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Michael in a few words
Having worked for some of the biggest e-Learning companies in the UK over more than 10 years, I've accumulated a wealth of skills and experience in developing quality e-Learning courses. With this experience, comes the ability to efficiently put together courses, successfully circumventing the inevitable authoring tool and technical challenges encountered along the way.
What I offer is pure Storyline development. I don't offer instructional design or graphic design, although I can use common sense to fill in gaps and extrapolate on existing design/direction.
If you need someone to develop a set of reusable templates, or fully built out courses that will fit your content or create very specific high level bespoke interactions, that is what I can offer you. You provide me with graphics, content already digested into a learner journey, and I will do the rest.
Experience
- Self-EmployedArticulate Storyline and Rise 360 DeveloperJanuary 2021 - Today (3 years and 11 months)Berlin, Germany
- LEARNING POOLDeveloperFebruary 2016 - December 2020 (4 years and 10 months)Berlin, GermanyWorking as a developer as part of Learning Pool's content team, my work can be quite varied. I've been involved with a wide range of interesting projects and work mainly in Articulate Storyline, Adapt Builder and sometimes Adobe Captivate. I'm often using the Adobe CC Suite day to day too. My work can include things like converstions of older courses from legacy technologies like Flash or basic HTML and CSS into multi-device friendly responsive courses which run on a modern LMS. I also work on off-the-shelf elearning, customising these to suite the client, or fully bespoke solutions. My next challenge is to learn to code JavaScript to enable me to enhance the already broad functionality of authoring tools like Articulate Storyline and Adapt.
- City & Guilds KineoDeveloperNovember 2014 - February 2016 (1 year and 3 months)101 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266, USAMy day to day work at Kineo consists of setting up e-learning courses using the authoring tool Articulate Storyline 2. I work closely to match art direction making sure the design and functionality of the final course fit as closely as possible to the artwork and to the technical specification. From time to time I also help out with fixes on older courses built in a variety of tools including: Adapt (responsive HTML5 framework), Captivate 5/7/8/9, in-house Flash/ HTML tools, Studio 09 and coursebuilder. I also sometimes need to use Photoshop to make small tweaks to assets used in building courses.
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Ryan O'Hara and 1 other person have recommended Michael
09/07/2023
I've been fortunate enough to work alongside Michael on a wide variety of complex custom e-learning projects (invariably with a successful outcome). He brings huge experience and skills to every project, and he's particularly adept at coming up with creative, technical solutions to meet the expectations of his clients.
07/07/2023
Michael is a fantastic Articulate Storyline developer, who can reliably build brand new eLearning modules, troubleshoot existing modules, and implement WCAG accessibility,
Michael is adept at working independently, but also excels working within a team and sharing his expertise.
Michael is adept at working independently, but also excels working within a team and sharing his expertise.
Education
- Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of Sussex2009BSc, Computer Science