E-learning Uncovered

JULY 15, 2014

This past week, I had the exciting opportunity to attend and present at very first Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community Event in the beautiful city of Toronto. For those of you who are actively involved in the Articulate Community, you’ve undoubtedly seen posts from people begging for Articulate to host some type of event in Canada.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Here’s a template I created for a recent workshop on how to create an exploratory learning interaction. Here are some downloads of the learning interaction: Free template: Storyline learning interaction. Free template: PowerPoint learning interaction. Feel free to use the template as you like. Weekly Updates.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

Also, be sure to check out our upcoming e-learning workshops below. Here are some resources from previous workshops where we learn to use variables in a simple gamified context. There’s a published version with practice files and a series of tutorials that go through each slide individually. Slide 3.2: Slide 7.1:

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Limestone Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you feel sunny and ready to learn something new, why not sign up for one of the free webinars being offered this month? This could be due to some fundamental flaws in your opening slides. Use the ready-to-go slides and customize it according to your needs. Bring on the crocuses, daffodils and allergies!

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

I was digging through some old workshop files and stumbled upon one I built a while back but never ended up sharing it outside of the workshop. In the workshop activity, the objective was to not build completely from scratch. Here’s a breakdown of some ideas from the workshop activity. Articulate Roadshow.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

I present at a lot of conferences and workshops. Live Transcriptions & Closed Captions in Google Slide Presentations. Here’s an example of live transcription and closed captions in Google Slides. I find the transcription on Google Slides is a lot faster and a bit more accurate than in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

I’m asked to review courses all the time and one of the most frustrating things is to go through the course and find the developer has locked every slide. I usually put a button in one of the corners that gives me quick access to slides. Sometimes, the button just skips the slide. Create a slide with menu links.

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E-learning Uncovered

OCTOBER 24, 2014

However, over the past several years, my use of hand-drawn graphics was limited to what I could find for free on the internet and (and that came with permissions that allowed me to use them in my courses). Oct 27 | DevLearn Pre-Conference Workshop: E-Learning 101 | Las Vegas, NV. Upcoming Events & Webinars.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This can be problematic because when you modify the aspect ratio of the slide, it means the existing content may get skewed or require a bunch of tweaking to get it re-aligned. Thus you want to determine the course’s aspect ratio before adding content to the slides. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

A few weeks ago I shared an elearning example I created for an elearning workshop. There’s a PowerPoint version and one for Articulate Storyline 2 that offers a lot more interactivity. You’ll also notice that there’s a big difference between a PowerPoint-based template and one created in Articulate Storyline.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I happened to be working on a note card interaction for a workshop and submitted it to the challenge above. Here are a few things that I highlight in the workshop activity. View tutorial to learn how to create and customize the free flip card interaction. Download file for the free flip card interaction. Free download.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 17, 2012

Who doesn’t want free PowerPoint templates? In a previous post, I shared a simple way to get free PowerPoint templates from Microsoft’s Office Online with links to five usable templates. Here are a few more templates that are free to use via the Microsoft site. Download the free PowerPoint template here. Great price.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 7, 2017

In the e-learning community, a number of people shared free icons and shapes. And they’re great for your courses, so make sure to take advantage of all of those free resources. Looking at the free icons reminded me of simple trick we show in our PowerPoint workshops. Convert Dingbat Fonts to Free Vector Images.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

You can import the slides into Storyline or just publish them from inside of PowerPoint with Articulate Studio 360. Why not join me for my free webinar, Here’s How You Can Transform PowerPoint Content into Interactive E-Learning , on September 25. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Articulate Roadshow.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

To help you relax and enjoy the last few days of summer, I’ve included a free tab-themed elearning template. Included with the PowerPoint file is a matching Articulate Quizmaker template customized with a matching color scheme. That means you need to add hyperlinks from the tabs to the appropriate slides. Glassy Blue Template.

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E-learning Uncovered

JUNE 13, 2016

Whenever I teach one of our Articulate Storyline Training Workshops , I’m always enjoy the “what-if” questions asked by my students. More often than not, these what-if questions give the class an opportunity to experiment with the features of Articulate Storyline in creative ways. If so, let us know how by commenting below!

