Anne Carlsen
I admit that as a kid, Instructional Designer was not what I decided to be when I grew up (I'm pretty sure that had something to do with drawing or reading) the career somehow chose me. I've never had a "normal" job (movie theater projectionist, weird girl that worked in the comic shop, military intel etc...) but every job I had, I was put in charge of training others.
I kind of evolved (I like to call it leveled up) into an instructor,then training developer, and finally Instructional Desiger organically. I am currently a Senior Instructional Designer at a software company where I design and develop software training.
My specialized ID skills include technical training, software and XR simulations, rapid adoption of design software and training technology, and graphic design. I have a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Multimedia and Visual Communication, a Graduate certificate for Instructional Design at UW-Stout, I'm a US Army certified Instructor and Training Developer, and I'm currently attending UW-Whitewater for my Master of Science in Instructional Design and Learning Technology. ...plus I'm a graphics geek that likes to make my learning pretty whenever possible!
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So I've been making content in Rise, but it's all been specifically proprietary stuff (think company specific interview projects). I had a lot of fun using it, and I wanted to showcase it here, so I needed a new topic. It happens to be a brand new year, and that means resolutions. In my family we have a weird tradition where we gather around and revise our short and long-term goals at least once a year. So here's a shoutout to my mom, "Hi, Mom!" who instilled in me the magic of making goals.
This was my main project for my US-Stout certificate. This module was created for a target audience of senior citizens that want to learn strong password skills. It features simulations of Two-Factor Authentication and a website password creation form. The training module was created in Storyline with audio and video created in PowerPoint and Camtasia. This underwent the full ID process and I had a blast making it.
This is the storyboard I created for Password 101, I had already created a rough draft of the training module (I had to have a working draft for interviews so I had worked ahead of my ID class, sorry!) so it's a little more polished than it would normally be. I really enjoyed making the script and stylesheet.
This is was the final capstone project of my ID certificate. This is a project management for instructional design case study that we had to do in a team of 3 and I was the designated Project Manager. I removed all the names to respect the privacy of others. The company is fictional of course.
This is a short RLO on the topic of SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) I made for an assignment in one of my classes. I created this in PowerPoint and imported it into Storyline (my first time doing that). It's nothing too in depth, but I really enjoyed designing the visuals to meet 508 standards.
I had seen countless "explainer" ads on tv and wanted to try my hand at it. I went for a handmade look. I used a fair chunk of the Adobe Creative Suite to make this: Photoshop, After Effects, Audition, Premiere Pro, and Media Encoder. It was the first time I ever used After Effects since I usually animate in Photoshop, I ended up teaching myself as I was creating this so I'm pretty proud of it.
The video is over 5 minutes long so it might take a bit.
Since I began instructing, I have been inundated with learning theories, models, concepts, domains etc. A lot are only remembered when needed, but Bloom's Taxonomy stuck with me because it makes ID easier and just makes sense. So when I decided to make my first Storyline project, I decided it would make a great microlesson.
I made this tutorial showing how to create a 360 image with hotspots in Adobe Captivate 2019. I made the screencast using a trial version of Camtasia (hence the ugly watermark) which was fun to use. Normally I would use Premiere Pro, but this is a portfolio, so the more brands of software the better!
The video is over 7 minutes long so it might take a bit.
This is video I made for my IT degree using Premiere Pro. The theme is the sky (hence the title, Eyes Up) and it features one of my favorite classical music pieces: Danse Macabre composed by Camille Saint-Saëns. I am most proud of the way the timing of the video synchs with the music. This was my first time editing digital video outside of Photoshop and I had a lot of fun making this.
This is a project I did for my Bachelor's IT degree which required us to make a magazine in InDesign. The topic wasn't specified so Anne being Anne went straight to art and a Photoshop tutorial. The project is a few years old but shows that even when ID wasn't on my radar yet, I was still making learning materials for fun.
I keep getting asked about this in interviews and such. Since my current career field is very sensitive, I can't share anything that I've done for my work on here. What I can do is post a link to a software that I worked with for 5 years creating training simulations. So yes, I have *real* VR and Simulation experience.
That's all I'm going to say about it. Follow the link to the software and use your imagination.