Hello, I’m Tracy.
I’m a Learning & Development professional and Instructional Designer who creates engaging, people-centered learning experiences that help individuals and organizations grow, adapt, and succeed.
My work brings together instructional design, facilitation, technology, video production, and visual storytelling to turn complex ideas into learning that is clear, engaging, and practical.
With a background spanning corporate learning, higher education, technology adoption, and change implementation, I approach every project through the lens of the learner. I combine adult learning principles, accessibility, user-centered design, and creative strategy to build experiences that people can understand, remember, and apply.
ReThink Relevant
I created ReThink Relevant as an Instructional Designer for Colorado Mesa University with the support of my Director and Associate Vice President, Gillian McKnight-Tutein, EdD who is now Senior Educational Equity Officer for the Colorado Department of Higher Education and continues to be a strong mentor for me. We wanted to start a conversation about how professors and students view online learning, and challenge them to look at distance education from a new perspective. I wrote, filmed and edited this video and enjoyed collaborating with professors from many different disciplines.
NKU
Study Abroad
Northern Kentucky University’s Study Abroad program commissioned me to create a marketing video showcasing the impact of international learning experiences. I accompanied a nine-day History study abroad program in France, documenting students as they explored significant World War I and World War II sites, including Normandy, the trenches of the Somme, and Pegasus Bridge.
I produced and filmed the project, capturing both the historic locations and the students’ experiences to tell a compelling visual story. The finished piece combined marketing, documentary filmmaking, and educational storytelling to help prospective students envision the academic and personal value of studying abroad.
Concept & Animation
Developed as the creative blueprint for a K–12 educational video, this animatic transformed a provided topic into a complete visual narrative designed to engage young learners and communicate complex concepts clearly.
From initial concept through production planning, the project combined instructional strategy, scriptwriting, storyboarding, and visual direction to provide an international production team with a detailed creative roadmap for producing the final video.
Capabilities: Creative Direction · Concept Development · Scriptwriting · Storyboarding · Visual Design · Animatic Production
Tutorials
Supporting faculty with timely, relevant and easy to follow instructional videos and live webinars.
Presentations, Marketing Videos, and Documentaries
ePortfolio Project Manager
As ePortfolio Project Manager at Colorado Mesa University, I led implementation of the university’s strategic ePortfolio initiative, aligning the project with institutional goals and regularly reporting progress, adoption, and key milestones to the Academic Council and Board of Trustees.
I created this informative video to provide stakeholders with a concise visual narrative of the initiative’s objectives, accomplishments, impact, and future direction. The project combined my experience in strategic initiatives, instructional design, video production, and visual storytelling, translating a complex, multi-year institutional project into an engaging and accessible communication piece for university leadership.
Online Teaching Essentials
I designed and facilitated Online Teaching Essentials (OTE), which provided faculty with essential training in online course design, engagement strategies, accessibility compliance, and the integration of instructional technologies to enhance student learning experiences.
In the fall of 2019, the Academic Council for CMU implemented new guidelines to enhance the effectiveness of online and hybrid instruction. As part of this update, faculty teaching hybrid courses were required to complete and pass OTE under the same standards as those teaching fully online courses.
Master Capstone
Roosevelt & Taft: The Price of Politics was my capstone documentary for my Master’s in Public History. Developed over a year of historical research, scriptwriting, production, and post-production, the film explores the personal and political relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
I served as writer, director, cinematographer, and editor, combining historical scholarship with visual storytelling. The documentary was narrated by Steve Oldfield, Fox 23 Entertainment Correspondent.
14th Time’s a Charm
And, just for fun, my blooper reel…
Website Design:
ePortfolios@ColoradoMesa
I designed this website, along with all content to be a resource for Colorado Mesa University ePortfolio users including faculty and students.