Powin Onboarding Modules

To streamline and enhance the onboarding experience for Powin’s remote workforce, a series of on-demand eLearning modules were designed and implemented for new hires. These interactive, brand-aligned onboarding modules provide essential organizational knowledge. This project contributed to Powin’s emerging broader onboarding training strategy, ensuring a consistent and engaging learning experience across departments.

Objectives 

The primary objectives of the initiative were to:

• Create a self-paced and comprehensive introduction to Powin’s operations, structure, and policies.

• Optimize the onboarding process by allowing new hires to independently access and complete required training, reducing time demands on managers and providing a consistent learning experience.

Audience 

These modules were designed for Powin’s new hires, including engineers and administrative staff, the majority of whom work remotely.

Critical Project Elements

• Organizational Strategy: Powin’s onboarding program previously consisted of a series of virtual, synchronous, instructor-led training sessions. A proposal was written and presented to executive leadership, presenting a business case for implementing an online learning alternative.

• eLearning Design in Articulate Rise: Interactive modules were developed in Articulate Rise, incorporating multimedia elements such as videos, screen recordings, and audio narrations to enhance engagement and retention.

• Brand Consistency and Visual Design: All modules adhered to Powin’s branding standards, resulting in a polished and cohesive look that reflects the company’s identity.

• LMS Administration: The modules were managed and deployed on Reach360, providing straightforward content management and training data reporting to track onboarding compliance.  

Tools & Skills

• Project Management 

• eLearning Development

• Articulate Rise 

• LMS Administration (Reach360)

• Multimedia Creation

• Branding Compliance

Excerpt from module development documentation:

Brief click-through screencasts of 2 of the onboarding Rise courses:

CR002 - Org Chart Overview

This Rise course provides new hires with an introduction to Powin’s organizational structure and the roles and responsibilities of each team. The course features (as shown in the screen recording below):

• Videos

• Hot Spot interactivity

• Drag-and-drop knowledge checks

• Links to continued learning and support resources for new hires

CR010 - Systems Overview

This Rise course presents the different tools and systems (ex: Microsoft Teams and Atlassian Jira) that Powin employees use. The course features (as shown in the screen recording below):

• Media integration (GIFs and narration)

• Hot Spot interactivity

• Interactive knowledge checks

• Links to continued learning and support resources for new hires