Marilyn Day
Senior Instructional Designer
I engage, empower, and enable adult learners through concise writing, clear design, and creative solutions.
Portfolio
Google AI Educator Series
High-scale, bite-sized AI literacy training for K-12 and higher education teachers. Built with Evolve to rapidly upskill global educators.
[🎓 eLearning] [🛠 Evolve] [⏯ Camtasia]
[💻 Custom code] [🖌 Figma]
[🎓 eLearning] [🛠 Evolve]
[⏯ Camtasia] [💻 Custom code]
[🖌 Figma]
Learn Evolve
Peek behind the curtain of the Evolve eLearning authoring tool. Built with Evolve for an instructional design bootcamp.
[🎓 eLearning] [👩💻 video training] [🛠 Evolve] [✍ writing] [🎨 Canva] [🖌 Figma]
Install Heat Pump Water Heaters
Step-by-step training for installing a heat pump water heater. Built with Storyline for HVAC contractors.
[🎓 eLearning] [🔗 Articulate Storyline]
[🎬 Adobe Premiere Pro] [🎙 WellSaidLabs]
[🎓 eLearning]
[🔗 Articulate Storyline]
[🎬 Adobe Premiere Pro]
[🎙 WellSaidLabs]
Energy 101
This interactive course introduces employees to the energy industry. Built with Rise and Storyline for a green energy company.
[🎓 eLearning] [📈 Articulate Rise] [🔗 Articulate Storyline] [✍ writing] [🖋 adobe illustrator] [🎙 WellSaidLabs]
[🎓 eLearning] [📈 Articulate Rise]
[🔗 Articulate Storyline] [✍ writing]
[🖋 adobe illustrator]
[🎙 WellSaidLabs]
Remote Interviews
This 1-hour virtual workshop prepares career changers for remote interviews. Built with Canva for adult learners in technical bootcamps.
[👩🏫 instructor-led training] [✍ writing] [🎨 Canva]
[👩🏫 instructor-led training]
[✍ writing] [🎨 Canva]
Publications
View a selection of my published work, including blog posts and a podcast appearance, and courses I've created for Rumie Learn.
About
My Story
💪 As a senior instructional designer, I craft courses that combine adult learning theory, practical storytelling, and engaging design. My focus is on scalable eLearning experiences for technical and operational teams.
Highlights:
Develop technical eLearning for Google data center employees and cloud cybersecurity admins
Coach early-career IDs and new team members with best practices and actionable feedback
Create virtual and in-person ILT for adult learners, including Google data center Controls
Leverage AI tools (e.g., WellSaidLabs, Gemini) to streamline workflow and enhance content
Design microlearning (e.g., Rumie Learn) and professional blogs
💡I have a background in coaching, psychology, and edtech, with a master’s in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.🥊 When I'm not working, I'm kickboxing or getting lost in a good book.🤝 Let’s connect to talk instructional design or explore my work.
Skills
Instructional design capabilities and tools I use to design and develop scalable eLearning experiences, including emerging AI-assisted learning technologies. View my Credly page.
Instructional Design
ADDIE
Adult Learning Principles
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Curriculum Development
Design Thinking
LMS Administration & Management
Microlearning
Needs Analysis
Scripting & Storyboarding
eLearning Tools
Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro)
Articulate Storyline 360 & Rise 360
Camtasia
Evolve
Figma
Google Slides & PowerPoint
SCORM & xAPI
WellSaidLabs
Contact
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Google AI Educator Series
Client: Google for Education
Audience: Global K-12 and Higher Ed TeachersConverted 26 static presentations into high-scale, bite-sized courses built with Evolve to rapidly upskill global educators on Google AI tools. Launch one of the courses I built to see the live design or browse the full collection.
Create Process-Based Assessments
Introduction to Google NotebookLM
Google AI Educator Series
[🎓 eLearning] [🛠 Evolve] [⏯ Camtasia] [💻 Custom code] [🖌 Figma]
[🎓 eLearning] [🛠 Evolve] [⏯ Camtasia]
[💻 Custom code] [🖌 Figma]
📝 Details
Key contributions:
Full-Scale Development: Built 9 of the courses with Evolve and provided peer reviews and quality assurance for the rest of the series
Step-by-Step GIFs: Edited custom GIFs in Camtasia across 18 courses in the series to demonstrate complex AI workflows
Template & Asset Optimization: Edited visual assets in Figma to streamline the Evolve template and ensure visual consistency
Custom UI Features: Programmed functional, time-saving “copy prompt” buttons directly into the UI using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
Impact:
Successfully launched a 26-course curriculum that modernized Google’s AI teacher training, scaling static presentation content into a global, interactive learning experience that awards professional, standards-aligned badges to educators.
