Purpose/Goal: Reduce incidences of soccer coaching decisions that are inconsistent and/or misaligned with the club coaching code of conduct, policies/procedures, and coaching expectations by 90%.

Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer & Project Manager

Tools: Storyline 360 & PowerPoint

Challenges/Barriers: Under ideal circumstances, the training content involved in this project would be broken into three separate modules of 15-20 minutes each. However, learner time constraints revealed during the needs analysis for the client led to the development of a single eLearning course with pared down, methodically-chunked information and substantial opportunities for practice. 

Evaluation: Learner reaction survey, coaching directors questionnaire, data analysis of compliance incidences after the completion of soccer season in Fall 2023.

Highlights: 

• Interactive markers to engage with on-screen graphics

• Custom diagrams and images created/edited in PowerPoint

• Accordion and tabbed interactions to explore additional information

• Customized drag-and-drop sorting and scenario-based knowledge check questions 

• Triggers and variables to direct the learner to the assessment after successful completion of the practice activities and knowledge check questions

• Text-to-speech narration and closed captions

Purpose: Rising food costs and product shortages have encouraged many to grow their own vegetables. This course takes learners through the process of planning a personal kitchen garden, from selecting an ideal location to choosing crops to grow. 

Role: Instructional Designer & eLearning Developer

Tools: Rise 360, Camtasia & PowerPoint

Highlights: 

• Clickable custom on-screen images 

• Image carousel and flip card interactions

• Embedded video and screencast tutorials

• Lesson knowledge checks and summative course assessment

Purpose: Interest and participation in outdoor activities has increased dramatically in the last 2 years. I created this course as a resource for novice hikers, hunters, and outdoorsmen who want to learn about reading topographic maps, which are essential for navigation in the backcountry. 

Role: Instructional Designer & eLearning Developer

Tools: Rise 360 & PowerPoint

Highlights: 

• Custom on-screen images with clickable markers

• Flip card and drag-and-drop interactions

• Matching and multiple choice knowledge checks

• Scenario-based end-of-course challenge (in place of a formal, end-of-course assessment)

Purpose: Rising costs of post-secondary education mean that understanding ways to finance it are all the more essential to making a well-informed decision. This course showcases level III interactions which include gamification elements to engage learners with technical financial content.

Role: Instructional Designer & eLearning Developer

Tools: PowerPoint & Storyline 360

Highlights:

• Gamification with customized character/avatar selection

• Branching main menu with learner choice/sequence of content

• Text-to-speech narration personalized per character selection

• Custom images created/edited in PowerPoint