Instructional Design - Realistic Expectations

Thing 1 is that 13 projects is way too many!

Thing 2 is that I have often found that non-instructional designers don't understand how massively long it can take to create an elearning course. They assume it should take the amount of time it takes to build a PowerPoint deck. Those of us on this forum know that is not the case. 

Obviously there are many different factors that go into estimating an elearning course. The Association for Talent Development has an estimate based on responses from their membership. To create one hour of elearning ranges from 48 hours to 155 hours on average, depending on the complexity needed. 

In my office we use the same estimates the Army uses, partially because the review and approval process is pretty extended for us (I work for the US Federal Government). I've attached their estimates in a screenshot, but essentially we estimate 200 hours to create 1 hour of elearning. 

The attachment shows what they estimate for creating 1 hour of "Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI)" depending on the complexity. For the Army, IMI can include Virtual reality, which may account for some of the higher-end estimates.