My Portfolio - Sailesh Sundram

What I do

I have over 22 years of eLearning experience and have done Creative Design, Instructional Design and Project Management. I've also got Training Consultancy and User Experience (UX) design and management experience.

I work with Product Owners and Subject Matter Experts to gather product details and create high-level and detailed designs. I write storyboards and create detailed visual designs. Finally, I build SCORM compliant eLearning and deploy to the LMS.

I've used Agile and Waterfall methodologies extensively, with over 6 years experience of working on Agile projects.

Nationwide

FlexBasic

FlexBasic was a new product launched by Nationwide in response to a government initiative to provide all UK citizens with a bank account.

I created 3 modules to cater for the different levels of training needed by different teams.

I gathered product details from Subject Matter Experts, wrote storyboards, designed the User Interface and the Interactions and used Captivate to develop SCORM compliant modules.

I also developed a menu that allowed learners to easily navigate pages in a modules. This became a Nationwide elearning standard after this course was appreciated by learners.

razorfish healthcare

I developed 8 modules using Lectora in 2 weeks. The training was Writing Effective Content for a client in Europe.

There were many challenges:

The modules were hosted on the clients' LMS and we did not have access to it, so we couldn't test our solution before delivering it.
The duration of 2 working weeks for developing 8 modules was not enough.
Screens had been designed without considering eLearning tools being used.
A larger project was dependant on the success of this project, so there was pressure to successfully deliver the project.

Despite these challenges and the fact that I was travelling for 3 days in these 2 weeks, I managed to complete the project in time and as per the client’s quality expectations.

iDesignDigital

Earthkeepers

I was responsible for the project management of this multi-module elearning course that was being built for a small community in Canada. This was an interesting project since the client did not have access to or want to use a LMS.

To avoid learners having to restart their learning each time they revisited the course, we used a combination of different techniques. We created short modules that did not take long to complete. Any information that was deemed as 'good to have' was provided as external links. We also used cookies to save the user session on each device and finally we allowed the learners to jump to any page. So we had no forced navigation.

hmh dashboard (desktop)

The HMH dashboard was envisioned as a much needed alternative to the existing LMS landing page which was static.

Users familiar with the LMS (and new users after a few weeks) had no need for the navigational instruction on the old page. User studies showed that users simply clicked away from the page. They wanted to see their resources, assessment scores, and planning and student performance data.

The Dashboard shows users relevant data and key Performance Indicators. It gives them ready access to the tasks that they need to perform. It has been designed for tablets, desktops and mobiles. This was in fact designed as ‘tablet-first’.

wwf coral triangle video

An impactful video to highlight the risk coral reefs in the Australia - Asia area are facing.

Almost all of the worlds coral is situated in the Australian area. And with recent fishing and development, these are at risk.

This video was featured at the top of the area home page.

Vinati's paper website

Vinati's Paper is a privately owned company that creates handmade paper wedding cards, invitations and other stationary.

The paper is created using traditional paper making techniques. It has also helped restore this dying craft.

Their products have appeared in leading magazines such as Cosmopolitan Bride, You and Your Wedding, Ethical Weddings, Style will save us and Perfect Weddings.