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8 Visual Design Mistakes to Avoid When Developing eLearning

Tim Slade

However, with some attention to detail, along with some simple tips, these visual design mistakes don’t have to be hard to fix. A distorted image is a classic visual design mistake I see all the time, and it’s mostly an issue with attention to detail when resizing an image. 8: Bad Stock Photos.

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Placeholder Images: Do They Help or Hurt in an eLearning Storyboard?

Association eLearning

Not so long ago, in a nearby place, someone spent a lot of time leaving notes about the photos in an eLearning storyboard. The final course was going to use a different set of stock photos. Draw attention away from the rest of a storyboard’s content. use hand-drawn placeholders for a photo-realistic course.

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Top 43 Websites for Free & Paid Stock Video Footage

learnWorlds

Using Stock Video Footage. Make your online school’s story come to life with movement and sound to grab attention quickly. Free Stock Video Footage. Apart from royalty-free videos, many of these free stock video sites offer premium and pro plans also for commercial purposes, make sure to check their pricing plans out as well.

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10 Reasons to Use Illustrations Instead of Stock Photography in Learning

eLearningMind

The grinning woman eating a salad; the perfectly multicultural meeting; the man with a headset: these are the standards for stock photography. And while it definitely has its place, stock photography isn’t the gold standard when it comes to learning. Learners can sense stock photography from a mile away. But illustrations might.

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Media Options for Conversation-Driven eLearning

Experiencing eLearning

In the past, I’ve created conversation-driven eLearning with video, animation, and photos. The next time you’re watching TV, pay attention to how the conflict of the story is introduced via a short segment before the title sequence. After the initial video, we used cutout still photos of the same actors.

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6 Tips to Create Engaging Presentations for Your Online Classrooms

Raptivity

Attention spans are too short, and you might lose your audience right at the start. If you have an image subscription, well and good, else look out for a royalty free stock library like Pexels and Pixabay. They are my favorite image libraries for free stock photos. Ditch the Agenda. Avoid Text Overload.

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Make Learners Care about Compliance Training

Experiencing eLearning

Ethics : A scandal that causes a company’s stock to drop Safety : An injury Security : A breach that results in data loss and all the ramifications from that. In that case, even a photo of an unhappy manager with voice over or text explaining the consequences can be effective. What could other worst case scenarios be?