December, 2012

E-learning Uncovered

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Style Guides for E-Learning Courses

E-learning Uncovered

When I’m working with a new client and ask for the company’s style guide, I often get a blank look. Until I ask that question, people are often using their own standards, rather than a true “style”–so we create one with them! Here are the things you may want to know if you don’t already have and use a style guide for your e-learning courses. What is a style guide?

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Converting Classroom Training to E-Learning: Key Questions

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Recently I’ve worked on several projects for clients where I converted their existing classroom training to e-learning. I usually had three types of material to work with: a PowerPoint presentation for the course, instructor and participant guides, and an audio or video recording of an instructor-led (classroom or webinar) version of the course. What comes next?

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Tips for Building a Template for Your E-Learning Courses

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Rod and Desiree have already shared tips on some of the steps to get a new e-learning project up and running: getting or creating a style guide and establishing design standards. Another key step for getting started is to create page templates that can be used for the entire course. Whether you’re the only developer at your company or one in a team of a dozen, it can pay to have templates.