INTRO TO ENERGY STORAGE

An online high‑level introduction course on energy storage for absolute beginners.

SNAPSHOT

Audience: New to batteries/energy; no prerequisites

  • Length: ~2-3 hours

  • Modality: Short lecture videos + text‑based Canvas pages + Rise knowledge checks

  • Badge: 20‑question quiz, 75% to pass

  • Status: In the Battery Academy catalog (standalone)


ROLE & TOOLS

My role: Script development from faculty notes · video production/editing · animation direction (storyboards/notes) · course build in Canvas · assessment design · learning guide + glossary · case studies · interactives · QA/accessibility

Tools: Recording equipment, Google Suite (scripting, animation notes, drafting, etc.), Adobe Suite (video processing), Articulate Rise, Canvas LMS


WHAT IT IS

A high-level primer course that introduces:

  • What energy is; forms of energy (kinetic, chemical, thermal, etc.)

  • Why we store energy and where storage fits

  • Storage types (electrochemical/batteries, mechanical, thermal, hydrogen)

  • Today’s grid context and future storage needs


WHY IT MATTERS

This course functioned both as an identified gap in our course offerings, as a pilot development to showcase short courses that can be made on a budget, and also as an on-ramp into the more challenging courses in the Battery Academy catalog.

Learners get an easy win: a fast, anxiety‑free orientation before deeper courses. Clear language, friendly pacing, and just enough structure to build their confidence.

INCLUDES:

  • Outline to script: Turned professor’s high‑level notes into lecture scripts

  • Video pipeline: Filmed the professor, edited footage, and coordinated animation; I wrote the storyboards and animation notes

  • Canvas build: Structured modules with readable text, transcripts, a learning guide, glossary, and case‑study callouts

  • Interactives: Rise knowledge checks woven between segments to prep for the final quiz

  • Assessment: 20‑question MCQ/MRQ; 75% pass; auto‑badge issuance





I designed the Battery Academy badges as well.


This is the auto-issued badge for the course, issued through Canvas Credentials.

I designed the Battery Academy badges as well.


This is the auto-issued (through Canvas Credentials) badge for the course.

STATUS

Deployed and live on Battery Academy's catalog of offerings.

Outcomes (early signals)

  • 200+ registrations, 56 completion badges awarded (as of August '25)

  • Learner satisfaction: 4.44/5 (n=16); 56% gave 5 stars and 31% gave 4 stars (87.5% rated it 4 or 5)