IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

The science promoting the use of audio narration in eLearning is strong, but the cons must still be considered. Present words as audio narration rather than on the screen. …there is considerable evidence that presenting words in audio rather than on-screen text can result in significant learning gains. The premise?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 25, 2024

Closed captions support hearing-impaired learners by displaying text synchronized with the slide and/or video audio onscreen. An SRT is a raw closed caption file containing the text from an audio or video file and the audio timing. per minute of audio. If you need Captivate support, help is just an email away.

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LifterLMS

JULY 9, 2023

In this LMScast episode, Ken Theriot, shares his journey into audio and how he became a course creator and how to produce professional audio for courses. Ken Theriot is an audio professional and course creator. He is the owner of Home Brew Audio , a platform aimed at teaching people how to do audio recording at home.

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SweetRush

MARCH 30, 2021

Do you want to write blockbuster audio scripts that will make stars of your on-screen characters and have your audience reaching for popcorn and hoping for a sequel? If you’re already visualizing your acceptance speech, keep reading for our top five tips for writing audio scripts. Instructional designers are no strangers to writing.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 13, 2021

What does it take to record great audio? Justin David Proctor, audio recording master and two-time Grammy Award winner, joined this episode of The Visual Lounge to share his expertise in creating great audio. Why audio recording is easier than ever. Producing great audio in not-so-great environments.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Background audio is not as common as it once was in e-learning. Also, with mobile technology (and some limitations playing multiple audio tracks) it may create some problems playing the way you intend it. However, there are times where background audio makes sense. I’d love to hear how you’re using audio in your courses.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 8, 2017

Should there be voiceover audio combined with text and images? In fact, the study says that most people learn best with a combination of audio and visual. Why Developers Don’t Record Their Own Audio. These days, all the eLearning tools allow you to record and edit your own audio. Should there be less text but more images?

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can’t record video and audio at the same time. How to record your screen on Mac with audio. If you need help getting started with screen recording , we’ve got you covered! Step 2: Choose audio to record. With Snagit, you can easily record your Mac screen with audio included.

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Yukon Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

During our hands-on Storyline 360 training , we work with audio in various ways. There’s ample opportunity for the aforementioned hullabaloo of overlapping sound and this common “as heard in training” question: “Why is My Audio Overlapping?”. Then, interactive buttons appear that each play audio from a corresponding layer.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 20, 2021

There are many ways to build video tutorials, but how could an audio-first workflow optimize your process? An audio-first workflow for visual content might sound awkward, but it’s one of our preferred methods for creating tutorial videos. In this post, we’re going to walk you through our audio-first workflow. Write a script.

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Thinkdom

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Thinkdom recommends the following 4-step checklist that can help one avoid the pitfalls of paralysis by analysis while optimizing for rapid elearning content creation: Select the right tools : Select eLearning authoring tools that align with your project's needs, whether it's rapid development, multimedia integration, or mobile responsiveness.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That automatically generates captions that can be retained when replacing the audio with real voices, but again, the captions break awkwardly. Sarah Mercier shared a helpful article explaining how to generate captions in Descript and then add them to your video using Handbrake. Rev.com Rev.com was another popular option.

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Yukon Learning

JULY 9, 2020

Once you have the audio files for an entire e-Learning on hand, however, you may wonder if there’s a way to streamline the process of incorporating it. During our hands-on Articulate 360 training, we explore the ways the Media Library allows us to easily manage course assets (images, characters, audio, and video) all in one place.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 27, 2022

Are you ready to upgrade your microphone but aren’t sure where to start in the complex world of audio equipment and microphones? This episode of The Visual Lounge is all about audio – how to pick the best equipment, how to use it correctly, mistakes to watch out for, and much more. But don’t overlook audio. You’re in luck.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Audiate includes a plethora of handy features that can assist you in editing audio files better than ever before. In this blog, we'll look at why Audiate is the greatest text-based audio editing software and how it can help you save time when editing.

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Rustici Software

JUNE 8, 2021

On the backend, SCORM Cloud wraps the video, audio and PDF files in cmi5 to capture detailed tracking and reporting data. Native support for video, audio and PDF files in SCORM Cloud make it even easier for your customers to present course content more dynamically.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 8, 2016

by Kevin Siegel      If there is unwanted noise (static perhaps or a barking dog) in the audio you're using in your eLearning projects, all of the eLearning tools allow you to quickly edit the audio file and delete the offending noise.  Then click  Audio Editor. 

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 16, 2011

First, the audio narration slowed me down. Since I didn’t need the visuals to understand the audio, I decided to listen to the course like a podcast while glancing at email and other stuff. So when is audio worthwhile? It also got me thinking more concretely about instances where audio does make sense for learning.

