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Build Effective Online Training by Starting with an Activity

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This is fine for some courses, but effective online training requires that the content is wrapped around some performance expectations and corresponding activity where the learner can practice and demonstrate competency. Hands-on activity : Before you dive too deep into the details of the instruction, create an activity.

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3 Tips When Converting PowerPoint to E-Learning

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Technically converting a PowerPoint file to an “e-learning course” is fairly easy. You can import the slides into Storyline or just publish them from inside of PowerPoint with Articulate Studio 360. Here are three things to consider when converting a PowerPoint file into an e-learning course. Getting Started?

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2 Fun Course Design Activities to Help Build Better E-Learning

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Here are a couple of fun activities around visual design. They’re not “e-learning” course design activities but they are relevant because e-learning courses have to be constructed using common design concepts and skills. Go through the activities and see what you learn. Click here to view the design activity.

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A Simple Way to Copy Text from Images for E-Learning

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Press Windows+Shift+T to activate the Text Extractor. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. How to Copy Text from Images with Microsoft PowerToys. The steps for this are pretty simple. No need to do screen shots. Install Microsoft PowerToys. Locate the text you want to extract. Select the text.

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How to Customize Free Stock Photos For Your Presentations

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The good news is that there are more than enough free stock images available, such as these three earlier posts where I shared 80 free stock photos , 45 free stock photos , and 60 more free stock photos. Here are some tips to help customize free stock photos to work with your courses. August 21 (Athens, GA).

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How to Easily Search through Free Stock Images

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It seems like every day there’s a new site that offers free stock images. Seriously, how many stock images are you really using? In the past, I’ve save you some time by reviewing free stock images and curating them into contextual downloads. Stock Up is courtesy of Site Builder Report. Stock Snap.

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Tell, Show, and Do: A Common Model to Build Better Online Courses

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Do the Activity to Practice What They Need to Do. If the end goal is for the learner to do something specific (and measurable) then the training needs to integrate the activity and decision-making required to do what’s learned. Keep in mind that not all of those types of activities can be built into the e-learning course.

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