D631: Designing Curriculum and Instruction II

Designing Curriculum and Instruction II takes design theory into implementation — commonly used curriculum models, digital-tool integration, and strategies for making a new curriculum actually stick.

What D631 covers

The course examines commonly used curriculum and instructional models and demonstrates how they can be used during the design process to achieve curricular and instructional goals.

The course demonstrates how to design curriculum and instruction that leverages digital tools to facilitate deep, authentic learning and provides strategies for ensuring successful curriculum implementation. Designing Curriculum and Instruction I is a prerequisite for this course.

The D631 performance assessment

Expect a performance assessment requiring you to design a curriculum unit using a named instructional model, incorporating digital tools and an implementation strategy.

Key topics in D631

• Curriculum and instructional models
• Digital tools for deep, authentic learning
• Curriculum implementation strategies

Writing tips for D631

Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line

WGU performance assessments for D631 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.

Ground curriculum recommendations in a specific grade level and subject

Curriculum and Instruction courses like D631 typically ask you to apply design principles to a specific grade level, subject, and student population rather than write about curriculum design in the abstract. Evaluators are checking whether your reasoning fits that concrete classroom situation.

Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission

There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each D631 assessment as a real deadline.

Why students seek help with D631

Candidates sometimes design curriculum content without the implementation strategy (how will this actually roll out successfully) the course specifically requires — a complete response addresses both design and rollout.

How GradeEssays helps with D631

Share your curriculum scenario and rubric, and your writer will build both the curriculum design and a genuine implementation strategy, not design alone.

Prerequisites and program context

D631 requires Designing Curriculum and Instruction I (D630) as a prerequisite.

• Master of Science, Curriculum and Instruction

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