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Matthew BoltonInstructional Designer

Project walkthroughs

See the work. Understand the reasoning.

Why recorded walkthroughs? These projects were originally developed in Articulate Rise 360 and Storyline 360. Because access to authoring-platform share links can change when subscription access ends, I preserved selected work as screen-recorded walkthroughs. The recordings document the learner experience while the accompanying project notes explain the instructional decisions behind each design.

Read the written case studies

Recorded walkthroughs

One walkthrough per project.

Each card carries the project title, a short summary, the recording, key instructional design decisions, and the tools used — then links straight to the full case study.

Articulate Rise 360 + Storyline 360

Ethical and Inclusive AI in Online Course Design

Graduate Instructional Design Project — University of Memphis

A longer, more scaffolded course on ethical and inclusive AI use in online teaching, built in Rise 360 with a custom Storyline 360 branching scenario embedded where decision practice was needed.

Key design decisions

  • Orientation scaled to course complexity
  • Concepts introduced before application
  • Storyline used only where Rise could not carry the objective

Tools

  • Articulate Rise 360
  • Articulate Storyline 360
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Articulate Rise 360

Smart Shopping: Practical Skills for Everyday Savings

Community Education — Friends For All

A Rise 360 course giving adult community learners low-risk practice recognizing and applying practical shopping strategies in everyday purchasing decisions.

Key design decisions

  • Interactions chosen to reduce extraneous cognitive load
  • Low-risk practice with immediate feedback
  • Repetition across realistic examples

Tools

  • Articulate Rise 360
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Articulate Storyline 360

Inclusive AI Branching Scenario

Branching Scenario / Decision Practice

A Storyline 360 branching scenario giving learners active judgment practice with inclusive AI decisions. Built for the Ethical and Inclusive AI course and shown here as a standalone Storyline development example.

Key design decisions

  • Branching used to show consequence, not to add length
  • Storyline embedded inside Rise rather than replacing it
  • Feedback written as consequence rather than verdict

Tools

  • Articulate Storyline 360
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Articulate Storyline 360

Customer Service Interaction Using Slide Layers

Custom Interaction / Slide Layers

A Storyline 360 interaction using slide layers to keep related customer service content organized within a single-screen structure that learners explore at their own pace.

Key design decisions

  • Layers instead of separate slides
  • Learner-controlled exploration

Tools

  • Articulate Storyline 360
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Articulate Storyline 360 + Original Voice Narration

Data Pump Technical Training

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.

Key design decisions

  • Interaction kept deliberately limited
  • Narration paired with focused visuals
  • Predictable navigation

Tools

  • Articulate Storyline 360
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Documentation work

Not every project is a video.

Technical writing is shown as page images inside its case study rather than as a recording.

Documentation project — viewable as page images in the case study

Technical Writing & Software Documentation

Biller Portal Guide for Software Partners

InvoiceCloud

A 44-page technical guide for software partners using InvoiceCloud's electronic billing and payment platform, translating complex system functionality into task-focused documentation.

Key design decisions

  • Organized around common portal functions and partner tasks
  • Screenshots paired with each procedure
  • Technical depth kept where it belongs

Tools

  • Microsoft 365
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Additional learning experiences and work samples may be added over time.

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Prefer a live walkthrough?

I'm happy to screen-share any project and answer questions in real time — often more useful for a hiring team than a recorded clip.

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