Articulate, Instructional Design, Templates and Tutorial

Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

Thinkdom

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Firstly, the most important task while setting out to conceptualize a rapid e-learning program within a company is to plan ahead and strategically create templates, brand guidelines, policies, and objectives so that redundancy can be avoided. While speed is undeniably essential, an exclusive focus on rapidity can have adverse consequences.

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Articulate Storyline – 9 Practical Ways To Make A Great Course Within Your Budget

Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Articulate Storyline is one of the most popular authoring tools used worldwide to create online learning. We discuss the benefits of using Articulate Storyline, when to use it, and when not to. So, most importantly, we also give you 9 practical ways to make a great course within your budget using Articulate Storyline.

Articulate

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The ADDIE Model

Ed App

JANUARY 30, 2020

The ADDIE model is a five phase flexible guideline for creating effective training and support tools. and many Instructional Designers do these steps intuitively. When the ADDIE model was articulated as a framework for constant course development it gave a common language to Instructional Designers and educators.

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Instructional Design Resources

Ed App

JULY 3, 2022

Having access to instructional design resources is helpful when you’re creating quality content. There are different ways to build instructional materials, from learning the theories to applying advanced techniques in today’s digital technologies. Here are some of the instructional design resources to help you get started. .

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Create a Gamified E-learning Template

Rapid eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

We started with an existing template that was shared in the community, and then we explored a few ways we could add some gamified elements to create something that is a bit more effective and engaging. We started with a nice clean template designed to meet the team. Original Template Example. Gamified Template Example.

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Articulate vs. Lectora | LearnNuggets

NuggetHead

AUGUST 12, 2009

The fun part of my job is having a plethora of tools in my ‘elearning development’ toolbox: Adobe Creative Suite, Captivate, Visio, Lectora, and now Articulate. Over the past couple years using Lectora Enterprise Edition I developed templates that would ease the elearning development process for instructional designers.

Lectora

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E-learning Example & Tutorial: How to Fight a Bear and Live

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

During the recent Articulate User event at Devlearn, Sarah Hodge from SlideSugar shared a really cool example that she built in Storyline. She also included a quick tutorial to show how she built it. She also included a quick tutorial to show how she built it. Click here to view the e-learning example. Want to learn more?

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Here’s a Free Avatar Template & Tutorial

Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2016

This way when I need to build a module or template, I can find assets drawn in the same style. Here are some things that work for an elearning template: Avatar : the circled avatar is a common design treatment. PowerPoint Tutorials. And to make things easier, here’s a free template. Free PowerPoint template.

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Expert Insights: The Best eLearning Authoring Tools for Building an Online Course

Academy of Mine

MAY 1, 2024

Trainably: A Comprehensive Review A sister product of the Academy of Mine learning management system ( LMS ), Trainably was conceived as a comprehensive eLearning authoring tool tailored to meet the demands of corporate teams , instructional designers, and educators passionate about creating impactful microlearning experiences.

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How to View Old Flash Courses

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Below is a quick tutorial on how to use it. Click to view the tutorial. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Hope that helps those who need to view older Flash courses.

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Flash Flash Player Course Tutorial

Best eLearning Resources of 2014

eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Lectora 12 Templates. Captivate 8 Templates. Storyline 2 Templates. Improvements/updates to our eLearning Templates. Another great part of 2014 was all the great eLearning resources, tips, and tutorials. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective eLearning Designers. 10 Must-Know Features for Articulate Storyline 2.

Best eLearning

Best eLearning Resources Adobe Captivate Custom eLearning Development

Another Free PowerPoint Template & Learning Interaction

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Here’s a template I created for a recent workshop on how to create an exploratory learning interaction. I used a flat UI design for the learning interaction. Since it uses a similar style to this previous template , the two learning interactions can be combined. Free template: PowerPoint learning interaction.

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Templates PowerPoint Interactive Free

How to Choose Between Layers and States in Articulate Storyline

eLearning Brothers

MARCH 18, 2015

Shawn is an Instructional Designer, Professional Trainer, and eLearning Consultant at the University of Pittsburgh. Layers and States are two of Articulate Storyline’s primary tools for building interactive content, but deciding how and when to use them can be tricky. To see a quick tutorial on working with layers click here.

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The 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools for 2022

learnWorlds

JULY 14, 2022

An eLearning authoring tool is an important component in creating e-learning content and a must-have tool for instructional designers, L&D professionals, and training businesses. 2 Articulate Storyline 360. Individual course creators, instructional designers, SMEs, nonprofits, and small enterprises.

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Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events October 24 (Las Vegas): 2023 Articulate User Conference. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn.

