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Easily Create Graphics and Assets with Adobe Capture
Share:I am finally on the Adobe Capture CC bandwagon.Adobe Capture CC uses the camera of your phone to take pictures to create different assets that can be using in Adobe products. The assets you can...
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Here’s Why You Should Create A Moodboard For Your Next Learning Project
Originally posted on eLearning IndustryShare:I’m walking down the street with my boyfriend. We’re about to pick up dinner at one of our favorite Thai places in Seattle. This is the time we usually talk...
View Article10 Funny Reaction GIFs About Being An Instructional Designer
Share:My new site is finally up, so I figured I would write a fun post in order to celebrate.As I was walking home from work today, I reminisced about why I love being an Instructional Designer. I was...
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5 Creative Project Examples To Inspire You
Originally posted on eLearning IndustryShare:A few weeks ago, I was browsing through Instagram on my phone. I noticed an image of a quote. I took a screenshot from my phone to remember it. The quote...
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I Created This Prototype For The Play To Learn Book Tour
Share:When Karl Kapp approached me about being a stop on he and Sharon Boller’s Play to Learn virtual book tour, I was immediately thrilled but I was also a bit hesitant.I love playing games. I spent...
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10 Ways For Everyone To Support Women In Tech
Share:It’s the beginning of the century, I’m this 13-year-old kid with my own virtual chat server on a program called The Palace.Middle school is a really hard time for a kid. My escape was in...
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Espresso Matchmaker: An Example of Storyline and Customized xAPI
Share:I created several videos on how to add custom xAPI to Storyline that will be on an upcoming post on eLearning Industry. In the meantime, check out the project associated with the videos and see...
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I Made This Storyline 360 Example To Send Form Field Data To An LRS
Share:Recently I’ve been exploring using xAPI in different ways. I wanted to challenge myself to send data from variables in Storyline 360/3 to an LRS. Text forms in Storyline use TextEntry variables...
View ArticleHere’s Why I Think xAPI Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Share:You know that saying, “[Insert word here] is the greatest thing since sliced bread.” Well, that's how I feel about xAPI.This is a story about how technically executing xAPI allowed me to identify...
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Here’s How To Customize Storyline’s Loader
Share:Most e-learning developers are familiar with the Storyline loader. There's nothing wrong with the loader but there is an opportunity that lies within it.That opportunity is a branding...
View ArticleCheck Out These Hilarious Training Videos From The TTV Awards
Share:A little over two weeks ago I travelled to New Orleans for Training Magazine's Online Learning Conference. I hadn't been to the Online Learning conference in two years but I already knew what I...
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What's In My Conference Bag?
Share:It's about a week out from eLearning Guild's annual DevLearn conference. I'm starting to plan what I'm bringing and all of my logistics for the conference. JD Dillon wrote a post titled, "What's...
View Article13 Funny 90s Reaction GIFs About Recording Voice Overs
Share:Having to do voice overs is something I ~dread~. I sometimes record voice overs for animated videos and screen recordings but thankfully it's not a huge part of my job. Whenever I do record a...
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Download These Emoji Survey Sliders For Storyline 360/3
Share:It's been awhile since I created anything in Storyline for the elearning community. My latest contribution are emoji survey sliders.I was reading a post about unique sliders when I came across a...
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We Built This Trivia In Storyline 360 For The Spring xAPI Cohort
Share:This past Spring xAPI Cohort, Ross Kerr and I teamed up to create an xAPI enabled project in Storyline 360 with animated video.This was a passion project for both of us to help us build our...
View ArticleCreate A 360° Image Virtual Reality Project In Under 10 Minutes
Share:A few weeks ago, a learning and development colleague reached out to me about creating virtual reality experiences. During the 2017 Fall xAPI Cohort. I created a virtual reality experience that...
View ArticleThe Big List Of Resources On xAPI
Share: Last updated: 7/6/2018xAPI has been around for over 5 years now and it's finally starting to pick up momentum. I started my journey working with xAPI a little over a year ago and there has been...
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Here's How I Created This Scenario Based xAPI Workshop
Creating a workshop about xAPI has been a dream of mine. Learning about xAPI is one of my passions and I wanted to be able to share what I have learned with others and hopefully create a spark for them...
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10 Of My eLearning Pet Peeves - With Examples
I love meeting new people but there’s a conversation that I sometimes dread. You know the one, the, “What do you do?” conversation.Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do and I really enjoy talking about...
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Here's What I Covered In My 4 DevLearn Presentations
DevLearn 2018 was my third DevLearn. DevLearn is a learning technologies conference that takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada every October. For a few days those from all over the world get to share their...
View Article7 Articles To Help You Improve Your eLearning Designs
My morning routine is almost always the same. After grabbing a cup of coffee I open my laptop and skim through Designer News on my Panda Google Chrome extension. Designer...
View Article5 Free Web Based Learning Games That Will Inspire You
I love playing games. Whether it's card games like Cockroach Poker or digital games like Stardew Valley. Of course, there are games that go beyond just entertainment. Over the past...
