It’s also a great way to learn to use PowerPoint’s graphic features; because a lot of your rapid elearning success depends on how well you can get around PowerPoint. How I Built the Template in PowerPoint. Again, the goal in these exercises is to experiment with ideas and learn more about PowerPoint. In this example, all of the design elements in the template were created in PowerPoint. As a habit, I’ll create these types of assets in PowerPoint and then save them as graphic files rather than keeping them as PowerPoint objects. The Original Site. MORE >>

The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning. Most PowerPoint templates are designed for standard bullet point presentations. This post will share with you my secrets for creating custom templates in PowerPoint. don’t typically create a PowerPoint template. Instead I create the background images to use in my PowerPoint slides so it’s easy to just swap out the background. 30 responses to “The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning&#. The Rapid Elearning Blog. December 17th, 2007. David. MORE >>

I get a lot of questions about upgrading to PowerPoint 2010. Most people who ask are still using PowerPoint 2003. Starting with PowerPoint 2007, there are many features that make the rapid elearning process much more efficient. detailed some of those features in this post on why PowerPoint 2007 helps you build better elearning. PowerPoint 2010 has built on that success and added a lot of features that will make the production process that much more efficient. PowerPoint lets me add all sorts of cool effects and shadows. Enhanced Picture Editing. MORE >>

Here are survey results from The eLearning Guild The e-learning Development Time Ratio Survey And here is my attempt at a measurement from 2003. Time to Develop One Hour of Training Perhaps the most interesting part of the article is the comparison of 2003 and 2009 numbers. For example: in 2003, the low estimate for developing One Hour of Instructor-led, Web-based training delivery (using software such as Centra, Adobe Connect, or WebEx-two-way live audio with PowerPoint)was 30 hours and the high estimate was 80 hours. How Long Does it Take? MORE >>

Since the term 'authoring tool' is somewhat non-specific, many programs can be considered authoring tools, including web editors like Dreamweaver, Flash, PowerPoint and even content platforms like Adobe Connect provide the facility to create learning content. In 2003 Bill and Katherine Horton ( E-learning Tools and Technologies , p.278) further refined this description and categorized the different types of tools into five domains of application (see Table 1) based upon the output that the tools are used to generate. 2003). Web 2.0 tools category to their list. MORE >>