Learning Experience Design
Role: Presentation Designer + FacilitatorTools: Keynote + FigmaCompany: Jamie the Scholar Tutoring
The Need: New instructors on our team needed to become informed about the structure of the Digital SAT exam’s Verbal Modules, a format that the instructors were new to. I was asked to design a training presentation and to facilitate it myself.
The Challenge: I had one week to create a presentation that would orient my new colleagues to a complex, multi-part exam. The presentation slides needed to be clear enough to stand on their own, but I also needed to be able to present them live.
The Process: I started with a monochrome rough draft to focus on the structure of the content and the hierarchy of the information I was presenting, without worrying about color (reference photos below). Once I confirmed the layout of the information, I introduced Jamie the Scholar's tan-green brand palette to guide the eye and to reinforce key concepts.
What I'm Most Proud Of: The mind-map infographics that I created to show the structure of the entire digital SAT exam. It gave an at-a-glance visual aid to tutors of the big picture: the concepts that students are being tested on and where to focus their teaching.
The Outcome: I delivered the training live via zoom to new instructors. Another training facilitator later reused the slides for his own training session, indicating that the design of the presentation was clear and usable for someone else to implement during a different training session.
What I Learned: This project reinforced my intention to design for learning: to convey complex information in an engaging visual format. It showed me the value of starting with grayscale to confirm my content layout before introducing color.
Learning Experience Design
Role: Presentation Designer + FacilitatorTools: Keynote + FigmaCompany: Jamie the Scholar Tutoring
The Need: New instructors on our team needed to become informed about the structure of the Digital SAT exam’s Verbal Modules, a format that the instructors were new to. I was asked to design a training presentation and to facilitate it myself.
The Challenge: I had one week to create a presentation that would orient my new colleagues to a complex, multi-part exam. The presentation slides needed to be clear enough to stand on their own, but I also needed to be able to present them live.
The Process: I started with a monochrome rough draft to focus on the structure of the content and the hierarchy of the information I was presenting, without worrying about color (reference photos below). Once I confirmed the layout of the information, I introduced Jamie the Scholar's tan-green brand palette to guide the eye and to reinforce key concepts.
What I'm Most Proud Of: The mind-map infographics that I created to show the structure of the entire digital SAT exam. It gave an at-a-glance visual aid to tutors of the big picture: the concepts that students are being tested on and where to focus their teaching.
The Outcome: I delivered the training live via zoom to new instructors. Another training facilitator later reused the slides for his own training session, indicating that the design of the presentation was clear and usable for someone else to implement during a different training session.
What I Learned: This project reinforced my intention to design for learning: to convey complex information in an engaging visual format. It showed me the value of starting with grayscale to confirm my content layout before introducing color.
Learning Experience Design
Role: Presentation Designer + FacilitatorTools: Keynote + FigmaCompany: Jamie the Scholar Tutoring
The Need: New instructors on our team needed to become informed about the structure of the Digital SAT exam’s Verbal Modules, a format that the instructors were new to. I was asked to design a training presentation and to facilitate it myself.
The Challenge: I had one week to create a presentation that would orient my new colleagues to a complex, multi-part exam. The presentation slides needed to be clear enough to stand on their own, but I also needed to be able to present them live.
The Process: I started with a monochrome rough draft to focus on the structure of the content and the hierarchy of the information I was presenting, without worrying about color (reference photos below). Once I confirmed the layout of the information, I introduced Jamie the Scholar's tan-green brand palette to guide the eye and to reinforce key concepts.
What I'm Most Proud Of: The mind-map infographics that I created to show the structure of the entire digital SAT exam. It gave an at-a-glance visual aid to tutors of the big picture: the concepts that students are being tested on and where to focus their teaching.
The Outcome: I delivered the training live via zoom to new instructors. Another training facilitator later reused the slides for his own training session, indicating that the design of the presentation was clear and usable for someone else to implement during a different training session.
What I Learned: This project reinforced my intention to design for learning: to convey complex information in an engaging visual format. It showed me the value of starting with grayscale to confirm my content layout before introducing color.