Learn Evolve
Client: Instructional design bootcamp
Audience: Instructional designers, eLearning developersPeek behind the curtain of the Evolve eLearning authoring tool. Explore the course while you watch the videos to see more of the Evolve back-end interface.
[🎓 eLearning] [👩💻 video training] [🛠 Evolve] [✍ writing] [🎨 Canva] [🖌 Figma]
[🎓 eLearning] [🎥 video training]
[🛠 Evolve] [✍ writing] [🎨 Canva]
[🖌 Figma]
Evolve Basics
Evolve Advanced
📝 Details
Key contributions:
Designed and developed an Evolve course with basic and advanced features
Produced two instructional videos in Zoom for an instructional design bootcamp
Authored course content and created visual assets
Showcased advanced functionality of the infographic component
Built a custom theme in Evolve
Adapted the course into a stand-alone eLearning experience
Impact:
Enabled instructional designers to confidently use Evolve for professional projects, reducing their learning curve, and supporting adoption of advanced eLearning tools.
Remote Interviews
Client: edtech company
Audience: Career changersThis 1-hour virtual workshop prepares career changers for remote interviews. Created in Canva, adapted from a workshop I facilitated for career changers in technical bootcamps. View the slide deck, participant guide, and facilitator guide.
[👩🏫 instructor-led training] [✍ writing] [🎨 Canva]
Slides
Participant Guide
Facilitator Guide
📝 Details
Key contributions:
Developed a virtual instructor-led training for adult learners advancing or changing careers
Adapted the training for portfolio use with enhanced visuals and interactivity
Interviewed a SME to gather best practices for remote interviewing
Created an editable participant guide to support note-taking and engagement
Designed a facilitator guide to support consistent delivery
Impact:
Enabled learners to gain confidence and skills for remote interviews, addressing a critical knowledge gap during the shift to virtual hiring.
Energy 101
Client: Green energy company
Audience: New employeesDesigned to introduce new employees to the company and its energy projects. Transitioned a one-on-one training into a 15-minute standardized eLearning course. All company and partner identifiers have been removed for this portfolio version.
[🎓 eLearning] [📈 Articulate Rise] [🔗 Articulate Storyline] [✍ writing]
[🖋 adobe illustrator] [🎙 WellSaidLabs]
[🎓 eLearning] [📈 Articulate Rise]
[🔗 Articulate Storyline] [✍ writing]
[🖋 adobe illustrator] [🎙 WellSaidLabs]
📝 Details
Key contributions:
Developed learning objectives and course outline from 20+ pages of SME content.
Wrote a leadership-approved script incorporating current operations, future initiatives, interactive checkpoints, and scenario-based learning.
Built the course in Rise, including a voiced Storyline block, and designed visual assets and infographics.
Applied instructional design principles to create a clear, engaging, and learner-focused experience.
Ensured consistent branding, maintaining company colors, fonts, and visual style.
Impact:
Delivered a polished onboarding course that balanced current operations with strategic vision, standardized learning across the organization, and improved employee engagement.
Install Heat Pump Water Heaters
Client: Utility company
Audience: HVAC contractorsDeveloped an interactive eLearning in Storyline to show contractors how to install heat pump water heaters. This portfolio version is a shortened, debranded sample highlighting video editing, interactivity, and assessment design.
[🎓 eLearning] [🔗 Articulate Storyline]
[🎬 Adobe Premiere Pro] [🎙 WellSaidLabs]
📝 Details
Key contributions:
Built a new Storyline course from an outdated, unfinished version
Edited videos in Adobe Premiere Pro for clarity, pacing, and audio quality
Generated AI voiceover with WellSaid Labs
Designed interactive activities using slide layers and hotspots
Developed custom-branded slides for questions and navigation with completion triggers
Applied consistent brand fonts, colors, and design standards
Impact:
Delivered a professional training that improved learner engagement with interactive elements, and provided contractors with practical on-the-job instructions.