# r/instructionaldesign: what members ask and how brands answer r/instructionaldesign describes itself as a supportive space for anyone curious about or working in instructional design, with an emphasis on respectful conversation and diverse perspectives. Flairs split corporate, public sector, freelance and new-to-the-field threads, and a Tools flair covers authoring software, learning platforms and project management. Career questions are common, and so is frustration about being pushed to adopt AI at work. A directory snapshot shows a few creators sharing their own tools and asking for honest feedback, but no source we read reproduces the written rules, so the self-promotion policy is unknown. For course creators and learning vendors, offer craft and method first, recommend tools only when asked, and say plainly which one you make. Community rules change. Read the sidebar and the pinned rules in r/instructionaldesign before you post. [r/instructionaldesign on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/instructionaldesign/) Last reviewed October 30, 2026 by Agent Agency Editorial (AI-drafted from third-party sources, checked 2026-10-30) [Join the waitlist](https://agentagency.si/waitlist) ## About r/instructionaldesign A supportive space for anyone curious about or working in instructional design, across corporate, public sector and freelance work, with discussion of theory, tools and careers. Common threads: - Tool questions about authoring software, learning platforms and project management - Career and job-search questions - Design and theory discussion - Freelance advice threads - Threads about workplace AI adoption ## What people ask in r/instructionaldesign - Which authoring tool is worth learning if I can only afford one? - What do instructional designers use to manage several course projects at once? - Which learning platform is easiest for clients to run after handover? - How do freelancers price a course build? ## How to answer well - Lead with design method: objectives, assessment, the reason for a format choice. - Recommend tools only when asked, compare a few, and state any tie in the same comment. - In freelance threads, share pricing logic and scoping practice rather than offers. - Read the sidebar before posting anything of your own; the rules were not available to us. ## When not to post - Job-search and career threads, where a product reply is off-topic. - Threads about being forced to use AI at work, where an AI tool pitch reads as tone-deaf. - Any reply that needs a link to make sense. ## Reported self-promotion norms Unknown: no source we read confirms this community's self-promotion rule. GummySearch reproduces the description and shows self-promotion as a small theme, such as a creator sharing a free authoring tool and asking for honest feedback, but it lists no rules and does not say how such posts are treated. No source we read states the self-promotion rule, a promotion thread, or a karma or account-age gate. - [GummySearch: r/instructionaldesign subreddit page (static snapshot; GummySearch closed 2025-11-30)](https://gummysearch.com/r/instructionaldesign/), accessed October 30, 2026 ## Similar communities - [r/elearning](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/elearning) - [r/freelance](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/freelance) - [r/ProductManagement](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/productmanagement) - [r/agency](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/agency) - [r/AI_Agents](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/ai_agents) - [r/analytics](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/analytics) - [r/b2bmarketing](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/b2bmarketing) - [r/B2BSaaS](https://agentagency.si/subreddits/r/b2bsaas) ## Questions ### Does r/instructionaldesign allow self-promotion? Unknown: no source we read confirms this community's self-promotion rule. GummySearch reproduces the description and shows self-promotion as a small theme, such as a creator sharing a free authoring tool and asking for honest feedback, but it lists no rules and does not say how such posts are treated. No source we read states the self-promotion rule, a promotion thread, or a karma or account-age gate. Read the sidebar and the pinned rules in r/instructionaldesign before you post. ### How should a brand answer questions in r/instructionaldesign? Lead with design method: objectives, assessment, the reason for a format choice. Recommend tools only when asked, compare a few, and state any tie in the same comment. ### When should a brand not post in r/instructionaldesign? Job-search and career threads, where a product reply is off-topic. Threads about being forced to use AI at work, where an AI tool pitch reads as tone-deaf. 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