Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The death of Flash has created a mess for many e-learning developers who have to look for things in older e-learning courses that were published in Flash. I run into that a lot in the community and with some of my old demos on this blog. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more?

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MARCH 28, 2013

The Rapid eLearning Blog. Hosted by Tom Kuhlman , who runs the Articulate community, The Rapid eLearning Blog is an excellent resource for anyone in the eLearning community. While the blog is not centered on eLearning assets, they are often provided (for free!)

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 7, 2011

With a rapid elearning tool, you’re using PowerPoint’s easy authoring environment to create Flash movies. Essentially, you’re creating Flash content without the requirement of learning to program Flash. Couple that with the branching features in your rapid elearning tool and you can create some pretty sophisticated multimedia.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

Currently, we use Diigo’s linkroll feature to track our community tutorials. In today’s post, I thought I’d share a few that work well with this blog and allow you to access the blog posts in a different format. Listen to a Podcast of the Rapid E-Learning Blog. I’m also a big Dropbox fan.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning. They’re not really designed for elearning courses. This means that you’ll have to create your own templates that work better with the rapid elearning software. December 17th, 2007.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2011

Allen Partridge Adobe Captivate Blog For those of you who work with Captivate, you can’t miss Allen Partridge’s blog -- practical know-how with a spark. link] Articulate’s Online Community Lots of sharing of templates and ideas in the user community.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2012

Here are a couple of additional free desktop applications shared by some blog readers. They also have a very active user community which is a plus and lots of tutorials. User community. Had lots of people ask about the Articulate Storyline at the recent conference. Rapid E-Learning Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The three options I recommend are: simple linear course linear plus some simple learning-based interactivity decision-based interactivity. Here’s an example of how this plays out from a previous blog post on creating objectives for compliance training. Free E-Learning Resources Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

It’s always so much fun getting to meet the blog readers and learning more about what people do in the real world. Two things always stand out during these trips: There is no one way to do elearning. One of the sessions I did in Atlanta was on how to get the graphics you need for your rapid elearning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. 5 Free E-Learning Games for Articulate Storyline. E-Learning Typography & Finding the Perfect Font. E-Learning Heroes Roadshow. Weekly Updates.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

And that’s what I see as my mission with this blog. They’ll get filled as you apply what you’re learning and gain more experience. General Thoughts on Rapid E-Learning. Save Time with These 3 Rapid E-Learning Tips : You’ll only save time and make your job easier with these three PowerPoint elearning tips.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

If you don’t build courses around real learning objectives, you’ll waste time; and odds are no one will be happy with the course. Check out this blog post to get production tip on setting learning objectives for your e-learning courses. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. Tom, Great points - I would like to add a couple more - in hopes that you may address these with your upcoming blog. Too often, managers and those who support performance are out of the loop when it comes to elearning. Rapid E-Learning 101. Search the Blog.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 23, 2019

Subject matter experts often play a key role in the development of your e-learning courses. We’ve covered this quite a bit in previous posts and in a free e-book available to you through the e-learning community. Rapid E-Learning Blog Resources. Free E-Book.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

By the way, Microsoft has a blog dedicated to templates and images. Download the free assets from the elearning community. At a recent conference you said we should learn to scrounge for assets. But if you need more, jump into the elearning community and ask what others are doing. Modify existing clip art.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 19, 2022

