Selected Projects

A portfolio of recent and representative work in digital learning design, AI and accessibility, data and automation, and professional volunteering.
Richard Williams Richard Williams - Learning Technologist at UCL STEaPP · CMALT certified

Each project below represents a defined piece of work with a problem, a specific role, real tools, and an identifiable outcome or contribution. Projects are grouped by theme. Where a project is still in progress, that is noted.

Project Management & Coordination

Across all the projects below, I was the project lead - responsible for planning, prioritisation, stakeholder alignment, delivery, documentation and handover. Not just technical implementation: coordination, communication and keeping work on track.

Project tracking tools by context
  • UCL STEaPP - MS Planner: module builds, accessibility audits, tracker development, AI workshop delivery
  • JISC AI for Assessment - Miro: collaborative project board for AI and assessment research work
  • Scottish Tech Army - Jira: Digital Xtra rebuild and Connecting Carers CRM projects
  • IKON Training - MS Project for the Digital Development Strategy and Empowering eLearning Plan; Monday.com for the Arlo TMS integration specifically
  • University of Suffolk - MS Planner and MS Tasks: learning technology rollout and BrightSpace projects
What project lead meant in practice
  • Translating stakeholder requirements into task lists with owners and timelines
  • Managing dependencies - e.g. Moodle readiness before Arlo go-live, or data model sign-off before dashboard build
  • Running regular stakeholder check-ins and adapting scope when requirements shifted
  • Producing documentation and handover materials so work was transferable
  • Raising and tracking issues - bugs, blockers, decision points - through to resolution
  • Delivering on time: the IKON TMS went from requirements to live in six months; the UCL tracker went from concept to production in a single term

Digital Learning & LMS Development

Designing structured, accessible, repeatable online learning experiences - turning complex academic content into clear Moodle-based activities for postgraduate students. Includes LMS customisation, design system development and programme-level course architecture.

UCL Moodle course page showing structured weekly layout with learning outcomes, activity cards and completion tracking
Learning Design Moodle Accessibility
Reusable Moodle Learning Design System

A consistent set of reusable patterns, templates and design rules for building structured, accessible Moodle activities - developed through repeated module builds at UCL STEaPP from 2024 to 2026.

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UCL Moodle My Courses page showing STEaPP online module cards
Module Development Moodle Policy Education
UCL STEaPP Module Development

Translating complex academic content - science funding, governance, policy and science communication - into structured, accessible Moodle activities for the STEaPP Online MSc.

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UCL Moodle course page for L2: Positionality in EDI showing weekly structure with learning outcomes and completion tracking
Programme Development Online MSc UCL
UCL STEaPP Online MSc

Designing and building the digital learning environment for UCL's fully asynchronous online MSc - 12 modules, ~40 enrolled, zero dropouts in the first cohort.

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AI and Accessibility

Practical, responsible AI adoption in educational and professional contexts - including an AI-assisted accessibility workflow and staff development workshops.

Microsoft Copilot Studio interface showing the AI accessibility agent configuration for UCL STEaPP
AI Accessibility Copilot Studio
UCL AI Accessibility Agent

An AI-assisted workflow supporting alt text generation for Moodle learning materials - built in Copilot Studio within the M365 environment, deployed organisation-wide with the UCL Digital Accessibility team.

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Getting the most from UCL Copilot - AI Efficiency and Ethics Workshop title slide, presented by Richard Williams, Learning Technologist at STEaPP
AI Workshops Staff Development Copilot
AI Efficiency & Ethics Workshop

A practical workshop series on Microsoft Copilot and responsible AI use - delivered six times across UCL from January 2025 to the present, to departmental, faculty and institution-wide audiences.

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Moodle course page with browser accessibility inspector open, showing colour contrast ratio passing WCAG AA
AI Responsible Use UCL
AI for Learning & Assessment

Broader AI adoption work at UCL STEaPP - responsible AI guidance for staff and students, an interactive learner guide co-created with the Digital Accessibility team, and AI use in workflow automation.

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Data, Automation and Reporting

Building reporting pipelines, dashboards and automation workflows - from learner engagement monitoring to training management system implementation.

Power BI engagement dashboard showing STEaPP module completion rates and learner engagement overview
Learning Analytics Power BI Dataverse
UCL STEaPP Moodle Engagement Tracker

A production reporting pipeline combining PowerShell scraping, Dataverse data modelling, model-driven Power Apps and Power BI dashboards for UCL MSc learner engagement monitoring.

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Richard Williams presenting at IKON Training - building and deploying the training management system
Automation Power Platform Integration
IKON Training: Digital Transformation

Full TMS design and build - Arlo, Power Automate, Azure Logic Apps, Moodle, SharePoint and SurveyMonkey - from requirements to go-live in six months. Sole internal technical lead.

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Dataverse entity relationship diagram showing connected tables for learner data, activities, completions and module offerings
Data & Analytics Power BI Kirkpatrick
Data, Analytics & Reporting

Attendance monitoring, Kirkpatrick-Phillips evaluation, learner analytics, Selenium-based extraction and interactive Bokeh visualisation across IKON Training and UCL.

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Professional Volunteering

Voluntary digital systems consultancy for third-sector organisations - CRM discovery, Power Platform, data-flow mapping and stakeholder translation.

Scottish Tech Army and Digital Xtra - Project Complete card acknowledging Richard Williams for streamlining the grant evaluation process
Service Design Dynamics CRM Voluntary
Scottish Tech Army: Digital Consultancy

Three voluntary digital systems engagements - a Power Apps grant evaluation rebuild (Digital Xtra, completed) and an ongoing Dynamics 365 CRM project for a national charity (Connecting Carers, in development).

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Mallard custom Moodle theme live - teal header, card-based course sections, Quick Links sidebar
Moodle Development PHP / SCSS Self-Initiated
Moodle Development & LMS Customisation

Theme customisation at IKON, card-based templates at UCL STEaPP, and Mallard - a self-initiated custom Boost theme with accordion filter plugin built in February 2026.

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