View ArticleHere's What It Took To Create This Video Playlist In Storyline 360
I spend a lot of my personal time working on eLearning projects. I get ideas for my projects from colleagues, connections, and experiences I have on the web. When it...
View Article3 Fun After Effects Tutorials You Can Do In An Evening
One of my goals for the year has been to ramp up my skills in After Effects. I use After Effects to create short animated explainer videos and motion...
View ArticleThe Big List Of Resources For Designing Digital Learning Experiences
Last updated: 5/16/2019I use a ton of resources when designing a new learning experience. I look to several sites and tools to help inspire me, to...
View ArticleThe Big List Of Resources On UX
Last updated: 5/17/2019Over the past few months I have been curating articles and resources to help me learn more about UX design.UX is an important part...
View ArticleChanging The Face Of UI Design In eLearning
My ATD International Conference and Expo session on UI design for eLearning. Take a new look at the design process for digital learning products. Discover the important role UX/UI design...
View ArticleHow To Track Rise Page Views With xAPI
Articulate Rise is a web based elearning authoring tool that allows you to create responsive elearning. It's also a great option for creating performance support materials.Performance...
View Article5 Easy Styling Hacks For Articulate Rise
Have you ever heard the acronym WYSIWYG (pronounced "wiz-ee-wig")? WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get and is typically referred to when talking about editing tools. Articulate...
View Article3 Things That Your Learning Team Should Be Budgeting For
I'm sitting down with one of my friends in learning and development during a session break at ATD's annual international conference. We're having a conversation about pain-points a lot of...
View ArticleI Answer Questions About Having A Career In Learning And Development
It's 6 a.m. and no one let me know that I'd need to dance. Luckily I came armed with a giant mug of coffee and a relatively open mind. I'm...
View Article8 UX/UI Instagram Accounts You Should Be Following
Every morning I make my social media rounds. LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. I love scrolling through my Instagram feed. It's a happy place. I get to see snapshots of one...
View Article6 eLearning Examples From Cloud-Based Authoring Tools
In recent years, new cloud-based eLearning authoring tools have been popping up rapidly. Most cloud-based authoring tools offer a more modernized and weblike look and feel for eLearning. There are...
View Article20 Lessons I Learned In My First Year As A Manager
In 2010, I was in graduate school working on my Master's Degree in Instructional Technology (MSIT). I went into a program in Instructional Technology because it combined many interests of...
View ArticleTwo Areas In Learning Analytics To Explore In 2020
I drink approximately two cups of coffee every day. I usually make one cup at home before I leave for work and then grab something on my way to the...
View ArticleHere's How Google Chrome DevTools Will Help You Become A Better eLearning...
Every elearning developer runs into frustrating technical hurdles on projects. Not the end of the world sort of frustration. It's more like when you go to a shop and find...
View ArticleLinkedIn Learning Courses To Support Learning Designers Build Skills In 4...
Over the past 10 years I’ve had the opportunity to chat with hundreds of learning designers through my Master’s program, conferences, online learning communities, work, and more. One of the...
View Article5 Job Search and Application Tips for Learning Designers
I just joined a call with a colleague. The conversation went a little like this, “What have you been up to lately?” they asked. “I don’t know what’s going on...
View Article4 Tips to Help Learning Managers Find Talent
If you asked me what the proudest moment of my career has been I couldn’t pick just one. I’d say it’s more of a theme. I love to help people...
View ArticleHere's a Look at the Data I Collected Since Launching This Learning Project...
2020 has been a long year. I think we can all agree on that one. Typically at the end of each year I write a reflection post that covers all...
View ArticleCreate Eye Catching Learning Newsletters for Email and Slack with These...
In 2017 Morning Brew’s newsletter had 100,000 subscribers, within 18 months they grew to 1.5 million subscribers. Morning Brew delivers a newsletter that provides professionals engaging, entertaining...
View Article7 Scenarios To Help You Improve Your Stakeholder Engagement Skills
My first ever gig outside of my graduate program was an internship in sales learning at a large pharmaceutical company. It was one of the first times I ever worked...
View Article10 Behaviors People Leaders Should Demonstrate
It’s the start of the work week. You just got out of a meeting with your manager. You asked about each other’s weekends. Your manager stated something along the lines...
View Article3 Reasons To Make The Move To Customer Education
It was December 2020 and I was sitting down for a learning and development podcast at Amazon. The host asked something along the lines of, "So, what's next for your...
View Article3 Ways To Use Lottie Animations To Enhance Your Learning Experiences
Back around 2017 I read a story about how Airbnb was using animations that were created in Adobe After Effects and exported out to code. The animations loaded more quickly...
View Article3 Mistakes I've Made As A Learning Designer
It was January 2020, right before COVID hit. I flew to San Jose, California for the annual Associate for Talent Development (ATD) Tech Knowledge Conference. I was meandering the conference...
View ArticleHiring managers share their thoughts on hiring and interviewing for learning...
It was my first day in a new role. One of my teammates approached my cubical, eager to greet the newest employee. "You passed the test! They exclaimed. "What's that?"...
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