Nora L Cloonan
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I develop eLearning that is engaging and retainable!
Animoto and Vyond are both animation tools for creating animated videos. This benefits elearning by enabling complex concepts to be demonstrated in a few short frames of video. These videos can augment or supplement more robust elearning or be used as quick reminders after the learning has been delivered.
I created this short Animoto video to outline the steps of ADDIE. I’m a firm believer in using these steps. Even if attempting a rapid prototype, these steps will still help yield a good product when followed faithfully.
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This is an early Vyond video. I created a marketing video for ATD, the Association for Talent Development, of which I am an active member.
Project: Volunteer Onboarding
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The ATD Volunteer Onboarding enables chapter members to explore volunteer opportunities within the chapter. Many volunteers don’t commit for fear of being too consumed in the role. This module breaks down which roles take the most time. It also details some roles that are particularly difficult to fill. This project was an update of a previous, older version of the module, using Articulate Storyline. I served as both designer and developer on the project. To make the roles more attractive, I explored the volunteer as a superhero concept and that volunteers possess superpowers. I really enjoyed using these ideas to encourage and recognize the impact volunteers make in an organization.
Project: Onboarding (Branching Scenario)
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The Onboarding Branching module is part of a series I designed and developed in Articulate Storyline for Restaurant Playbooks. The main purpose is to allow the learner, restaurant managers, to choose their experience level with a given concept using a branching scenario. The series is playful and fun while delivering meaningful guidance for the targeted objective. In five simple steps, learners can determine if their restaurant has a good onboarding program, a start of a good onboarding program, need more work on their onboarding program, or hasn’t started yet.
Project: Field Trips Storyboard
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This storyboard is for a project based on a policy from an early childhood development institution. It is designed to encompass all aspects of field trips for young children. I usually write storyboards in Microsoft Word and include learning objectives, the spoken script, guidance for on-screen interactions, images or video to include, and directions on how the module should flow. All of my modules include a quiz for comprehension unless the client does not want one. This is a fairly long and complex storyboard. Many safety and logistical considerations exist when children are removed from the classroom where their environment is tightly controlled. I enjoyed the intricacies of organizing the information into coherent groupings.
Project: Baking Biscotti Tutorial
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This tutorial is one of my earliest designs. I keep it in my portfolio because baking is something I love to do, and sharing the tools and techniques through this tutorial was a fun and satisfying project. The module also demonstrates my ingenuity and innovation even as a novice designer. I filmed and edited the video and did all of the voiceovers. This module also includes some early Photoshop work.
The Ramble is another early project based on an extended vacation my husband and I took. In it, I share photographs and interesting historical information about the places we visited. This project demonstrates some of the capabilities of Articulate Storyline where variables can be used to show the learner has completed a segment. Each segment is set up to register completion after visiting each slide or layer for a few seconds. All slides and layers must be visited and the learner must stay for at least a few seconds to register completion. It was interesting to set up and works well. I developed the module in Articulate Storyline and the cartoon in Powtoon.
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