Goal of the Project

As Media Technologist at Heartland Community College I was tasked with creating an asynchronous online training to serve as an orientation for the Continuing Education Department's Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) instructors in 2015 for the Summer 2016 youth course offerings. This training was to orient the instructors to their responsibilities while serving as a teacher of youth programs offered at the college. The training needed to be asynchronous, online, easily accessible via a variety of devices (mobile, tablet, laptop, and desktop computers). Instructors should feel confident in their ability to understand their obligations and responsibilities upon viewing this training.

Project Specs

Category

  • Audio Recording
  • Captivate Design
  • Graphic Creation
  • Instructional Design
  • Interface Design
  • Page Layout
  • Training Design

Software Used

  • Adobe Captivate 7 icon
  • Adobe Illustrator CS5 icon
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 icon
  • Apple GarageBand

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Hardware Used

  • Blue Yeti Desktop Microphone

Audience

  • Heartland Community College Online Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) Instructors

Wireframing and Interface Design

I used Adobe Illustrator to create the basic wireframing interface design for the subject matter experts to sign off on before proceeding to adding graphics, color, photos, and other final elements. The basic wireframe and the color design can be seen below along with the final interface design:

YEP Orientation Wireframe Design

YEP Orientation Wireframe Design with placeholders for text and basic user interface elements placed on screen.

YEP Orientation Color Design

YEP Orientation Color Design with colors, photos, logo, and interface elements in place.

YEP Orientation Final Interface Design

YEP Orientation Final Interface Design with all interface elements, colors, photos, logo and text placed in position with the Adobe Captivate software.

Solution to the Problem

The creation of the YEP Orientation training for instructors includes a 29 slide Adobe Captivate training designed with audio narration, visual elements, graphics, a user interface and closed captioning for all audio.

Each element of this training was developed in conjunction with the Heartland Community College Continuing Education department staff and the college's Director of Professional Development.

I performed all wireframing, graphic layout, design elements, photo editing, audio narration and instructional design of this online orientation. I placed all of the elements together using Adobe Captivate 7 to create the final training.

The Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) Orientation Training for Heartland Community College can be seen at: Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) Orientation Training