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Best PowerPoint Tutorials for E-learning

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It just means that a lot of the tutorials shared over the past ten years are not as relevant as they were when they were first published, such as working with clip art (which is now defunct). Here Are Two Cool PowerPoint Tips When Building Templates. Over 30 Free PowerPoint & E-Learning Templates. Top PowerPoint Tips.

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Tutorial PowerPoint Rapid eLearning Templates

What Tools Are Best for Content Authoring in Education?

Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

However, as educators and instructional designers strive to create engaging, effective, and accessible educational materials, the choice of tools becomes paramount. Articulate 360 Articulate 360 is a comprehensive suite of eLearning authoring tools that includes Storyline, Rise 360, and more.

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Three E-Learning Tips to Help Build Better Courses

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

Even before I started working at Articulate, I made it a goal to answer five questions each week in the e-learning community. Here are three recent tutorials that I created to answer some questions in the community. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube.

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Simulations Tips Tutorial Help

Here’s a Free Application to Help with Tutorials & Screencast Videos

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

How to Display Keyboard Shortcuts during Screencast Tutorials. This is perfect for webinars and screencast tutorials. Here’s a quick tutorial where I show how it works and how it would look in your software training. How to Customize the Keyboard Shortcut Display for Screencast Tutorials. Articulate User Meet Up.

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Screencast Tutorial Free Video

8 E-Learning Developers You Should Follow

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In the past, I’ve referenced a number of instructional designers who are active in the community where they share all sorts of free downloads , examples , and answer questions. Today, I’d like to focus on a few instructional designers and course developers who tend to share more advanced course development tips.

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How to Use Free Templates for Software Training

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As you know, we have all sorts of free templates to download for your elearning courses and PowerPoint presentations. The challenge sometimes is figuring out when and how to use the templates for your own projects. Her training was mostly a series of quick video tutorials. She wanted a nice way to present the tutorials.

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Edit.EPS and.SVG Files for Free

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve included two quick tutorials to feature a few of thing things I like about the free application. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Details below.

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PowerPoint Tip: Here’s a Simple Way to Build E-Learning Graphics

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

Here’s a detailed tutorial that walks through the process of creating similar graphics in PowerPoint. Click here to view the PowerPoint tutorial on YouTube. The links below take you to specific parts of the tutorial. The tutorial above shows how I created the images. Articulate Roadshow: sign up for one day or two.

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How to Create Captions for Live Presentations

Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. It’s almost magical.

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How to Convert Storyline Courses to PowerPoint

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2020

Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. Below are the basic steps, but watch the tutorial above for more detail: Once the course is complete, publish the Storyline course in Word. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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PowerPoint Convert Course Slides

What Tools Are Best for Content Authoring in Education?

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

However, as educators and instructional designers strive to create engaging, effective, and accessible educational materials, the choice of tools becomes paramount. Articulate 360 Articulate 360 is a comprehensive suite of eLearning authoring tools that includes Storyline, Rise 360, and more.

Authoring

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E-Learning Variables 101

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

There’s a published version with practice files and a series of tutorials that go through each slide individually. Tutorials to Learn About Variables for E-Learning. Here are some community tutorials that show how to use variables in Storyline 3 & 360. Articulate Roadshow: sign up for one day or two.

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Here’s a Free Quiz Template for E-Learning

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. I also added a tutorial video for those who want to learn more about using the template for a simple quiz in Storyline. Free Quiz Template: Storyline. You can download the free template here.

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Quiz Templates Free PowerPoint

How I Built that Free Microlearning Template

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 24, 2017

Earlier I shared this free microlearning template. So in today’s post I’ll share a few tips so you can make your own template and edit the one I shared. Here’s a series of video tutorials that show how to create the simple, yet powerful microlearning template. Click here to view the tutorial.

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Free E-Learning & PowerPoint Template

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Many of you requested a template based on the example so here it is. There’s a PowerPoint version and one for Articulate Storyline 2 that offers a lot more interactivity. Working with Templates. One of the challenges when using a pre-defined template is that it tends to look good with real content.

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Help! My Subject Matter Expert Needs to Edit My E-Learning Course

Rapid eLearning

JULY 14, 2020

Watch the tutorial on YouTube. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Details coming soon.

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Here’s a Quick Way to Instantly Have Closed Captions

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2021

A guest post by Elizabeth Pawlicki, Training Program Manager, Articulate. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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How to Build an E-Learning Template in 30 Seconds

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

When building courses, many of you are in the role of instructional designer AND graphic designer. This can be a challenge when you don’t have the graphic design skills. An easy way to get around that is to look for places in your organization where they’ve hired graphic designers. View the tutorial here.

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A Year’s Worth of Free Resources for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Free Style Guide template: this offers double bonus content. Not only does Trina share a free template , but within the template she links to great resources on elearning style guides. Getting Started with Articulate Storyline. Getting Started with Articulate Studio. Free Templates. Free image editor: Pixlr.

