Projects
Selected work in Learning Design & UX.
ShowerBoost
AI-assisted product concept prototype — a portable, battery-powered shower pressure booster pitched as an investor-ready landing page using Lovable and prompt-driven design.
UX Survey of Learning Design Practice — LEI & TIU 2025
A quick pulse on practices, confidence, barriers, and platform preferences among learning design practitioners.
Rock, Paper, Scissors - online battle tournament
AI-assisted build with Firebase Studio for a 50+ person meeting.
Canvas LMS Quick Navigation Bar
Reducing clicks with an accessible, reusable on-page nav for modules and topics.
When not to code: why simple tools sometimes work best
A short exploration of in-class vibe-checks using Mentimeter, a bespoke Firebase Studio app, and a Miro board, highlighting why existing tools can be the best choice.
AU Course Development: Part 3
Supporting Academic Course Developers at Adelaide University through structured 10-week design and build cycles, aligned to the Adelaide Attainment Model.
UX Design Toolkit (TUX) for Learning Design
A UX toolkit providing reusable components, templates, and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across online courses.
Communication Styles Quiz
A static PDF activity was transformed into an accessible, embeddable web quiz for the Create. Connect. Communicate. course. Built in collaboration with Media, the tool adds clear micro-interactions, printable results, and a streamlined single-choice flow that works standalone or inside Canvas.
Expandable References for Better UX
Enhanced a course page by integrating an expandable 'show references' feature, applying the principle of progressive disclosure to simplify the UI.
H5P Student Handbook Conversion
From a 49-page PDF to a clear, 10-page interactive handbook
Publications
A collection of my published articles, papers, and other works.
Bestie Health Club – MVP Discovery
Discovery and strategy for a minimum viable product for a new pet health app.
UX Group - User Testing Four Designs
Learning From Students: Usability testing the new Adelaide University course home page. We tested four designs (current, numbered variant, Dynamic Home, and course info patterns) with 42 students. One-on-one testing proved most valuable; results are now shaping the template and navigation.
Personal Professional Development — Course Design (ENTREP1002)
A full design and build of ENTREP1002 Personal Professional Development: aligning outcomes, assessments and weekly learning to help students form a professional identity and portfolio. Deliverables included course alignment, personas and narrative, UX copy, assessment exemplars, and data visualisation upgrades. Collaboration across academics, learning designers and media resulted in a coherent, visual, week-by-week student experience.
Everyday tools for the online Learning Designer
A practical intro talk linking UX methods to online Learning Design (LX). We showed how to map & sequence content, design interactions, use H5P, and apply usability, schema theory and cognitive load. Attendance was low (torrential rain + light promo), which became a key lesson—great content still needs great distribution.
GoPro App Redesign
making gopro fun and easy for all—a faster path from capture to share with ‘Magic Movie’.
Wellness features in food delivery apps — heat-safe riding in a warming city
Humanitech brief: empower communities via technology in the face of climate change. We focused on food delivery riders working in extreme heat and prototyped wellness features inside an existing rider app. Research → concepts → mid-fi → client feedback → hi-fi + testing, with clear learnings and next steps.
Trip Approve – Onboarding
Designing a seamless onboarding experience for a B2B travel approval platform.
“Flock” Hackathon
A 48-hour hackathon project to build a social event coordination app.
Redesigning Course Orientation (OUA)
A ground-up rethink of the OUA orientation sequence: evaluate the current experience, co-design with students, prototype in Figma, and iterate from real feedback. Outcomes: clearer home/orientation hub, streamlined navigation, stronger wayfinding (cue boxes), and an implementation blueprint for the media/LMS teams.
UoA Online: Learning Design at Scale
Lead Learning Designer for eight online university courses across the Bachelor of International Business and Health Services Management programmes at the University of Adelaide.