About our course integration practice

We are a team of instructional designers, learning technologists and strategists united by a single belief: that well-designed digital courses can genuinely change lives and transform organisations.

Our story

The Course Integrate Digital was founded in 2018 in Port Baileyborough, South Australia, by a small group of educators who had grown frustrated with the gap between great teaching and poor digital delivery. Too often they watched brilliant curriculum content fall flat because it was shoehorned into clunky platforms with no thought given to learner experience, accessibility or data-driven improvement.

What began as a two-person consultancy operating out of a co-working space has grown into a dedicated practice serving universities, corporations, government agencies and independent course creators across Australia and beyond. Along the way we have designed and deployed more than 240 digital courses, migrated legacy training libraries onto modern platforms and helped dozens of organisations earn industry accreditations for their learning programmes.

Despite our growth, we have deliberately stayed lean and hands-on. Every client works directly with senior practitioners — not junior account managers reading from a script. We believe the best course integration work happens when designers, developers and subject-matter experts collaborate closely, and our flat structure makes that possible on every project we take on.

The Course Integrate Digital team working in their Port Baileyborough studio

Mission and values

Our mission is to make expert-quality course design and integration accessible to every organisation that values learning — regardless of size or budget.

Learner-first design

Every decision we make — from navigation layout to assessment format — starts with the learner. We obsess over usability, cognitive load and engagement because a course that nobody finishes helps nobody. Our design reviews always include real learner testing before launch.

Radical transparency

We share our project plans, timelines and budgets openly. Clients have real-time access to progress dashboards and are invited to every review session. There are no black boxes in our process — if something is not working, we say so early and course-correct together.

Measurable impact

We do not consider a project complete until we can demonstrate its impact with data. Completion rates, learner satisfaction scores, knowledge retention metrics and business KPIs are all part of our definition of success. If the numbers do not move, we iterate until they do.

Meet the team

A small, senior team where every member brings deep expertise and a genuine passion for learning.

Portrait of Elena Marchetti, founder

Elena Marchetti

Founder and lead strategist

Elena spent a decade in higher education before founding The Course Integrate Digital. She holds a Master of Education from the University of Adelaide and has led learning transformation projects for institutions across three continents. Her speciality is translating complex organisational goals into clear, learner-centred course architectures.

Portrait of Callum Draper, technical lead

Callum Draper

Technical lead

Callum is the person who makes the technology disappear. With 15 years of experience in LMS administration, API integrations and front-end development, he ensures that every course we build runs flawlessly across devices and platforms. He is certified in Moodle, Canvas and Totara, and has a particular knack for automating repetitive training workflows.

Portrait of Priya Nair, instructional designer

Priya Nair

Senior instructional designer

Priya combines a background in cognitive psychology with a sharp eye for visual design. She creates storyboards, interactive scenarios and assessment rubrics that keep learners engaged from the first module to the final exam. Her work has been recognised with two national e-learning design awards.

Our journey so far

Key milestones that have shaped who we are today.

2018

Founded in Port Baileyborough

Elena Marchetti and Callum Draper launch The Course Integrate Digital from a shared co-working space, taking on their first two university clients within the opening quarter.

2019

First enterprise contract

We sign a multi-year agreement with a national logistics company to overhaul their onboarding and compliance training, marking our entry into the corporate learning market.

2020

Rapid growth during the shift to remote learning

As organisations scramble to move training online, our team expands to meet demand. We deliver 48 course projects in a single year — more than double our previous annual output.

2022

200th course milestone

We celebrate our 200th course deployment and welcome Priya Nair to the team, strengthening our instructional design capability.

2024

Expanding into analytics-driven optimisation

We launch a dedicated analytics and continuous-improvement service, helping clients refine existing courses using learner data, A/B testing and feedback loops.

Let us build something meaningful together

Whether you are an educator with a vision for a new course or an organisation looking to modernise your training infrastructure, we would love to hear from you. Reach out for a free initial consultation.

Address: 5668 Edward Way, Port Baileyborough, South Australia 3381, Australia

Phone: +61 3 5307 9578

Email: [email protected]

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