A guest post by Elizabeth Pawlicki , Senior Manager, Training Programs at Articulate. I find that even though Rise 360 is designed to be more of a traditional e-learning course , it really does lend itself as a great presentation tool. For example, here’s a presentation that I created for the blog that you can access now.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Thursday, August 02, 2007 31 Days to A Better Blog I mentioned to Michele Martin that I was interested in participating in the 31 Days to a Better Blog Exercise being led by problogger Daren Rowse. Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. Interactive Sliders in E-Learning (Recap #52). Two rapid elearning workshops. Day 1: PowerPoint for E-Learning. How to Make Community Part of Your Training.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most people aren’t active participants in the elearning community. No one expects you to sit on the couch, eating bonbons, and chatting in the community. Most of us tend to use the community for quick help and then we go back to work. I actually used one of the backgrounds for a recent workshop on interactive elearning.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Essential Guide to Working with Subject Matter Experts (free e-book). 9 Steps to Better E-Learning Project Management (free e-book). E-Learning Course Development Agreement. List of Reviewers for E-learning Projects. Rapid E-Learning Blog Resources. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Here’s what I find typical of people who do rapid elearning. I call this the rapid elearning story because it’s a story many people relate to. It’s also a great framework for learning to build courses. I shared more detail in the post on building a roadmap to better rapid elearning. Rapid Authoring.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kineos August Rapid e-Learning Newsletter If youve been following my blog for awhile, then you already know how I feel about the folks at Kineo. This months newsletter is no exception.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. How Do You Communicate with Your E-Learners? One of the objectives was to have the other students share what they got out of the video before they knew what I intended to communicate. Not certain that the branching fits in with Rapid e-learning, however.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 14, 2012

I get a lot of questions about how to move past the PowerPoint look when building rapid elearning courses. Original blog post that explains how to create and use the closed and opened version of the personnel folder. Original blog post that explains how to create and use the closed and opened version of the personnel folder.

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Take an e-Learning Break

MAY 3, 2010

Tom Kuhlmann is the VP of Community at Articulate and the author of The Rapid eLearning Blog. Check out this podcast he did on Rapid E-Learning and Design. You can download portions of the podcast or the entire podcast to share with your development team.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2011

A lot of rapid elearning hinges on PowerPoint. To help you learn more about PowerPoint I pulled together a solid list of PowerPoint resources. From The Rapid E-Learning Blog. 5 PowerPoint tips essential for effective rapid elearning. From the PowerPoint Team Blog.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. Here’s How to Save Time & Money Building Your Next E-Learning Course. Unless you work for the Count of Monte Cristo, you most likely have limited resources to build your e-learning courses. Make rapid elearning the default approach unless you need more.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2011

PowerPoint has similar versatility which I’ve shown repeatedly on the blog. And this is where the elearning community comes in handy. In the next example I extended my rapid elearning tools in two ways. Swing by the Articulate booth, pick up a Smiley and say “Hi.” Click here for updates.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There’s a lot to learn about instructional design with all the theories and models. If you read this blog enough, you’ll see that repeatedly. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 6, 2019

Many of us learned to cite our sources when writing reports for school work or research papers. But does it work the same way for an e-learning course? I had a great question from a blog reader last week: I am a relatively new instructional designer, but I was an English teacher for nearly 20 years. Articulate Roadshow.

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 20, 2014

Authoring Tools Training: E-Learning Uncovered offers tools training on the major rapid e-learning development authoring tools. I highly recommend the Articulate community forum: E-Learning Heroes. There are groups for Lectora , Captivate , and Articulate Storyline and Studio.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

Here’s a PowerPoint tip: build your e-learning course graphics in PowerPoint. In fact, I use it quite a bit for this blog and some of the graphics I need in my e-learning demos. In a previous post, I shared visual design tips for graphics I built in Rise 360 for an e-learning scenario.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

Between the blog posts, community interactions, workshops, and webinars one of the most frequently asked questions is how to get started with e-learning or become a better e-learning developer. What tips would you give to those who are just getting started or want to improve their e-learning design skills?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

His vlog provides lots of information via video about starting eLearning projects, creating content and working with eLearning platforms. Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community. Resource Type: eLearning Community. A superb community for course creators. Aurion Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

Also, be sure to check out our upcoming e-learning workshops below. Learn About Variables for E-Learning. Here are some previous blog posts that go through the basics of variables and how to use them. The Case for Variables in E-Learning : what are variables and why use them? Slide 7.1:

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Between the workshops I run, blog emails received, and helping in the community, I get to see hundreds of e-learning courses. There are some core building blocks for interactive e-learning : provide relevant content that fits in context to their real world. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 4, 2019

I also have a lot of little HTML code snippets I use for the blog. One is for blog stuff, another for code snippets, and the other is just an empty file I can open quickly for pasting text. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Articulate Roadshow.

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