Rapid eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

Hear a Blog offers a free service where they convert the blog posts to a podcast. I’ve gotten used to quickly scanning headlines, images, and bold text for pertinent information. Convert the Rapid E-Learning Blog to PDF. Central Indiana ASTD, Indianapolis, IN: Jul7 23. Baton Rouge ASTD, Baton Rouge, LA: October 12.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 2, 2009

But since it’s hard to get your boss to fork over $5 for a stock image, you might not convince him to provide the money for a recording studio. We once converted a storage closet into a makeshift recording room. Another trick is to make a portable sound booth like the image above. Maintain a consistent environment.

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

Text reader converts text to speech automatically. SpokenText SpokenText lets you easily convert text in to speech. Record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. Download audio and podcasts. Its fast and easy to use.

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eFront

JULY 23, 2010

The gradebook module uses a formula to convert scores for activities to an aggregated lesson score at a range from 1 and 100 - and subsequently to a grade (e.g, When combining the activities we can use different weights for different activities. A, B, C, Fail, Pass) depending on how it is setup. Lets see a practical example.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

So they buy an authoring tool and quickly convert the content. Stock Image Sites. There are a dozens of stock image sites where you can buy low cost images. For elearning courses, you don’t need to buy the high resolution images. You can modify the clip art images or take your own photos. Free Assets.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 14, 2009

This post is in response to some conversations I had during the last ASTD conference in Washington, DC. With interactive branching you can also convert a linear elearning course into more of a story-like course that both engages the learner and lets them interact with the content. The image below shows three different scenario looks.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Novices will find information on what other people are doing in this medium, which kinds of training and education are best suited to it, how to convert existing classroom content for delivery online, how to lead effective and compelling live learning events on the Web, and how to promote these events to obtain maximum participation.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2012

And any time you scale a screencast down you’ll run into some image degradation. Create an image file that represents the screen resolution you need. When you want to record a quick screencast or share an application, set the image as your desktop image. Save the image as 1096×822.png Add a branded image.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 21, 2011

To get a richer look fill your shapes with images rather than color. As you can see, it’s a simple trick that softens the image and lets you create all sorts of textures. Speaking of softening your image…. Save those graphics as images. Here’s the PowerPoint file that I used to create the notebook images.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 21, 2011

To get a richer look fill your shapes with images rather than color. As you can see, it’s a simple trick that softens the image and lets you create all sorts of textures. Speaking of softening your image…. Save those graphics as images. Here’s the PowerPoint file that I used to create the notebook images.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’m doing a session for the local ASTD. This is especially true when you have a bunch of large images on your PowerPoint slides. This happens to me when I’m working with high resolution stock images. Here’s a simple solution, you can compress your images in PowerPoint. Another option is to start with placeholder images.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2012

Most rapid elearning tools are like Articulate Presenter and convert PowerPoint slides to Flash (and soon HTML5). In the example below, you can see that the default quiz that’s inserted in the course doesn’t have a layout or color scheme that matches the course image above. Compare the two before and after images below.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Change Your Background Image. Instead of a template, try adding a background images that matches the content of your course. The image above shows a quiz using the default background and one that uses a richer one. That background is a simple stock image and makes a perfect way to show off the art work in a museum.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 27, 2012

That’s very similar to what we do when our subject matter expert hands us a 300-slide PowerPoint file to be converted to an elearning course. We learned about this in an earlier post where we matched fonts to images. There are all sorts of free icons and vector images that you can use to help in your course design.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 4, 2012

It’s the breeding ground for a classic Frankencourse with too many fonts, the wrong colors and hokey images. All of these tips will help you convert what may be a sloppy start to something that at least is consistent and looks better. If you’re interested in a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

For example, let’s say on slide one, you want an image to move from one side of the screen to the other. Then on slide two, you want to start with the image in the new position. Convert multiple motion paths to a single path. Here are a few events that may interest you: I’ll be in Baton Rouge ASTD on October 12.

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