Design journal

Well, here we are at design journal 4! These past few weeks I've attempted to learn Articulate 360. As I mentioned in my previous post, the learning was slow-going which was surprising because I usually pick up new technology fairly easily. But after spending days on the software, watching countless Storyline 360 explainer videos, and reading tons of S360 knowledge base articles and only completing two design elements, I decided that the software was not worth the effort. At the end of the day I have to be able to account for the hours my boss pays me for, and I would have a hard time accounting for learning Storyline. 1) It took a long time to learn. 2) It did not look that great when it was finished. 3) Other programs produce a more professional-looking product in less time. So, after all of that, I decided to drop Storyline 360 from my project plans and just stick with Articulate Rise. I finished module four using the same module design I had developed earlier. I have only one m...

Well…interesting news! My boss announced this week that he is quitting! What does that mean for my training projects? Well, for the training that I am designing for other teams in the company, it means nothing. Nothing will change and I will keep working with those teams to produce the training that they need. For the training that I am personally leading, though, here will be a change. Train the Trainer Training, my baby, will continue because I own it. But the Manager training I was designing for my boss will be put on hiatus. He was leading that project…and not in a very timely manner, I have to say. But he was leading it and I was designing it to his specifications. Now I will postpone the design of the training until the new VP of Talent begins and I work with him to find out what he wants. So now my project is changing focus from Manager training to Train the Trainer Training. Fortunately that project has been running and still has two weeks to go until it is over, so the timeli...