Christie Klezmer
Applying For Your Next Job
When applying for employment, it is important to understand the basics when searching for a job, formatting a resume, and dressing for the interview. This course uses a self-directed approach through information icons, do-it-yourself activities, and self-paced lessons.
Responsibilities: Voiceovers, Visual Design, Programming
Target Audience: Job Seekers
Tools Used:
• Articulate Storyline 360
• ATD Articulate Storyline Certificate Participant Guide
• Office 365 Word
Overview
This course was developed during an instructor-led ATD webinar. I attended this webinar to enrich my understanding of Storyline 360. During this course I was able to learn variable functions, the use of layers, and multiple different trigger functions. The course guide as well as the text-based storyboard were provided before instruction. The instructor modeled different uses of the tools within storyline and then provided us with the time to use our participant guides and storyboards independently.
The Process
Visual Mockups
I created a color scheme that was user friendly, clean, and clear. It was important to me when designing the visuals for this course that the user would feel uplifted by the graphics and colors and motivated to begin their search for a new job. By using professional graphics and brightly colored slides I was able to achieve that intention.
Full Development
This course starts the user out with a personalized slide with a request of name and their dream job to promote engagement when working through the course. This was achieved through the use of programmed variables.
The user is then taken through some of the "basics" when applying for a job, such as what website to locate available positions, what kind of resumes are appropriate, what information to have within a resume, how to make a resume, and finally going in for that interview dressed appropriately.
With the use of lightbox lessons, users were able to easily work through demonstrations on where to find a resume within Word. They were even given the opportunity within the same slide to begin working through finding a resume of their own within Word. This was done with states, layers, lightbox slides, screen recordings, and screen recording quizzes.
Once this was completed, it is time to walk the user through the most common mistakes made on resumes. At this time I typed up a fake resume with intended mistakes then inserted the document as a PNG into Storyline. With the use of hotspots, triggers, states, and variables, this scavenger-hunt game was made. This allowed the user identify the most common mistakes and learn from them before they attempt to write their own.
Final Product
This project has helped me grow tremendously in my skill and speed as an instructional designer. It gave me the ability to use a storyboard that I was unfamiliar with and use it to inform my programming. I also appreciate the opportunity to use a storyboard and come up with my own graphics and color scheme that would serve this project as intended. After completing this project I feel much more capable to deliver even more comprehensive and innovative learning solutions.
