About this course
Course description
I design online courses and internal training, mostly for teams that need people up to speed fast. Over 9 years I have shipped 42 courses and cut average onboarding time by about 30% at my last two roles. I work in French and English, and I still test every module on a real learner before it goes live.
Curriculum
6 modules · 21 lessons · 9 yrs
6
Senior Instructional Designer
Northlace Learning · Montreal
4 lessons
2022–present
Rebuilt the customer onboarding track; time-to-productive dropped from 21 to 14 days.2y+
Led a team of 4 designers across 42 course projects with a 4.8 average learner rating.2y+
Set up an LMS analytics review that lifted course completion from 61% to 84%.1y
5
Instructional Designer
Beacon & Vale Training · Montreal
3 lessons
2019–2022
Built 23 microlearning modules for a retail client serving 6,000 staff.3y
Ran monthly usability tests with 8 learners each, reducing support tickets by 27%.2y
4
Learning Content Developer
Halvar Media Group · Laval
3 lessons
2016–2019
Wrote and storyboarded 30+ video scripts; average watch-through hit 78%.3y
Moved 14 classroom courses to a self-paced format, saving roughly 400 trainer hours a year.2y
3
Training Coordinator
Cité Ouverte Co-op · Montreal
2 lessons
2015–2016
Scheduled and tracked training for 120 volunteers across 3 sites.1y
2
M.A. Educational Technology
Université du Fleuve-Nord
2 lessons
2013–2015
Thesis on spaced-practice design, tested with 2 cohorts of 45 students.2y
1
B.A. Communication Studies
Collège Saint-Amable
1 lesson
2009–2013
Minor in graphic design; graduated with distinction (GPA 3.8).4y
Reviews
References · 4.8 average
PR
Priya Ramesh
Head of L&D, Northlace Learning
★★★★★
Leia plans backwards from what the learner has to do on the job. She handed me a course that already worked on day one, which almost never happens.
MT
Marc Thibault
Client Lead, Beacon & Vale Training
★★★★☆
Reliable under deadline. She shipped 23 modules for our retail account and the support ticket drop was easy to see in the numbers.
Certificates
Verified credentials
✓
Certified Professional in Learning & Performance
Issued 2021 · ID CPLP-4471
✓
Articulate Storyline Advanced
Issued 2020 · ID ART-8830
✓
Accessible Course Design (WCAG 2.1)
Issued 2022 · ID WCAG-1192
✓
Bilingual Facilitation, French & English
Issued 2018 · ID BF-0654
What you will learn
Skills
· ADDIE & SAM
· Articulate Storyline
· Rise 360
· Camtasia
· Figma
· LMS analytics
· Storyboarding
· Assessment design
· WCAG accessibility
· xAPI / SCORM
· French & English