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Designed for new dog owners, this course will prepare them with basic skills to take care of their first pet.  Course content includes what to prepare when the new dog comes home, how to meet the dog’s basic needs, understand dog emotions and behaviours, and dog training techniques.  

Problem

We developed this eLearning project for DogNLife, an animal organisation, as part of their community outreach program.  In the face of the pandemic, the organisation encountered difficulties in organising face-to-face training courses for pet owners and volunteers the way they did in the past. This project helps the team to continue their programs and expand their reach by converting face-to-face training to virtual training.   

Audience: Pet owners and students 

Responsibilities: 

• Content Development
• Instructional Design
• Visual Design
• Sound Production

Tools Used: 

• Articulate Storyline 360
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe PhotoShop

Solution

We began by working with the team to determine the learning goals and develop the online course content from the team’s existing training materials. A text-based storyboard was developed, and visual mockups were created. 

This eLearning course comprises of seven key modules: 

• Understanding your dog
• Dog emotions
• Calming signals
• Dog behaviours
• Basic training
• Day-to-day training 
• Mini quiz

Process

• Storyboarding
• Graphic design
• Instructional design

In a bid to increase learner’s engagement and interest, we designed interactive games and embedded dog training videos into the course.  A multiple-choice quiz was added for learners to apply what they have learnt in the program. 

When the overall course structure, design, and content were confirmed and approved by the team, we developed the project in Storyline.

The training course has been published on Thinkific for registered users to get access to.