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BrightCarbon

MARCH 23, 2020

An easy way to bring movement and dynamism to your slides is by adding audio or video. In this blog post, we’re going to show you how to insert audio and video into Google Slides and give you some examples where using video can enrich your presentations and increase audience engagement. How to add audio to Google slides.

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LearnDash

MARCH 31, 2020

Here are some online study tips to help them out. If you’re one of these professors, or if you’re a school administrator trying to offer students as much support as you can, we’d like to offer these tips to help your learners get through the semester. Are your students struggling to finish their semester from home?

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Using audio narration in eLearning courses has been debated from both sides – some people feel that it is an enhancement that assists the learner in completing the course, while others argue that it can be distracting. Audio narration can help to describe charts and graphs that would otherwise require a lot of reading.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2024

Using Gen AI Multimodal Capabilities for Learning Development Josh Cavalier Josh explained how generative AI work with text, images, audio and video (multimodal). Josh showed a cool new feature of “speech to speech,” where you can record audio with a bunch of emotion, pauses, etc., and transform it to one of the AI voices.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 2, 2024

Scenario-based learning is one way to provide that practice with feedback to help learners improve their performance. Listen to the podcast If you’d prefer to listen to the audio-only version, you can listen on BuzzSprout , Spotify , or your preferred podcast platform. My interview is Season 2, Episode 6.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

by Kevin Siegel      Adding voiceover audio to eLearning enhances the learner experience. And before you spend thousands of dollars hiring voiceover talent to record your audio, you should know: your voice is fine (nobody likes their own voice so trust me on this, yours will do nicely). wait for it. 

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

An important part of creating good video is good audio. Not everyone will be fortunate enough to have a sound booth or an environment that is ideal for recording audio in, but you don’t have to let it ruin your videos. Let’s take a look at what you can do to make sure you can record good audio for your videos. .

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 4, 2012

Most multimedia developers are familiar with audio timing in frame based applications like Adobe Flash and other movie editing software. This concept is a little different when using Lectora to sync audio. Lectora allows developers to set events that occur at flagged times within audio. Import Audio as an FLV File.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Before we proceed, it helps to wrap a bit more definition around scenarios. Media We’ve seen scenarios executed as text adventures, graphic novel formats, audio stories, branching video, and full games. Visually, images can help establish the story setting, and can convey the consequences as well.

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Making Change

JULY 21, 2013

This could be especially helpful in corporate elearning, where the “presenter” is often faceless and personality-free. Although you can upload audio and visuals, all the content of my cartoon is provided by Powtoon. Cons: You can’t change music files in the middle of a cartoon or fade the audio.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 28, 2018

Audio Best Practices. Nothing turns off viewers faster than a video with bad audio. Unless you have a higher end camera that has a built-in shotgun mic, you are going to want consider recording audio separately from your video. They do a great job of picking up only the audio that is close by. Selecting an Audio Recorder.

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learnWorlds

MAY 14, 2019

Some prefer visual material, others written and others prefer audio or a combination of those. Today, we are so excited to announce our new and revamped Audio Player , that will take your audio upload and management to the next level! We have done a complete make-over in the way an audio learning activity is presented.

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The Learning Dispatch

JUNE 21, 2018

Here are some ways to construct elearning without audio. Need creative help in developing your elearning course? Who doesn’t love audio narration in elearning? Yet audio can be difficult, for both the learner and the training program. Yet audio can be difficult, for both the learner and the training program.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 8, 2011

  Have you ever been frustrated by an inability to trim audio in PowerPoint? However, even though you trimmed the first audio file down to 15 seconds, it kept playing, running into the second track. by AJ George. Let's say you followed my instructions on how to play two songs sequentially in your PowerPoint presentation.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 7, 2018

It’s useful to know this since you may end up getting your slide level audio broken down by slide or you might get one long file. Being familiar with the ways you can import audio will help you with each of these situations and save you a bunch of time.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Odds are that if you’ve tried using a basic tool, you’ve struggled with one or more of the following obstacles: You can’t record file menus or dropdowns You can only record one window at a time You can’t add effects or callouts You can’t record your audio simultaneously You can’t add music or background audio.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 26, 2018

I am trying to import a MP3 audio file into a simulation presentation in Captivate (however it keeps reporting the following error ‘Unable to import audio file ensure that file type is MP3 or WAV and also ensure that the file is not damaged’. I have checked the audio file and it works and it is already in MP3 format – help please.

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LearnUpon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Poor audio quality is one of the most frustrating things you can subject your learners to. Not everyone has access to studio quality equipment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have great audio in your training courses. Here are some tips that will help: Use a good quality microphone. Audio editing tools.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 21, 2018

I am a foreign language instructor and I wanted to create audio interactive pages for students to record their speaking tests. Thanks in advance for whoever can help me. The post Audio interactive appeared first on eLearning. I am sure adobe has this function but I don’t know where and how to find it.

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