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6 Visual Design Tips to Make Your Course More Effective

LearnDash

Organize content so that it can be scanned in an E. Dated stock photos can make your course look old and out of touch, and can subtly suggest to learners that it isn’t as trustworthy. Doing so will help learners recognize key information points, and pay closer attention when something is formatted a certain way.

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Are interactive PDFs useful for busy learners?  

Creativ Technologies

But the eLearning vendors should find ways to make such interactive PDFs entertaining: Using arrows for moving between pages : The eLearning companies can make use of the fact that instead of just using buttons in a PDF, they use colorful buttons or even arrows , which get the user’s attention much faster than next or back buttons.

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Guide the Learner's Eye: Quick Tips (and Examples) for Effective eLearning

SHIFT eLearning

Attention span is short and users don’t read but scan instead. A strong focal point, which is the most important visual element in your design, can get learners pay attention to your message. It can be a photo, text , logo or any other visual element. A focal point should appear only once on page.

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A New Way to Train Frontline Workers on Real-world Scenarios

Litmos

The modules are set up to respect the learner’s time and attention and get them back to their daily tasks! These modules are designed to be short learning experiences where, if your learner knows what they are doing, they can complete the task quickly and efficiently.

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A New Way to Train Frontline Workers on Real-world Scenarios

Litmos

The modules are set up to respect the learner’s time and attention and get them back to their daily tasks! These modules are designed to be short learning experiences where, if your learner knows what they are doing, they can complete the task quickly and efficiently.

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Use Images that Make a Difference

eLearning Brothers

Our learners typically browse and scan our courses as they would a site. Here are the main results of his study: - Users pay close attention to photos and other images that contain relevant information but ignore fluffy pictures used to “jazz up&# Web pages. Some types of pictures are completely ignored.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | December 14, 2018

Mike Taylor

A quick look at the posts that garnered the most attention this past year including a global learning conferences calendar , better bullet point alternatives , free graphic design tools , books for L&D pros and the beautiful.ai Fotor – Another option for online photo editing AND creating pro-looking designs. presentation app.