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Data Pump Technical Training

Articulate Storyline 360 + Original Voice Narration · InvoiceCloud

A short Storyline 360 technical course on Data Pump for employees supporting municipal billing and payment processes, with narration I wrote and recorded myself.

  • Articulate Storyline 360

Technical Training Walkthrough — Original course narration written and recorded by Matthew Bolton.

Project overview

This is a complete short Storyline course I developed while working at InvoiceCloud. It introduces Data Pump and how it fits into the billing and payment work its learners do.

Audience

Employees in municipal and local-government environments who work with billing and payment processes, including employees responsible for accepting or supporting payments for services such as utility bills and tax bills.

Learning need

Learners needed to understand a technical system well enough to apply it to their own work. The subject matter was already demanding, so the course itself could not add to that demand.

Instructional design rationale

This Storyline course demonstrates my approach to technical training: complexity in the subject matter does not require complexity in the learner experience. The course was designed for employees working with municipal billing and payment processes. I intentionally used a straightforward structure, focused visual presentation, predictable navigation, and guided narration to make technical information easier to understand without introducing unnecessary interaction or navigation demands.

The design keeps the learner's attention on understanding the system and its application to their work rather than on learning how to operate the course itself.

Complex subject matter does not require a complicated learner experience.

Multimedia & voice narration

I created and recorded the voice narration used throughout this technical training. Narration guides learners through technical concepts in a conversational, approachable way while reinforcing the visual information presented onscreen.

Design decisions

Interaction kept deliberately limited
The cognitive effort here belongs to the technical content. Adding interaction would have competed with it rather than supported it.
Narration paired with focused visuals
Spoken explanation alongside a single clear visual keeps the two channels reinforcing each other instead of duplicating text on screen.
Predictable navigation
A consistent path through the course means no one spends attention on the interface.
Scoped to the learner's actual work
The course covers what these employees need in order to do their jobs, not everything the system can do.

What this project demonstrates

  • Technical training and software/process communication
  • Original voice narration and multimedia development
  • Cognitive-load management in technical content
  • Deliberate, audience-appropriate simplicity

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I'm glad to walk through the analysis behind the decisions, or how I'd adapt this approach to your organization.