I’ve been keeping a list of both read, and to-read Instructional Design related books for these book clubs, and I wanted to share it with you! The list below contains both books I’ve read and recommend, as well as books I’ve found recommended by other Instructional Designers or people in a similar field. Enjoy!

While there are many softwares that can create captions for you, most of them can cost time and money to generate (especially if the captions are human generated!) If you’re looking to create captions for free (.srt, .vtt, .sbv file types), this tutorial is for you!

If you’re looking to transition from teaching into tech as an Instructional Designer, one of the first things you should do is set up your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is a professional networking site that many tech companies use to find and hire employees. My goal in this article is to help you set up and edit your LinkedIn profile so that you can avoid some of the same mistakes I made. Let’s get into it.

One of the perks of working in tech is that sometimes you get a professional development/learning stipend! At my company, once you reach the six-month mark working there, you can start to use your stipend! With my stipend, I bought a BUNCH of books! The books focused on education, storytelling, design/accessibility in design, and personal growth. Here’s a look at the books I bought with my professional development stipend.

I was in the classroom for five years, and after five years I wanted to try something new. I knew I wanted to work in a role that still gave me some sense of doing what teachers do best - teach and create curriculum. So after lots of research, I found a perfect role for me - Instructional Designer. In this post, I’ll share everything I did to transition from teacher to Instructional Designer.

Once you’ve gotten past your phone screen, you will probably be asked to complete a take-home project. After years in the industry and conducting many candidate interviews for my teams, here is the most common take-home project an ID will get. Let’s take a look at what it is and how to crush it!

A portfolio allows recruiters and interviewers to get a better sense of your skills, and gives you a chance to show off your best work! In this post, I’ll cover a few ways to set up a portfolio and give you some ideas for projects you can create for your portfolio that will both excite and impress recruiters.