The Project

This eLearning experience is a conceptual project designed to inform employees about sexual harassment guidelines for the workplace.

• Audience: all employees of a company

• Responsibilities: instructional design (action mapping, storyboarding, mockups, prototype, full build), visual design, eLearning development

• Tools Used: Articulate 360, Canva, Unsplash, Figma

My Process

To bring this project to life, I leaned on the structure of the ADDIE model. For the analysis phase, I met with my subject matter expert (SME) to gather information and create an action map that would serve as the foundation of my text-based storyboard as I entered the design phase. I continued to consult with the SME while designing the flow of the eLearning story in the storyboard.

Once the storyboard was approved, I focused my attention on visual design and created the high-fidelity mock-ups. When given the go-ahead on the visual design, I moved seamlessly into the development phase by creating a prototype to showcase the interaction of the eLearning. From there, I was able to dive in and develop the project in its entirety. 

Once the eLearning was fully developed, I asked peers and professional instructional designers to evaluate the project and provide feedback so that I could apply iterations and ensure smooth functionality and consistency across the design.

Action Map

I consulted with a top-performing manager and a legal expert as my SMEs. Together, we created an action map that outlined common issues that arise with sexual harassment in the workplace. Through this process, we noticed a common theme of employees wanting and needing to know the general process for filing sexual harassment claims. This insight allowed me to create the learning goal we wanted to achieve with the eLearning: employees will understand how to file a sexual harassment claim.

From there, the SMEs narrowed down the top two high-priority actions that would serve as the foundation for this eLearning: identifying the types of sexual harassment and understanding employees’ rights.

Key Takeaways

Appreciation for the ID process: The instructional design process consists of many steps, feedback loops, and iterations. Though I knew the process going into it, it’s a different experience when you’re head-first developing a project. It’s something that can’t be rushed and requires a thoughtful mind, an eye for detail, and patience with technology. Though some steps were more challenging than others, I absolutely loved bringing my vision for this project to life and am humbled by the work it took to get here.

Appreciation for SMEs: The SMEs for this project were absolutely vital because their experience in the workplace guided the key points of this course in terms of what they knew employees needed to know about sexual harassment. Their insight crafted the objectives of this course and helped me to flesh out each objective into specific lessons.