Intro to Food Safety
A short video that introduces the learner to the basics of food safety.
Overview
Audience: Newly hires in the restaurant and fast food industries
Responsibilities: Script Writing, Research, Video Editing, Video Design
Tools Used: Adobe Creative Cloud
Process
Action Mapping & Script Writing
An experienced chef from the restaurant industry was consulted as the subject matter expert (SME) to establish the overall goal for the project. We identified the information that was vital for new staff to know in order to avoid any food contamination. Together we wrote the script and planned out what scenes were going to be used in the video
Visual Mockup
Color Scheme
Pattern
Full Development
During the full development stage the scenario-based activity was completed as per the direction of the SMEs. The interactions and buttons were finalized. Everything was formatted to ensure a smooth progression using Adobe Captivate.
Features:
Custom Visuals: I sourced visual assets and edited them using Adobe illustrator and Procreate. Editing was done to edit vector layers, recoloring, and resizing. Procreate allowed me to color and draw elements by hand.
Feedback: In each question the learner can select the hint button to access a hint to help them if they are stuck. The hint gives them clues about things they have already learned in the module and can help a learner solve the problem with critical thinking without necessarily having prior knowledge in the topic.
Gamification: The gamification here is done using a linear approach. Tasks are built in a sequential manner where learners must correctly answer the question before being able to move on to the next one. Using storytelling tasks and challenges are linked to each other so that they appear as a series of story events.
Feedback: When learners select an incorrect response to the questions they are offered feedback. Feedback is essential to maintain learner’s attention and motivation when interacting with gamified learning. The feedback in our scenario based learning is both informational and directional as it guides learners towards the correct responses to move forward to through the story.
Results & Takeaways
Throughout my work on this project, I developed video and audio editing skills. Animating graphics and adding video that made sense with the audio was a fun challenge. I am very happy with the results and I have many different directions I would like to explore in the future with this project.
Expanded videos: In the future I would like to make a video series on proper food handling. In these I would like to use animated characters I make myself in order to have more creativity and freedom with the scenarios created in videos.
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