Hello, I'm Sarah! I am passionate about people, learning and making continuous growth in my life and professional career. I am here to help your company/organization develop engaging and innovative learning solutions, design and develop eLearning modules, and work collaboratively with you to conduct a needs analysis. My goal is to bridge learning gaps within your organization in order to meet objectives and build highly effective learning environments. I thoroughly enjoy the collaboration process and looking forward to working with you on future endeavors. I thrive in making connections with others. I would love the opportunity to get to know you better! 

Full eLearning courses designed with Storyline 360 and Rise

Detailed documents outlining the course before development

Job Aids, video tutorials, interactive quizzes 

Applied Instructional Design Academy: 

Hard Earned Badges

Applied Instructional Design Credential

This badge is the culmination of a 9-month program called Applied Instructional Design Academy. It is earned after completing the Articulate Rise, Articulate Storyline, eLearning Development, and Instructional Design badges. Earners complete 80+ lessons, receive extensive coaching, and complete a rigorous set of learning activities with practice, extensive feedback, multiple revisions, and the completion of simulated client projects.


Completion of a Instructional Design/eLearning Development portfolio that has been vetted by ID professionals in the field with 15+ years of experience.


Skills:  Articulate 360, Articulate Storyline, Designing eLearning, eLearning, eLearning Development, eLearning Instructional Design, Evaluating Usability, Learning and Development Expertise, Visual Communication, Visual Design, Design Documents, Storyboarding

Techsmith Camtasia Badge 

This badge is part of a 9-month Instructional Design Coaching / Mentorship program, Applied Instructional Design Academy. It is earned after completing training / receiving extensive coaching from ID professional coaches. Earners receive extensive training on the tool and practice the principles that make a Camtasia video go from "good" to "great," increasing engagement among learners. They complete a rigorous set of activities that include extensive feedback, and multiple revisions.

Development of a complete Camtasia video for learning purposes, with peer and coach feedback, multiple revisions and self-reflection. Earners receive feedback and are coached on instructional design, learning value, visual design, usability, learner engagement, and visual communication


Skills:  Video Editing, Audio Editing, ScreenCast, Video Creation

Instructional Design Badge

This badge is part of a 9-month Instructional Design Coaching / Mentorship program, Applied Instructional Design Academy. It is earned after completing over 30+ lessons on various eLearning Development topics and receiving extensive coaching from ID professionals with 15+ years of experience. Earners complete a rigorous set of activities that include developing eLearning modules with extensive feedback, evaluating existing modules, completing simulated client projects, and multiple revisions.


Skills: Completed Applied Instructional Design Academy modules with 30+ lessons: Instructional Design, Needs / Learner Analysis, Mapping Learning Objectives / Content / Assessment, Learner Engagement, Outlining, Organizing, Sequencing, and Flow, Design Documents and Storyboarding, ADDIE and SAM, The Corporate Instructional Design Project Lifecycle

Design of design documents and storyboards with peer and coach feedback and multiple revisions. Learners receive feedback and are coached on organizing and sequencing content, applying adult learning principles, deciding on course delivery method, outlining, writing and mapping learning objectives to content, evaluation, learner engagement, and estimating seat time. 

Design of a learning module (design document and storyboard) from source content from a simulated client with very specific requirements. Evaluation and analysis of completed design documents and storyboards from simulated client projects, with reflection on learning gap, objectives, learner engagement, flow, organization, and best practices




Storyline Badge

This badge is earned after completing 30+ lessons and receiving extensive coaching from ID professional coaches. Development of a complete eLearning module with peer and coach feedback, multiple revisions, and self-reflection. Earners receive feedback and are coached on instructional design, learning value, visual design, usability, learner engagement, and visual communication.

Evaluation and analysis of completed eLearning modules for real and simulated clients, with reflection on visual design, visual communication techniques, engagement, interactions used, and best practices.


Skills:  Articulate 360, Articulate Storyline, Designing eLearning, eLearning, eLearning Development, eLearning Instructional Design, Evaluating Usability, Learning and Development Expertise, Visual Communication, Visual Design

E-Learning Development Badge

This badge is part of a 9-month program called Applied Instructional Design Academy. It is earned after completing over 30+ lessons and receiving extensive coaching from ID professional coaches. Earners complete a rigorous set of activities that take modules from "good" to "great" and increase engagement among learners, including developing eLearning modules with extensive feedback, evaluating existing modules, completing simulated client projects, and multiple revisions.

Development of an eLearning module from a simulated client storyboard with very specific requirements

Evaluation and analysis of existing eLearning modules, with reflection on visual design, visual communication techniques, interactions used, and best practices.


Skills:  Adult Learning Theory, Articulate Storyline, Designing eLearning, eLearning Development, Evaluating Usability, Learning and Development Expertise, Visual Communication, Visual Design


Rise Badge

Development of an eLearning module in Articulate RISE including creating over 30+ lessons with peer and coach feedback, multiple revisions, and self-reflection. Feedback is provided by coaches on instructional design, learning value, visual design, usability, learner engagement, and visual communication.


Evaluation and analysis of existing eLearning modules, with reflection on visual design, visual communication techniques, interactions used, and best practices.


Skills:  Articulate 360, Articulate Storyline, Designing eLearning, eLearning Development, eLearning Instructional Design Certificate Program, Evaluating Usability, Learning and Development Expertise, Visual Communication, Visual Design


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