Tori McCumiskey - Principle Designer

Working with you to create real world learning experiences

Design Objective

To design, create and provide quality eLearning courses and resources, to optimise educational standards and learning transfer for all online learners

Instructional Design related skills

  • Stakeholder consultation 

  • Small Project Management 

  • Resource Development that aids learning for concept understanding  

  • Small Team Management 

Design Tools user experience

  • Articulate 360: Specialising in Rise 360 (Basic knowledge of Storyline 360) 

  • Canva – Graphic design program  

  • MS Office tools 

  • Doodly Application 

  • Toonly Application 

  • Other applications: WordSwag; iMovie; Adobe suite 

Learning Management System Experience

  • Blackboard LMS – as an administrator & a student 

  • Canvas LMS - as a student 

  • Totara LMS - as an administrator & a student

Media Manipulation Skills

  • PNG image creation 

  • Image manipulation using Canva 

  • Video creation using Canva and PowerPoint  

Self Development – Professional

  • Module completion through Totara Academy - Totara Learning Management system

  • B-Online learning for Articulate 360 Basic  

  • Modules through Adobe eLearning  

  • Industry blog subscriptions: eLearning Industry (USA) plus I’m a member of their Instructional Designer FB page; shift eLearning; Articulate 360 eLearning heroes blog and FB page group; Instructional Design Central (IDC – purchased templates from this site) 

General Summary of Working Environments

  • Registered Nurse: 1996 – Current

  • Educator in multiple learning environments (VETiS/Secondary School/Aged Care Sector/Commercial Medical Sales/TAFE/Mercy Health Training Institute/Private healthcare education/Not-for-Profit: 2000 – Current

       These are noted for my ability to know and educate learners from all age groups, by using learning theories to support the design of my           resources, assessments, and feedback methods.

Other career transferable skills

  • Training needs analysis, SME consultation

  • Basic use of the AGILE method for resource development timeline management.

  • ADDIE design methodology.

  • Multiple instructional design template use to track projects and resource development.

  • Microsoft Teams use to deliver courses

Qualifications  - Major

  • 2021 QLD Uni of Tech (QUT) Grad Cert Ed in Innovative Learning Design (Instructional Design)

  • 2011 Deakin University (Burwood) Post Grad Dip Ed in Applied Learning (Tertiary Vocational Sector)

  • 1998 Monash University (Clayton) Post Grad Dip Nurs (Peri operative)  

  • 1995 University of Ballarat (Ballarat) B Nurs  

Qualifications  - Minor

  • 2017 Certificate III in Micro Business Operations – Box Hill Institute  

  • 2014 TAELLN411 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment – Additional Unit required for TAE40110  

  • 2013 TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment - Upgrade  

  • 2009 Initial 5 Day Course for OH&S representatives – Noel Arnold & Associates  

Major Professional Achievements

Member of the Standards Project Steering Committee for the School Nursing Professional Practice Standards (2009): ISBN 9780646524962; Dewey Number 371.7129945 (School Nursing Standards in Australia)