Toolkit

I certainly have my preferences for course authoring (Articulate 360) but I am comfortable using the following:

• Articulate Storyline - responsive, customizable, with branching and trigger-based capabilities. I've built software simulations to supplement a lack of demo or sandbox environments, gamified trainings, scenario-based trainings, and more with this best-in-class course authoring tool.

• Articulate Rise - this rapid authoring tool has some great out-of-the-box functionality that helps you get materials live quickly. While there is some customization one can build, materials all have a fairly consistent look and feel. I'm comfortable building using Rise, since it's a great tool and is entirely web-based, but understand that it serves a specific purpose.

• Adobe Captivate - more similar to Storyline, this robust course authoring tool is my second favorite. I've created and adapted nearly a thousand videos, simulations, and computer based training (CBT) modules using Captivate. It's a workhorse, and requires a fair bit of specialized training (which I have!) to really take advantage of all it can offer.

Camtasia - a really great, simple yet surprisingly feature-rich tool, I use Camtasia to record screencasts, floating head demos, and other content, as well as do basic edits, fly bys, zoom-ins and more.

Adobe After Effects - like the rest of the Adobe suite, After Effects requires a fair bit of specialized knowledge. I use AE to create custom animation work, like you can see on my E-Learning page here.

Adobe Premiere Pro - Premiere is great for really rich video editing that doesn't require a lot of graphics work. What I particularly love about Premiere is the ability to create time synced closed captioning for voice overs, to add accessibility features to your existing or new videos.

Vimeo - what good is a new set of content if it gets lost on someone's hard drive? I believe in hosting materials from a single source of truth to reduce redundency and increase ease of updates. Vimeo has a lot of great security and privacy customizations to keep your proprietary content private, and I'm a master at building these settings preferences and managing content libraries.

Microsoft Suite - it's a classic for a reason, and in this day and age hopefully requires no further explanation.

G Suite (Google) - same as above - I'm a master user of Docs, Slides, Sheets, Calendar, Gmail, Analytics, and more.

Confluence - this searchable documentation tool is a game changer for creating internal communications, notes, plans, playbooks, and more. I particularly love that there's an audit log showing who made what changes, who has viewed the document, and other cool features.

Notion - similar to Confluence, Notion is a game changer for remote collaboration. My favorite new feature is the AI generator, which helps create brainstorms, ghostwriting copy, and other time saving hacks to get your work started.

I'm project management tool-agnostic and am extremely comfortable with the industry leading tools. A few in particular I'm really comfortable with include:

• Jira

• Asana

• ClickUp

I've been a user and an administrator for several different LMS systems. A few that I've worked with extensively include:

• WorkRamp - great for internal users, WorkRamp also has it's own course development capabilities built in. It's similar to Articulate Rise, if a bit more pared down. WorkRamp is easy to implement, reasonably priced, and generally well-recognized.

• SkillJar - I have been a part of implementing SkillJar on a new site from start to finish, and find that it's a relatively easily customizable platform that can feel fairly seamless with existing surfaces. What I love is the ability to create free or paid course offerings, as well as track live trainings like webinars.

• Instructure (Canvas) - more commonly used in academic spaces, this nonetheless deserves an honorable mention for it's ability to house tons of different types of content, with really unique segmenting and visibility capabilities.

I create a lot of my own graphics for various projects. I select the appropriate tool based on the complexity of what I'm designing, as well as the use case. This might include:

• Canva - most often used tool, great for Zoom backgrounds, custom branding graphics and GIFs, templates, and other materials.

• Figma - infographics, one-pagers, design mock-ups, and flowchart diagrams.

• Slides/Powerpoint - I can create a frightening amount of custom materials using a slide deck tool. Not sure how that works? Set up time to talk with me and I'm happy to demonstrate!

Really this has been my most recent growth opportunity. I own the digital adoption tooling for my current company, which means:

• Pendo - I use Pendo to create customized user walkthroughs, announcements, a user resource center, deploy NPS, build user analytics dashboards and custom reports, conduct user research, and so much more.

I love learning new things, even for tools I'm already well-versed in, because they're always changing and improving! Some places I like to learn about new skills include:

• LinkedIn Learning - great for bite-sized courses and certifications for a variety of topics, generally soft-skill focused. I was actually an early adopter and remember when this was still Lynda.com!

• SkillShare - absolutely fantastic library of content, particularly for technical skills like Adobe products.

• Coursera - where I go when I want a more holistic certification to work towards over several weeks or months to really increase my value add.