The thing about me is—I’m always going to ask “why”.
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Hello! I’m Mary Case: learning experience designer, creative writer, and leadership coach. I help people and organizations move from uncertainty to clarity by digging into the why, then mapping out the how.
I believe great learning experiences don’t start with content. They start with curiosity. Why does this matter? Who needs this? What will change because of it? Once we’ve answered that, we can build learning that sticks.
Portfolio
Strengths-Based Leadership for Strategic Impact
Format: Self-paced eLearning | Tools: Articulate Storyline, Adobe Photoshop, Canva
Taking such a human-centered, personal experience like Strengths coaching and turning it into an asynchronous, self-paced leadership program was both a creative adventure and deeply challenging. The course is designed to help mid- to senior-level leaders explore their CliftonStrengths and reflect on how they would apply them in real-world leadership contexts. To learn more, check out the design process below.
Micro Learning for Lean Operation
Format: Micro Learning | Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Camtasia, Canva
Turning a complex operational philosophy like “lean” into a short, engaging video was a fun challenge in clarity and storytelling. The piece was designed to help learners understand what it truly means to operate lean by focusing on efficiency, continuous improvement, and smart problem-solving without the jargon.
Instructional Design Methodology
Format: Self-paced eLearning | Tools: Articulate Rise
This Rise course was designed less to dazzle with content, and more to show I know my way around Articulate Rise (and a solid ID framework). Though the material is a bit dated, it walks through the ADDIE model, a few of my past design experiences, and shows that I know how to add interactivity and assessment. Most of my fancier Rise projects are locked behind NDAs, but if you’re curious, I’m happy to whip up something fresh.
The Boring Bits
The samples below might not be glamorous, but they’re solid. They show how I think, how I work, and how I take ideas from messy to functional.
Quality Assurance Tracking
Created during my time designing cybersecurity bootcamps, this tracker helped keep every module aligned with both my annoyingly high standards and the company’s brand.
Job Aids
Concise visual job aids created to simplify and clarify workflows, from project scope management to the sequence of municipal court hearings.
Instructional Design Methodologies
This deck highlights my take on instructional design frameworks while doubling as a demo of clean, intentional presentation design.
ADA Compliance Checklist
A practical, no-frills checklist I’ve used across multiple projects to make sure every learner can access and engage with the content.
Engaging Students Through Instructional Design
This presentation explores how tried-and-true instructional design methods (think ADDIE, UDL, and backward design) can make learning more meaningful. It’s all about designing with intention so students stay curious, connected, and actually engaged.
Storyboard
It’s a little chaotic (sticky notes everywhere!), but this snapshot shows how I map learning flow, build in breathing room, and balance assessments across time.
Learning Objectives Generator
A quick-start tool I built to help new instructional designers write clear, Bloom-aligned objectives without overthinking it.
Orientation Outline
A project tracker in disguise, used to keep content, progress, and deadlines aligned across multiple teams when tasked with designing a new orientation experience for the company’s top dog.
Service Learning Quality Assessment Tool
A pre-assessment tool I adapted for a faculty fellows course, designed to help educators reflect on the key elements of high-quality service learning.
Feedback Maping
Part of an agile workflow, this visual helped track and prioritize feedback loops during the design of an asynchronous orientation.
Individualized Education 