes.

Use when: Use when a screen needs layout, visual craft, state, and copy review together.

Output: A screen-level interface decision system with priority, actions, states, copy, and review notes.

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AI Collaboration Log

A repeatable log for briefing AI, saving outputs, checking assumptions, accepting or rejecting suggestions, and recording the final human decision.

Use when: Use whenever AI materially influences an artifact or decision.

Output: A traceable AI collaboration record with prompt, output, checks, revisions, and final decision.

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Three-Option Tradeoff Sheet

A decision artifact for comparing three meaningfully different options by value, effort, risk, accessibility, confidence, and learning value.

Use when: Use before choosing a product/design direction.

Output: A selected option with tradeoff note, evidence gaps, and next prototype or test.

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Critique and Acceptance Sheet

A review sheet for critiquing product/design work against user goals, heuristics, evidence, severity, accessibility, and readiness standards.

Use when: Use after choosing a direction and before creating or approving a flow.

Output: A prioritized critique with acceptance criteria, scenarios, accessibility criteria, and Definition of Done checks.

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3-Screen Wireflow and Feature Brief

A flow artifact for connecting three screens through jobs, actions, states, transitions, branches, recovery, accessibility notes, and system rules.

Use when: Use after critique and before writing the fuller product/design brief.

Output: A 3-screen wireflow and concise feature brief that a small team can review.

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Product Brief and Handoff Note

A team-direction artifact for problem, user story, success signal, scope, priority, backlog-ready items, Definition of Done, risks, questions, and handoff.

Use when: Use after the wireflow is stable enough for team review.

Output: A concise product/design brief plus review-oriented handoff message.

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Product Owner Case Story

A capstone narrative structure for presenting user problem, evidence, AI collaboration, options, tradeoff, critique, flow, brief, limitations, next decision, and Q&A.

Use when: Use after the brief and handoff note exist.

Output: A 7-minute Product Owner case story plus a 90-second version and prepared Q&A.

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Tutor Assessment Rubric

A cross-course rubric for judging whether lecture outputs and learner artifacts meet the upgraded university-grade standard.

Use when: Use after every artifact and during final walkthrough review.

Output: A consistent tutor review rubric for artifacts, prompts, and final walkthroughs.

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Example artifacts

A completed example pack for the laptop recommendation project, one artifact per template.

Printable handouts

Print/PDF-friendly handout versions for classroom delivery and offline practice.

Tutor guide

A facilitator guide with timing, common misconceptions, feedback prompts, and assessment anchors.