Portfolio
My instructional design work is structured with common frameworks such as the ADDIE model, UDL, and backwards design. I also pay extra attention to ways that I can make learning experiences accessible to learners who are neurodiverse, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural.
Cybersecurity Awareness Training: Identifying Phishing Scams
This interactive, scenario-based eLearning module is designed to help employees recognize and respond to phishing emails in a corporate environment. Learners take on the role of a project manager navigating a simulated inbox, making real-time decisions about whether to report, ignore, or interact with suspicious messages.
This training was developed using scenario-based learning principles to increase engagement and real-world application. Learners receive immediate, in-context feedback via simulated IT response emails, helping them reflect on their decisions and build better security habits. A supporting job aid reinforces key phishing red flags and provides ongoing support after the training is complete.
Tools Used
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Articulate Storyline 360 – for course development, interactivity, and branching logic
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Canva – for character design, visual elements, and job aid creation
Key Skills Demonstrated
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Scenario-based instructional design
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Branching logic and learner feedback
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Visual design for eLearning
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Development in Articulate Storyline
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Creation of learner support materials (job aid)
Identifying Phishing Scams Job Aid Handout
This one-page job aid was created to support learners completing the “Cybersecurity Awareness Training: Identifying Phishing Scams” interactive training module. It serves as a quick-reference guide that employees can use in real-world situations to help recognize and respond to suspicious emails.
While the scenario-based course provides an immersive learning experience, this handout reinforces key phishing red flags and gives learners a simple, actionable checklist they can use beyond the course, especially in the moment when receiving a suspicious message.
This handout covers 5 key phishing indicators, as well as clear instructions on what to do if a phishing attempt is suspected.
Designed in Canva for clean visuals and easy printing, this handout is presented at the end of the eLearning course. It's designed to reinforce long-term behavior change and knowledge retention, as well as engender a culture of cybersecuritiy awareness.
Using Guiding Questions Training Slides, part 1
I designed Using Guiding Questions for Intentional Planning, a full-day professional development experience for elementary and middle school teachers across subject areas, in response to a planning challenge I had experienced myself and heard repeatedly in teacher interviews: teachers can spend significant time gathering resources and designing activities without first establishing a clear purpose for the lesson. The training introduces guiding questions as a practical planning tool that connects standards to instructional decisions. Rather than treating the guiding question as an additional planning task, I designed the experience to show how it can make planning more efficient by clarifying what students should be thinking about and providing a filter for evaluating potential resources. I developed and facilitated the full training, including the slide deck and participant materials, with feedback from teachers and instructional coaches. The slides here represent part 1 of the full-day training.
The learning experience uses backward design, adult learning principles, and UDL-informed strategies to move participants from understanding to application. I intentionally structured the first half around a gradual progression: teachers examine examples and non-examples, use five explicit criteria to evaluate guiding questions, observe a modeled drafting process, and then create a question for an actual upcoming lesson. They self-assess their drafts against the criteria before receiving structured peer feedback and revising their work. The training also models its own central concept: I open with the day's guiding question so participants immediately experience how a clear question can focus a learning experience. By the end of the session, teachers have produced a usable guiding question and applied it to decisions about their lesson materials, giving them a concrete process they can transfer directly to their own planning practice.
5 Ways to Make
eLearning More Effective
This one-page guide highlights essential best practices for designing engaging eLearning. These quick and actionable tips can aid instructional designers and educators create effective digital learning experiences.
Many online courses suffer from being too passive, text-heavy, or boring. This frequently results in poor learner outcomes. Without engaging, interactive elements, learners tend to lose focus and can fail to apply knowledge in real-world situations.
This guide helps instructional designers, trainers, and eLearning developers create courses that are engaging and effective. Inspired by learning science and instructional best practices, it emphasizes interactivity, cognitive load management, multimedia use, and practical application of skills.
This guide serves a quick reference when designing or evaluating eLearning courses. Whether you're creating new content or improving existing modules, these principles help make learning more engaging, interactive, and impactful.
This infographic was created in Canva for clear, visually appealing presentation and ease of use.
