Welcome to My Portfolio:
My name is Yahya Bouhafa. I am an accomplished instructional designer with a doctoral degree in educational leadership and over six years of experience in the field. I specialize in creating engaging and effective learning experiences, collaborating closely with subject matter experts from various disciplines. My expertise includes implementing adult learning theories and wise course design principles to architect and develop courses in Canvas, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace. Explore my work to see how I can bring innovative and impactful learning solutions to your organization.
Samples of Courses and Modules Developed through Rise Articulate 360
Course sample 1: Techniques of Providing Effective Feedback in Higher Education
Techniques of Providing Effective Feedback in Higher Education is a course designed specifically for faculty members new to teaching in higher education with the intention of improving their teaching skills. It is developed using articulate 360. This course leverages various techniques within articulate 360 to create an engaging learning experience. The course includes different multimedia content, including videos and infographics, and interactive elements like flip cards and accordions that are strategically implemented to engage learners with the content and achieve the learning objectives. Note: Click “start course” to get started
Course sample 2: Rethinking Assessment
Rethinking Assessment is course designed to help faculty improve their assessment strategies. It is designed to be taken as a part of a university online teaching requirements. It is developed using articulate 360. This course utilizes a variety of techniques within articulate 360 to create an engaging and interactive learning experience. It includes videos and infographics with clickable elements to present information in a visually appealing manner. Interactive elements like flip cards are used to reinforce key concepts, while formative quizzes provide opportunities for self-assessment and immediate feedback. The combination of multimedia and interactive tools is implemented to ensure a dynamic and effective learning experience. Note: Click “start course” to get started
Learning module sample: Research Methods
Research Methods is a focused learning module created using articulate 360 to be included in a research methodology course. This module features engaging multimedia elements to help learners delve into the differences between various research methodologies and their impact on research designs. It is designed with the main objective of preparing students to choose the appropriate research methods for their projects, ensuring robust and effective research designs. Note: Click “start lesson” to get started
Sample of Courses Developed through Canvas
Course sample 1: Comprehensive Emergency and Planning
Comprehensive Emergency and Planning is an eight-module course designed using Canvas, with integrations of Cidi Labs to enhance its interactivity and user experience. Each module features lectures that incorporate comprehensive readings and various multimedia elements to teach core concepts. To improve the engagement of students with the course content, Cidi Labs interactives such accordions, drag-and-drop activities, and check your understanding quizzes such as multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank are used. The course also includes robust discussions and a scenario-based project that provides practical experience in emergency management. The final project is split into milestones with peer and instructor feedback, guiding students through the development of emergency response plans, risk assessments, and crisis communication strategies.
Course sample 2: Human Growth and Development
Human Growth and Development is a comprehensive course designed using Canvas to develop students’ essential knowledge of human behavior, including learning, cognition, and human development. Each week, students engage with lectures featuring readings and multimedia elements, participate in discussion boards, and complete critical thinking assignments. The design of the course integrates Cidi Labs add-ons to create engaging lectures with activities such as check your understanding exercises using drag-and-drop, stack cards, and fill-in-the-blank. Additionally, the course employs interactives like accordions and infographic clickable elements to highlight key concepts and enhance learning. The course made use of scenario-based learning through involving students in a project where they act the role of a consultant, applying their knowledge to design outdoor spaces that promote human well-being and productivity.
Sample of Courses Developed through D2L Brightspace
Course sample: Grammar for English Teachers
Grammar for English Teachers is course that is designed and developed on Brightspace as a part of the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher training master program. The course focuses on leveraging various multimedia tools and interactive features. For example. the course integrates Panopto quizzes within lecture videos to provide real-time self-assessment and immediate feedback, reinforcing understanding of teaching methods and complex grammatical concepts. To cater to diverse learning styles, the course incorporates instructional videos, infographics, and interactive grammar exercises, making the content engaging and informative. The design also highlighted collaborative learning through including interactive elements like discussion boards, teaching reflections, and peer-feedback to foster a community of practice among trainees.
Samples of Courses Developed through Blackboard
Course sample 1: Food Media Presentation Skills
Food Media Presentation Skills is a purpose-driven course designed and built on Blackboard to equip students with the necessary skills to effectively present their culinary creations through various media platforms. Emphasizing project-based learning, the course provides numerous practice opportunities for students to take pictures and videos of their food creations, create a blog, and promote their work on social media. The course’s design focuses on a user-friendly weekly structure, ensuring easy navigation and a clear progression path for students. Each week, students engage with structured content that includes engaging articulate 360 modules that aimed at improving students’ content creation skills. Interactive activities like discussions, blog sharing, and peer feedback on submissions are created to foster a collaborative learning environment. The design also focused on implementing a project based final assignment to enable students to walk away from the course with an established comprehensive portfolio of their food media creations.
Course sample 2: Ethics: A Global Perspective
Ethics: A Global Perspective is a Blackboard course that is designed and built on Blackboard to offer students a comprehensive study of global ethics theories and religious views. Each week, students explore new aspects of ethics studies through implemented readings, multimedia content, articulate 360 interactive modules, and discussions highlighting the Socratic method as a part of the course design. Additionally, the course is deigned to give students the chance to work on a course project divided into milestone submissions with opportunities to benefit from peer and instructor feedback.
