/00 Field notes
Practical writing for working IDs.
SCORM hosting, xAPI, portfolio examples, freelancing economics, and the occasional rant about Articulate Review. Written by working instructional designers, edited by an ex-LMS-engineer who has feelings about cmi.completion_status.
How to actually host a SCORM file. Without an LMS.
If you've ever tried to send a SCORM 1.2 zip to a client and watched them email back asking "what app opens this," this one's for you. A walkthrough of the four real options, ranked by how much your client will hate each, with screenshots and the SCORM-API gotchas no one warns you about.
The four real ways, ranked.
- 1Purpose-built ID hostRecommended
- 2SCORM CloudSolid
- 3Self-host a playerIf technical
- 4A Loom recordingDon't
How to price your first freelance ID project.
Tutorial· 11 min read
How to price your first freelance ID project (a real calculator).
A real calculator — not "depends on the client." Hourly floor, project ceiling, the discount you can quote without losing the deal, and the line where you walk away.
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A client pipeline from your portfolio.
Tutorial· 10 min read
Building a client pipeline with your portfolio.
Your portfolio is the destination. The pipeline is making the URL inevitable, keeping it visibly alive, and pointing the right proof at the right prospect at the right moment.
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/16 The newsletter
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Tuesday-morning notes for working IDs: new post, one tool I'm using this week, one portfolio worth stealing from. No threads, no upsells, no "are you taking advantage of AI yet?"
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