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2013

So in today’s post I am highlighting some of the free assets that your peers have recently shared in the elearning community. I actually used one of the backgrounds for a recent workshop on interactive elearning. Free Road Signs. Here are some free road signs that are great for quick attention-getters or your next safety course.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 17, 2012

One of the topics we cover in the elearning workshops is how to quickly create templates to help move the elearning courses out of that PowerPoint look. At a previous workshop someone wanted to see how this was done so we created one quickly in class. Here’s a template we built in the workshop. Ideas to Inspire Your Creativity.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

If you do a search online you’ll find all sorts of free assets like free stock images, icons, fonts and other media that work perfectly for your elearning courses. But often you find that free isn’t really free. Instead, free is free with strings attached. Either it’s free or not.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

We all love free tools to help us save time and resources so that we are more efficient building our elearning courses. Here are two free multimedia applications that I use quite a bit. So there you have it, two free multimedia applications that will come in handy for your elearning development. Two-day Articulate Roadshow.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 29, 2012

Microsoft’s Online Office site is a great resource for free PowerPoint templates. What I Look for in Free Templates. I want a template free to use for commercial use. I can’t stand to find a free resource only to find it’s free for personal use only. I also like variations on the slide layouts.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Free resources always come in handy when building courses or slide presentations. At most of my workshops we take a few minutes to share different free resources people use. At this point, I find that there’s not a lot of new free resources being added. Most of the resources are free. Free downloads.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 11, 2015

I’m working on some practice content for an upcoming workshop and decided to share the template that is part of the workshop activities. Each section links to a series of slides with a few different layouts. But you’re free to do with it as you wish. Download the Free New Hire Orientation Template.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It’s that time of year to share gifts, so here’s an elearning template that you’re free to use as you wish. If you want additional layouts to accommodate the different colors, just go into the slide master, duplicate the layout and change the color of the bulb. Here’s a link to the free PowerPoint template. PowerPoint Template.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I created a couple of simple quiz templates to use in a workshop and thought I’d share them here as well. Free Quiz Template: Storyline. You can download the free template here. It contains two slides. The first slide is a graphic slide that you can customize to meet your needs. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2015

At a recent workshop I showed the difference between creating interactive elearning in PowerPoint and Storyline. For the workshop I created a few different templates. Following is the free PowerPoint template and the corresponding Storyline version. Free Interactive Tabs Template. Click here to download the free template.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In today’s post, I’ll show you how to build a laptop monitor inspired by the free laptop image file you can get from the psdGraphics site. I also added the tutorial to the last slide for those who can’t access the Screenr tutorial. 80 for an all day workshop is a good value and worth the trip if you’re close to Nebraska.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 9, 2015

In this post we’ll explore a few simple ways to create free closed captioning text for your online training courses. For this post we’ll work off of the assumption that you want closed captioning for audio narration or an inserted video on your slides. What is Free Closed Captioning Text?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are some free office-themed templates and assets. Here’s a free PowerPoint template that features 10 layout options and also comes with a Quizmaker file. Original blog post that explains how to get more out of the free clip art. 32 free chalkboard graphics. Rapid E-Learning Workshop. See it in action here.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In a previous posts, we looked at how to copy text from old Flash courses and how to transcribe them using into new slides. For this demo, I am going to use Screen2Gif because it works well for this demo that has a lot of slides, it’s easy to use, and it’s free. Determine the original course slide resolution.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2016

Today I share three free apps that you may find to be time-savers or help be more productive. We use Google Docs here at Articulate. Share Your PowerPoint Slides to Twitter & Facebook. I like to tweet some of my workshop presentations. I used to convert my slides to images and then tweet the images.

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Limestone Learning

JANUARY 30, 2019

Well, the world of learning and development is loving showing you some love, with a bouquet of free webinars on everything from instructional design to performance consulting , plus tons more. Free webinars are like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get each month, but you can bet it’ll be good.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

Most of us are scrambling to find free assets to use in our presentations and elearning courses. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2018

Articulate 360 subscribers have access to Articulate Live. This is especially true for the person in the community who’s trying to make heads or tails out of your slides. It really slows things down when every slide is filled with the generic default titles. What they offer is offered for free and on their own time.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

Instead of your normal click next navigation, you use icons to link to the slides in the course. What I’d do is treat each screen the same as a slide and then use clickable icons to reveal the course’s information. Here are a few ideas to think about if implementing this type of template: Each slide is a distinct screen.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2011

This way if you want to add the pocket to the top of the actual slide you can tuck content under the pocket. Feel free to download and use the template as you wish. Tidbits: I’ll be in North Carolina on Thursday doing a free Articulate jam session. I’ll be in North Carolina and hosting a free Articulate jam session.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2018

I shared a cool 3D interaction in a recent workshop demo and have had lots of people ask how I built it. How to insert the 3D model in PowerPoint: Create a slide and then select a 3D object. Duplicate the slide (we’ll need this for the video). The first slide is the starting point from which the 3D object rotates.

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