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The Evolution of an Interactive Scenario

Rapid eLearning

MAY 14, 2019

Originally, the interactive scenario started as a PowerPoint file that was published with Articulate Studio to demonstrate how to create simple branched scenarios in PowerPoint. In a previous post, I showed how I created the menu design for the interactive scenario using PowerPoint. Articulate Roadshow: sign up for one day or two.

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How to Edit SVG Graphics in PowerPoint

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

How to Edit SVG in PowerPoint Video Tutorial. Here’s a video tutorial where I show how to convert and edit an SVG in PowerPoint. Click here to watch the YouTube tutorial. Articulate Community Roadshow. Articulate Community Event. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Product Review: Articulate Storyline

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2012

For my instructional designers and e-learning developers, they loved creating courses. After diving into Articulate Storyline and using all its features, I found myself having fun. Tutorials – but as you see below they really messed up on how to view them. Free templates and characters (more on this later).

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eLearning Development 101: The Guide to eLearning Authoring Tools

OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Articulate Studio ‘09. Image from the Articulate website.). Articulate Studio ‘09 is an easy-to-use elearning authoring tool that works with Microsoft PowerPoint. The new Quizmaker, in particular, is a welcome addition to the Articulate Studio Suite. Articulate Storyline. What is it? Who is it for? What is it?

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Here’s How I Built This 3D Pop-Out in PowerPoint

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2018

Watch the tutorial below to get more of the specific detail. And here’s a bonus tutorial on how I created the 3D pop-out header image above. Click here to view the YouTube tutorial. Articulate Community Roadshow. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Here’s a Simple Fix When the Microphone Audio is Too Low

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Overall, I really like the quality of the sound and this set up works great for recording tutorials where I work from my main screen. Good intro tutorial. The YouTube tutorial above does a great job showing the basics. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here ( early bird ends October 18 ). Help documentation.

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How to Transcribe Text into PowerPoint & E-Learning Courses

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 15, 2019

View the tutorial here. View the tutorial here. View the tutorial here. February 15 (Edinburgh): Articulate User Meeting. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Then you make your edits.

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Create Free Emoji for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Here’s quick tutorial that shows how to use the free emoji site. Articulate Roadshow. Articulate Roadshow. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. June 3 & 4 (Toronto). Register today.

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Here’s a Free E-Learning Template to Get the New Year Started

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2015

To help you gain some time, I’ve included this free elearning template. Included are templates for Storyline and PowerPoint. See the Free Template in Action. Here’s a link to a published version of the template. Click here to view the free template. I also used the Open Sans font for this template.

Templates

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Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

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Trending Sources

The ADDIE Model

Webinars

Instructional Design Resources

Create a Gamified E-learning Template

Articulate vs. Lectora | LearnNuggets

E-learning Example & Tutorial: How to Fight a Bear and Live

Here’s a Free Avatar Template & Tutorial

Expert Insights: The Best eLearning Authoring Tools for Building an Online Course

How to View Old Flash Courses

Best eLearning Resources of 2014

Another Free PowerPoint Template & Learning Interaction

How to Choose Between Layers and States in Articulate Storyline

The 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools for 2022

Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters

Best PowerPoint Tutorials for E-learning

What Tools Are Best for Content Authoring in Education?

Three E-Learning Tips to Help Build Better Courses

Here’s a Free Application to Help with Tutorials & Screencast Videos

8 E-Learning Developers You Should Follow

How to Use Free Templates for Software Training

Edit.EPS and.SVG Files for Free

PowerPoint Tip: Here’s a Simple Way to Build E-Learning Graphics

How to Create Captions for Live Presentations

How to Convert Storyline Courses to PowerPoint

What Tools Are Best for Content Authoring in Education?

E-Learning Variables 101

Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here’s a Free Quiz Template for E-Learning

How I Built that Free Microlearning Template

Free E-Learning & PowerPoint Template

Help! My Subject Matter Expert Needs to Edit My E-Learning Course

Here’s a Quick Way to Instantly Have Closed Captions

How to Build an E-Learning Template in 30 Seconds

A Year’s Worth of Free Resources for E-Learning

The Evolution of an Interactive Scenario

How to Edit SVG Graphics in PowerPoint

Product Review: Articulate Storyline

eLearning Development 101: The Guide to eLearning Authoring Tools

Here’s How I Built This 3D Pop-Out in PowerPoint

Here’s a Simple Fix When the Microphone Audio is Too Low

How to Transcribe Text into PowerPoint & E-Learning Courses

Create Free Emoji for E-Learning

Here’s a Free E-Learning Template to Get the New Year Started

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