Time in development: 1 month

My role:  Developer, Instructional Designer

Tools used: Articulate: Storyline, Camtasia

I designed this eLearning course for anyone who is learning how to use Zoom to teach or hold meetings. I converted my instructor-led training on Zoom into an eLearning course so that the content could be more readily accessible. 

Challenges: 

• Limiting the tutorial videos to 2 minutes. 

• Using editing tools to highlight important sections of the video.

Solutions: 

• Focused on the key features in the Zoom platform and used videos to demonstrate how they are used.

• Made sure to create short videos so that the demonstration is simple, easy to follow, and practical.

• Included some knowledge checks so that learners can check their understanding

Results: 

• By the end of the training,  the learners will feel more confident and able to apply what they learned in the course.

Time in development: 1 month

My role:  Developer, Instructional Designer

Tools used: PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, an audio recording app

Link to the course.

I co-designed this eLearning course to provide learners with a step-by-step guide on developing their academic writing skills.

Challenges:

• Integrating the content on the Teachable platform so that the format and structure followed the guidelines.

• Not being able to provide live feedback sessions and have office hours on the platform.

Solutions:

•  Broke down the different parts of the writing sample by providing examples and short explanations.

• Included opportunities for learners to practice through the use of exercises and quizzes.

• Made this course relevant to learners by having them refer to an assigned writing task  to practice their writing skills.

Results:

• Learners were able to check their understanding by doing exercises (e.g. identifying good examples of thesis statement or identifying sentence fragments)

• I learned that providing regular feedback to the learners is an effective way of maintaining engagement and motivation.