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Featured · Launch articleMarch 11, 2026·5 min read·Getting started

Introducing CourseKit: Free Tools Built for Working Instructional Designers

The launch story behind CourseKit: three practical tools for course pre-review, accessibility triage, and question-bank cleanup, built from real instructional design work.

The tools:

  • Alt-Scan: Upload PDFs, DOCX, and PPTX files. Get a per-image report of missing alt text, with page or slide location, decorative-image detection, and tagged-PDF checks. What used to take hours of manual checking takes seconds.
  • Question Bank Formatter: Paste or upload a messy question bank. Clean it up in-browser, then export for Respondus Standard Format or Akindi-ready upload. Supports multiple choice, true/false, matching, and more.
  • Course Analyzer: Upload a Canvas IMSCC export. Get a visual breakdown of course structure, workload distribution, accessibility checks, and QM-aligned readiness signals.

Victor Iglesias

Instructional Design Consultant, FIU Online

More articles soon: pre-review patterns, alt-text triage, and question-bank cleanup.