Darin has worked in the instructional design space since 2002. He has created learning opportunities and collateral for various stakeholders, including public, non-profit, private, and international companies.
Darin is proficient using Articulate Rise, Storyline, and Adobe Captivate. He has administered BizLibrary, Ceridian Dayforce, Litmus, TalentLMS, and AllPay LMS. He has extensive experience with Blackboard (having used it since 2003) and Blackboard Ultra.
Instructional Design Portfolio
Soft-skills. These trainings were developed to provide employees and managers with skills to become better.
How to Take the High Road. Based on current psychological research by Alissa Hebbeln and Russell Kolts, the course helps to lead people to calmer responses.
Communication Etiquette. This training was developed within two hours using Articulate Rise. It samples from two module templates, but also contains AI-based video created with Synthesia.
Emotional Intelligence. Based on Daniel Goleman’s book and thought leadership, this course goes over ways to understand and improve emotional intelligence.
Problem Solving. In response to a need by executive leadership, I created this course to provide step-by-step ways to approach, address, and solve problems.
Hard-skills. These trainings are based on industry standards.
Health Plan Requests. In the medical records industry, providers receive requests from health plans or third party companies. This training goes over the main types. Here is a portion of this in Adobe Captivate.
2020 HIPAA Annual Training. This training was developed in Articulate Storyline and provides very basic slide/content development. Most of the course I develop will include pre- and post-assessments that are helpful in reinforcing the material.
2023 HIPAA Annual Training. This was developed using Articulate Rise and expanded upon a template already present. This training is in comparison to the 2020 HIPAA Annual Training above, which showcases my evolution in the instructional design space.
Front Desk Training. Developed in Articulate Rise, this training covers the skills necessary for staffing a health information management (HIM) front desk.
Learning Publications and Articles
Challacombe, D.J. (2024). Structure operations training and evaluation: A case study. International Journal: Advanced Corporate Learning, 17(1). doi:10.3991/ijac.v17i1.40801
Challacombe, D.J. (2023). “I have a need…the need for speed”: Why slowing down can benefit instructional design. C2C Digital Magazine (Spring/Summer 2023).
Challacombe, D.J. (2022). Articulate’s Rise 360: An interactive platform for easing instructional design. Colleague 2 Colleague Digital Magazine, Fall 2022/Winter 2023.
Challacombe, D.J. (2021). Top tips on developing training material with Storyline 360. Colleague 2 Colleague Digital Magazine, Spring /Summer 2021.
Challacombe, D.J. (2021). A new year, a new training schedule. Colleague 2 Colleague Digital Magazine, Fall / Winter 2021.
Challacombe, D.J., & Whitaker, W. K. (2021). Shared experiences: Using Hollywood to illustrate psychological theories. Colleague 2 Colleague Digital Magazine, Fall / Winter 2021.
Challacombe, D.J. (2020). How to design an overseas training program from scratch. Colleague 2 Colleague Digital Magazine, Fall 2019/Winter 2020.
Challacombe, D.J. (2019, June 4). Facilitating Heuristic-Based Learning. Training Magazine.