Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

I created a custom slide size 13 x 4 inches. When I save the PowerPoint slides as images that results in an image that is 1280 x 384 pixels. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 14, 2019

Here’s some content that spans the past decade or so of rapid e-learning. 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. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

There’s a published version with practice files and a series of tutorials that go through each slide individually. You’ll only learn to use them when you use them. Slide 3.2: Slide 7.1: E-Learning Community Activities to Practice Using Variables. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The template comes with a few layouts and they’re easy enough to modify, which you’ll see in the tutorials. 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. Click here to view the tutorials. 22: Rapid E-Learning Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With as many PowerPoint questions that I get, it’s a good thing that over the past year or so the elearning community has created about 300 PowerPoint tutorials. I also included a free PowerPoint elearning template to celebrate the holidays and a great 2010! 100+ PowerPoint Tutorials. PowerPoint for Rapid E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2011

We at Articulate have some cool things planned. And as usual, if I’m on the road, I’ll try to stay an extra day and do some informal Articulate jam sessions. As for the most popular posts of the year, I took our data to the top secret Articulate labs, ran a few tests, and produced the following results. Top Ten Posts.

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Thinkdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Interactive PPTs for Corporate Training Traditional eLearning courses demand time and resources. A pragmatic alternative is leveraging Interactive PowerPoint Presentations (PPTs) through platforms like Canva , Slide Share, and Slides Go. These Interactive PPTs are a cost-effective substitute for eLearning courses.

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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). How to Create a Rapid E-Learning Tab in PowerPoint. Clean Up Your Client’s PowerPoint Slides with This Time-Saving Tip.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2010

Fortunately, the Essential Articulate Studio ‘09 is such a well-documented book, because its size makes the perfect portable mic stand. There are a few common issues when working with rapid elearning tools. If you use Quizmaker ‘09, make sure to take advantage of the Slide View feature. Here’s a tutorial that shows how.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two things always stand out during these trips: There is no one way to do elearning. Some people build courses, some create marketing material, and some use the rapid elearning software to create multimedia information. 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

MAY 4, 2010

It’s a fact that you CAN build effective elearning with rapid elearning tools. All it requires is that you craft a sound learning strategy and get the most out of your tools. To demonstrate this, I deconstructed an effective elearning course originally built in Flash and then built a mock up in PowerPoint.

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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. Creating Custom Review Layers for Storyline Question Slides.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Another way to get the text into your slide is by reading it out loud to transcribe it and insert into your slide. PowerPoint transcribes the text and adds it to the slide. Once it’s ready, import the slides into Storyline. View the tutorial here. Use Google Docs to Transcribe Text for HTML5 E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 14, 2018

In the most common case, the first slide is a course menu. Watch the tutorials for the details. Learn to use variables. The getting started tutorials show how and they offer some practice activities. In fact, the true false variable tutorials actually answer the top question asked. Menu Slide. Module Slides.

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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. Here are a few posts that cover some of the essentials tips and tricks required for successful PowerPoint-based rapid elearning.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

Here’s a video tutorial where I walk through some of what I did to modify the template. Gamified Learning Opportunities. There are a number of ways to create gamified learning experiences. Find a template (or a slide with content) that is mostly static or linear content. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 5, 2018

Once it’s ready to go live, they need to be removed from the slide. This gets rid of them, but if you need to go back and edit the slide, you need to recreate the references. Move them off the slide. Keep them on the slide , but hide them on the timeline. Put them on the master slide. Articulate Community Roadshow.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 28, 2011

The Articulate Community team uses Screenr every day. It’s great for quick hit, just-in-time learning. We use it for our product tutorials and PowerPoint tips. What I like about Screenr for mobile learning is that it’s easy to use. The way I use it with PowerPoint is to frame the window around a slide. Save as PDF.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2018

Either right-click it and save as.PNG or save the slide itself as.PNG. 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. Free E-Learning Resources.

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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. These tools give even the least tech savvy elearning developers the ability to create engaging and dynamic elearning content. What is it?

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 19, 2016

Let’s face it, we’re not all graphic designers and it can be chore to get the right look for your slides. This is especially true if your slide is a little light on content. Here’s a video tutorial that walks through the process. Learning Technologies. Interactive Video Made Easy in Articulate Storyline.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 17, 2012

They’ll help you save time the next time you build a rapid elearning course. Click here to view tutorial. Click here to view the tutorial. The reason I do this is because I can identify the links on the slide. But if I create a shape just for the link, then I know that there’s a link on the slide.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Here’s quick tutorial that shows how to use the free emoji site. And here are a couple of silly examples where I use the free emojis as a way to offer hints on a slide and as a way to provide right and wrong feedback. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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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. The secret to all of this is screen capturing your old e-learning courses. View the detailed tutorial on YouTube. Determine the original course slide resolution. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

In a recent post I made this comment about rapid elearning tools: Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. The same goes for elearning.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, the image below is a screenshot of the Articulate Storyline website. I noted those areas that I could incorporate into an elearning course template. In the following image, you can see my mocked up screen and one way I could use it for an elearning course. View the tutorial here. Rapid E-Learning Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It was built using a three-slide PowerPoint file and exported as a video. Tutorial: how to create a three-slide video using 3D models in PowerPoint. The completion of the media (the video) triggers the layer to hide which takes us back to the base slide with the side tabs. This should take you back to the base slide.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2018

At a minimum, watch the tutorials. In fact, many of the questions I see asked in the community are answered in the basic tutorials. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2018

The tutorial below shows how to create the video using 3D models in PowerPoint. Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube. 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 second slide is the rotation point.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2011

Rapid elearning design is made up of three core functions: rapid authoring, rapid assets, and rapid instructional design. On a side note, check out the interactive scenario slides that David just uploaded this week. Tutorial 1: Tear apart PowerPoint templates. Demo 1 : Office scenario.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I reviewed their modules and want to highlight a few production tips that not only work for gamified e-learning courses, but are just as useful in other contexts. Here’s a link to the video tutorial series. Tutorial: how to create gate screens. E-Learning Tip #2: Custom Markers with Animated Content Boxes.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 10, 2012

A common frustration for many rapid elearning developers is wanting to build elearning courses that look good but not having the graphic design expertise or resources to make it happen. In a previous post we reviewed how to design an elearning course on a budget. Click here to view the tutorial. Great price.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Create Characters by Customizing the Articulate Characters. Many of you use the Articulate software. In Storyline , insert a character on the slide and then save as an image. Save the modified image and insert on your Storyline slide. E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 24, 2018

Here’s a video tutorial that quickly walks through the steps outlined below. Customize slide size. Change the custom slide size to 1:1 (something like 10″ wide and 10″ high). Scale the video to fill the slide. You want the video to be as big as possible inside the slide. Crop video to 1:1.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 7, 2017

There are two video tutorials below. View tutorial video (short version). Add a character on the slide. View tutorial video (detailed version). Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Here’s a tutorial that shows how to set up and sync two folders using Microsoft SyncToy. View the SyncToy tutorial. You can learn more about Task Scheduler here. View the Task Scheduler tutorial. Let’s review the process: Create a folder on your PC for elearning projects. Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop.

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