Communication and Training
Formative Assessment
Guide
This short lesson will act as a guide on what formative assessments, how to create them, and how to use them to improve learning outcomes.
ProWorkFlow
Basics
This 7 Lesson course was built with the intentions of teaching new hires at Rainmakers Strategic Solutions how to use ProWorkFlow. This workflow management system handles projects, tasks, and time.
Section 508 and Adobe Acrobat PDF Remediation Basics
This 4 lesson course, built in Storyline 360, was built to train people on Section 508 and how to remediate those files. Please feel free to take the full course and leave comments.
Technology Integration Models
Designing a course with new technology isn’t as simple as shoe-horning a computer screen in there somewhere. It takes thought and a well thought out strategy. This quick guide discusses two models to help you analyze and plan.
Behavior Assessment
This quick assessment is an example of how Instructional Designers can gauge how training has effected the Learner's behavior. Are they practicing the new skill more? Or with increased efficiency?
Accessibility Checklist for PDFs
Each Section 508 compliant PDF must be accompanied by the Accessibility Checklist. Health and Human Services has a checklist available to use but it's difficult to use and is itself not fully complaint. This version is clean and very helpful when you need a checklist.
Comprehensive Evaluation Plan
Every Instruction Designer must know how to not only write course materials but also how to tell if that coursework is actually effective. This document details an entire evaluation plan for one client.
App Design with Evaluation Survey
Providing an evaluation to your students is not as simple as asking them to fill out a form. You must meet your clients where they are and for most businesses, that is in an app. Here you find both app and evaluation design.
Learning Object - Quick Reference Tool
This quick reference tool was designed as a passive educational device for in-office use. I worked with a client to discover her pain points and develop a clean, easy to use solution.
Instructional Design Media Selection Guide
Identifying the most appropriate medium(s) to use with any particular line of instruction is one of the most important steps in the process of designing a course. This guide is a quick start to that search.
Educational Technology Philosophy
This page officially documents my beliefs about the appropriate use of educational technology within an educational setting and outlines how I intend to utilize it as I progress in my Instructional Design career.
Training Course
This Rise 360 course was created to instruct people on the history of accessibility in the United States, the Section 508 laws, and on how to remediate a PDF using CommonLook. There is a short knowledge check at the end of the course.
Bias in Instructional Design
This course was created to teach Instructional Designers how to identify and avoid bias in the courses they create. This course was created using Rise 360 and includes a quick knowledge check at the end.
Marketing Plan
This mock marketing plan explains the research and process to reintroduce Walmart into the German retail market. Click to download a PDF.
Press Release
This press release is for Careerockit, an event in the Greater Omaha area where youth get an opportunity to visit different businesses in hopes of finding their dream career. Click to download a PDF.
Process Path Fact Sheet
Curious about how my design process works? And specifically what you can expect when you order artwork from me? Check out this detailed fact sheet and accompanying reflection form.
News Article
For this article about Papillion Landing I interviewed employees of the City of Papillion and reported on the state of the new facility while responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Click to download a PDF.
Bloom's Taxonomy Process
Bloom's is a hierarchical model for classifying educational learning objectives. This example describes the structure and each level of the classification system then relates them to a fictitious Graphic Design 101 college course.
Fact Sheet
This mock fact sheet explores the New Employee Orientation Fact Sheet of a German engineering company.
Feature Article
This longer-form piece features Jennifer Kinsey and explores all that has led to twenty years of success of her business, Acapriccio Dance Company. Click to download a PDF.
Blog Posts
For this blog post I wrote about the importance of designing while keeping in mind the needs of people with disabilities.
Communications Campaign
This project was the culmination of 15 months of study and work through the entire Bachelor's of Communications Program at Bellevue University.
Quarantine Mini-TED Talk
In this TED Talk, written and recorded from my home, I explore Tinnitus and how people with various disabilities experience the internet through assistive technology. Click to watch via YouTube.