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This project demonstrates how complex scientific content can be simplified into practical, just-in-time learning.
Project Overview
eLearning Showcase | Tools: Articulate Rise, Netlify
This is a portfolio showcase piece demonstrating my ability to transform dense, subject-matter-expert-generated content into a clean, learner-centered eLearning experience.
The Design Challenge
The source material for this project was a 36-slide pharmacy school lecture deck covering drug stability: a complex, highly technical topic filled with academic definitions, chemical degradation mechanisms, formulation science, and regulatory concepts. The slides were written for a professor to present in a classroom, not for a learner to navigate independently.
The challenge was straightforward but not simple: take content that was built to be delivered, and rebuild it to be learned.
My Role
Instructional Designer | Learning Experience Designer | eLearning Developer
I owned the full design and development process, from content analysis and learning objective alignment through visual design, course build, and external hosting.
The Approach
I started with a content audit and learning objective analysis, reviewing the original slide deck to identify what learners actually needed to know and do versus what was contextual, redundant, or better suited for reference material. This distinction drove every design decision that followed.
Rather than converting the slides into digital pages, I restructured the content architecture entirely, grouping related concepts into digestible learning units, rewriting objectives in learner-centered language, and stripping out academic scaffolding that would create cognitive overload for an independent learner.
The guiding principle throughout was human-centered design: if a learner encountered this content alone, without a professor explaining it, would it make sense? Would it stick?
Design Highlights
Full content restructuring from a 36-slide academic lecture deck into a focused, navigable eLearning module
Learner-centered rewrite of learning objectives to reflect applied understanding rather than academic recall
Visual design and layout built in Articulate Rise to support readability and mobile-friendly delivery
Complex scientific concepts simplified and sequenced to reduce cognitive load without sacrificing accuracy
Estimated learner time of 20 minutes, a significant reduction from the time required to process the original source material
Externally hosted on Netlify for seamless access without LMS dependency
What This Piece Demonstrates
Content analysis and instructional writing for a highly technical subject matter area
Ability to work independently without a subject matter expert in the room
Learner-centered design applied to complex, compliance-adjacent content
Articulate Rise development and external hosting workflow
Source material provided courtesy of a pharmacy school Instructional aide. Used with permission for instructional design practice purposes.
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