What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

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One question I am always asked is, how do you build an instructional design/eLearning portfolio? 

All the great makings start with great learning. Below are several instructional design portfolio examples I personally like and always draw inspiration from. 

Early career: 

Please note that by the time you read this article, these individuals may have advanced further in their careers. The instructional design portfolio examples below reflect a snapshot of their work at the time 🙂

Sean Anderson

https://www.seanandersonlxd.com/featured-project-1

Sean is a learning experience designer at Power School. His educational background is in counseling and human systems.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

His portfolio shows what is essential to include when transferring from a different background to land an instructional design job.

Lisa Lei 

https://lisalei.weebly.com/my-projects.html

Lisa is an instructional designer at Vanderbilt University, and her portfolio serves as an excellent example of the work produced by a recent graduate.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

In the place of the writeup, Lisa uses the drop-down tab to organize, making it easy to read. 

Experts:  

Cath Ellis

https://www.cathellis.com/portfolio

Cath Ellis is an award-winning freelance eLearning designer and developer from Melbourne, Australia.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

  • A variety of multimedia-rich eLearning courseware
  • Clear process writeup

Connie Malamed

https://theelearningcoach.com/

Connie Malamed is the founder of a learning community, publisher of The eLearning Coach website and podcast, learning design consultant, author, and international speaker.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

It is not your ‘usual’ instructional design portfolio aimed at getting more interviews for work. Connie writes extensively about learning science, instructional design, and eLearning development through her 20+ years of experience.

Deanna Alexander

https://pixeltoast.io

Deanna is an instructional designer at Tesla. She also has a background in visual design. Her featured project https://pixeltoast.io/projects/secrets-of-tarot is a great example of what could be done with Articulate Storyline.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

  • Deanna has a beautifully-designed website with clear writeups of the problem, solution, and results
  • Great visual design & multimedia development skills

Emma Berry  

https://emma-b-instructional-design.squarespace.com

Emma is a freelance instructional designer/eLearning developer with a background in visual design. In her portfolio, besides showcasing her work, she also includes her blog and YouTube tutorials. 

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

  • Emma’s portfolio shows what a modern-looking freelance eLearning/instructional design portfolio looks like if that’s the route you are going for. 
  • Emma creates some of the most engaging Rise courseware on the market by customizing the blocks.

Diane Lê Strain

https://www.learnwithdiane.co

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)
What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

Diane’s instructional design portfolio is one of the very few that focuses strictly on customer education (product-based companies). I think it’s a great example for instructional design consultants who want to establish a niche.

Also, she articulates her process in writing a product training storyboard, which is very worth learning from (as it slightly differs from using a video as a media for employee/L&D training).

Amanda Nguyen

https://www.amandalxd.com/portfolio

Amanda is a learning experience designer based in Sydney, Australia. She started her career in human resources and discovered a world called Learning and Organizational Development.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

  • Amanda’s instructional design portfolio shows consistent branding throughout (cookie donut theme). This is a good memory point for personal branding
  • I like her clear writeup showing solution + result + a screenshot of what it looks like
  • Learning from her how to rebrand a client project for a portfolio showcase

Lusha Sha

https://sites.google.com/view/lusha/portfolio?authuser=0

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

Why I like it: 

  • Lusha’s portfolio showcases a wide range of modalities as a learning professional (e.g., Rise, Storyline, video, flyer)
  • No fancy website builder, just Google Sites, amazing things could still be built 🙂

Jayashree Ravi

https://learncraftstudios.co.in/Portfolio

Jaya is a freelance instructional designer with 10 yrs+ experience. Her portfolio showcases a variety of Storyline projects.

What to include in your instructional design portfolio: 10 great examples to draw inspiration from (2025)

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