Philosophy

My approach to instructional design is rooted in my experience as a community college instructor and as a librarian who has answered hundreds of questions from adult learners representing a wide array of backgrounds. I begin from a place of empathy and I look at all learning experiences from the perspective of a busy professional who is juggling multiple responsibilities. My end goal is always to design a well-organized, accessible, and inclusive learning experience that honors participants’ needs and skills.

Self-Paced eLearning Courses

Articulate Storyline

• Digital Collections Stewardship 4: Digitizing
• Digital Collections Stewardship 5: Enhancing
• Digital Collections Stewardship 6: Saving
• Digital Collections Stewardship 7: Sharing

Articulate Rise

• Ethics in Public Service
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Bloodborne Pathogens (WISHA Compliant)

Videos

• Interview: Cultivating a Disaster Response Network
• Screencapture Tutorial: How to Submit Grades
• Screencapture Tutorial: Mandatory Reporter Training

Presentations

• Starfish for Pirece College: Introduction, Updating Your Profile, Navigating Your Menu
• Unsuited for Age Group
• Click, Click, Metacognition
• Pack Your Bags

Completed Training

• Camtasia Explorer, TechSmith, 2022
• Accessibility 101, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2018
• Open Educational Resources 101, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2018
• Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Course, Quality Matters, 2018
• Applying the Quality Matters Rubric, Quality Matters, 2013
• Canvas 101, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Learning Management System Administration

10+ years of experience in LMS administration, including Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, and Bridge. In 2019, led the evaluation and implementation of a new employee LMS. Familiar with workplace, public, and higher ed LMS configurations.

Accessibility

Able to apply and train others in accessible design principles for online learning, including text formatting, alternate formats, descriptive text for images and diagrams, captioning, high-contrast design, and more.

Articulate Suite

6+ years of experience leading design projects and authoring elearning courses in Articulate Storyline and Rise. Skilled with storyboarding in Word and PowerPoint before building courses in Articulate.

Office 365

Certified Microsoft Office Specialist in Word, Outlook, and Excel. I teach a college-level course on productivity software and I’m fluent in Office applications for document creation, file sharing, and project management.

Screencapture

I use SnagIt, Camtasia, and other tools to create screencapture stills and videos to enhance technical documentation, how-to guides, and elearning courses.

Multimedia and Graphics

Create multimedia and graphics kits for courses using Canva and Adobe suite, including style guides and branding (colors, fonts, etc.).