Instructional Designer, Multimedia
Educational Technology
Designed instructional content for use in courses across all colleges. Performed needs assessments with project stakeholders, wrote video and audio voiceover scripts, and created storyboards for multimedia developers.Notable projects included: - Intro to Blackboard Ultra, an interactive tutorial to help students transition to the new LMS - Student onboarding: Self-directed New Student Orientation, Doctoral Success Orientation - Faculty onboarding certification and… Show more Designed instructional content for use in courses across all colleges. Performed needs assessments with project stakeholders, wrote video and audio voiceover scripts, and created storyboards for multimedia developers.Notable projects included: - Intro to Blackboard Ultra, an interactive tutorial to help students transition to the new LMS - Student onboarding: Self-directed New Student Orientation, Doctoral Success Orientation - Faculty onboarding certification and refresher courses - Academic skill-building workshops and on-demand tutorials for students - On-demand professional development courses for faculty, such as ADA Accessibility Created multimedia content using programs such as Articulate Rise, Storyline 360, and Camtasia. Collaborated with eLearning developers, graphic artists, and film production team to create infographics, interactive activities, instructional videos, animations, screencasts, short films, and computer-based tutorials. Applied UDL principles to ensure courses were Section-508/ADA compliant and accessible to learners with varying abilities.Participated in the development of and maintained the Center for Teaching and Learning's Multimedia Standards, a style guide that includes templates and resources for multimedia developers. Observed student User Experience sessions to understand LMS usability and to implement continuous improvements to course design and student engagement activities. Collaborated with the tech team to design self-directed and on-demand course formats in the UOPX Classroom LMS. Participated as a PROSCI-certified Change Management Facilitator in the development of the university's change management plan for staff, faculty, and students to transition from our previous LMS to Blackboard Ultra in 2018.Public speaking: Presented on the topic of teaching persistence in higher education at the GRIT Summit at Lone Star College in Tomball, TX (October, 2017). Show less