Graphic Design

Though graphic design is not my primary skill set in instructional design, I have learned about the basic principles of graphic design through my graduate studies and my professional work with graphic designers. I’ve had many opportunities to create several types of graphics and visual aids. Below, you’ll find samples of my graphic design work from

  • course projects I’ve worked on as an instructional designer
  • creative/personal work
  • projects from graduate school

Course Project Samples

  • An aerial view of a city skyscraper. A block of text in the upper left hand corner that reads "Law 658 Law Practice Management". Another block of text with the title, "Why the Right Fit Profile"
    A video thumbnail template for a course project.
  • An image of a table with an iPad, computer, cup of coffee, reading glasses, and a plant on top of it. Text lays over the image that says "Teaching With Technology. EDUC W200. Sean Winningham
    A dashboard card image I created for my course. Having a card image allows students to quickly find my class from their Canvas dashboard.
  • An aerial view of a city skyscraper. A gray box with the Indiana University logo with text along side of it that reads "temporary banner"
    A template I’ve created to show faculty how a course page banner can look like within a page inside their course learning management system.
  • A vector icon of a mountain range on the left. Text reads "Research Areas. Description listed here."
    A navigation card template I created to help wireframe a homepage that provides cards with descriptions of each area in the course that the user can visit.
  • An image of someone holding an iPad with an internet browser window open to a Google Search page. In the top left hand corner is the word "Examples"
    A simple navigation graphical button I created on a Google Site to help users navigate to content they want to explore.

Personal Samples

  • A Star Wars style movie poster I made for my son for Star Wars Day (May the 4th).
  • A comic book cover style photo I created to make my son look like the Hulk. I changed the color of his skin in Photoshop – that is NOT body paint.
  • A fictional political campaign poster I created, inspired by the TV show, “Parks and Recreation”
  • A fictional political campaign poster I created, inspired by the TV show, “The Office”
  • A fictional political campaign poster I created, inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • A fictional political campaign poster I created, inspired by the Star Wars franchise

Graduate School Projects

My journey in graphic design started in the Spring of 2016 when I enrolled in a course at Indiana University (IU) for my Instructional Systems Technology master’s degree program entitled “Instructional Development and Production.” This course combined the use of design principles and learning graphic design tools in order to develop and produce instructional and training material.

The first assignment for the course was to create an infographic. I wanted to learn more about using Adobe products, so I took the opportunity with this course to learn Adobe Illustrator. The topic I chose was the health of Indiana residents compared to other states in the country. Below is a result of the final product.

The second assignment for the course was to create a job aid with the purpose to instruct learners what they need to know as a “just-in-time” resource. For this assignment, I used Adobe Illustrator again, and created a job aid based on a procedure in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) called “Functional Behavior Assessment,” which is commonly used by therapists that work with people with autism. Because of this audience, I combined the principles of a flowchart with the popular design icon of puzzle pieces that are associated with autism. Below is the final product of this job aid, which is still used by instructors at Capella University that teach graduate level courses in ABA.