DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

One of the most dreadful (and important) steps of creating eLearning content is the proofreading and editing. Here are a few tips to help you proofread and edit your online course like a pro. Sometimes proofreading and editing your (many) online courses can become tedious. Follow a checklist.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JANUARY 2, 2014

The training industry has changed dramatically over the past ten years as eLearning and mobile technologies have gone from early-adopter novelties to mainstream essentials. Of course, there are still plenty of traditional companies who haven’t conformed to the rest of the corporate world. eLearning represents $56.2

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Are you a company that has a large number of courses available and need a little help organizing them? There are two steps in setting up categories and assigning course offerings in the categories. Go to the ‘Manage Courses’ tab. Remain under the ‘Manage Courses’ tab and select the ‘Offerings’ from the left side menu.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Most instructors manage to build an online course in their free time, usually between a full-time job and/or live teaching. We’ve created a list of 10 FREE eLearning graphic tools to help you build your next online course. Vecteezy : There are tons of wallpapers, icons, and vectors to use for your website or online courses.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Course completion is an important factor for organizations that give student deadlines to complete a course. Depending on what your organization’s needs are, you can have this enforced by simply setting it up within the course completion section of the course. How does the course completion setting work?

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DigitalChalk eLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2013

As you create your online courses, remember to always learn from your past mistakes (and from others). A successful eLearning course should aim to meet the needs and requirements of its audience. The instructor needs to develop a set of clear objectives and goals based on what the course is trying to accomplish.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Sometimes it can be difficult to build an effective interactive online course for your students. The tool features 180+ eLearning templates, including interactive comparison charts, diagrams, questionnaires, multiple selections, and more! eLearning Tools Build Your Course Content Design Raptivity' It’s really that easy!

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 25, 2014

When creating an online course, you often need to capture a live video, audio, or screen recording. We’ve narrowed it down to 12 great eLearning audio and video tools to help you get started easily. Easily records your screen and features great video editing options when you need to create a professional video for your online course.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JUNE 19, 2014

Gamification in eLearning is the use of game theory and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems. Of course, make sure your badges are tailored to your business and specific learning goals. What do you think, would you use gamification in eLearning? The post What is Gamification in eLearning?

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DigitalChalk eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Do you often spend countless hours creating your courses, only to go back and make edits later? With these time saving tips you can create your course quickly and easily! Always keep your focus on the course content and don’t go overboard with design. Tips and Tricks Build Your Course Save Time' Have a game plan.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Along with having great course content, you should also have an outstanding use of visuals throughout the entire course. Your images must add value to the course, whether it is a graph or chart explaining the information, or just an example photo that the student can relate to. Don’t overload your courses with images.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JUNE 20, 2013

When it comes to creating an eLearning project , you can easily invest a lot of time in finding the perfect images. And of course, many of you work with tight budgets, limited resources, and little time. What resources do you use when finding quality images for your courses? .

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2014

With the evolvement of technology over the years, it has become more feasible for eLearning professionals to use videos in their online courses. Of course, using videos in eLearning has its pros and cons. These are a few pros and cons to using video in eLearning. So, when should you use video in your online course?

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DigitalChalk eLearning

AUGUST 29, 2013

Many online instructors go through great lengths to create engaging, flashy elearning content , and more times that not, it doesn’t end up the way they had hoped. Sometimes a “flashy” course doesn’t always translate to quality content. Whether it is font, spacing, images, or colors – keep it consistent throughout the entire course.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

MARCH 6, 2014

Are your learners performing poorly on their course evaluations? If so, perhaps you should try a new eLearning technique – Content chunking. Content chunking is one of the best techniques for designing and delivering successful online courses. When creating your online course, remember to prioritize your content.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

As technology continues to advance, eLearning becomes more accessible to almost everyone. There are quite a few pros and cons of eLearning, and we have listed a few below. Pros: Flexibility – Your eLearning content can be done in sections, to fit around your already busy schedule. Share with us!

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JUNE 30, 2016

Incorporating eLearning to provide a blended approach to learning is a perfect solution. Furthermore, the use of technology and particular eLearning in career development can help reduce employee turnover. Below are several ways which eLearning can help in career development. eLearning has made employee development achievable.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2015

It doesn’t matter if you have a lot of courses or just a few, arranging your courses in a specific order helps organize and simplify the registration process for students. You can determine how the courses are arranged both on the dashboard tab and the catalog tab. The post Quick Tip: Arrange Your Courses appeared first on.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

APRIL 16, 2013

There are many benefits of utilizing quizzes within your eLearning courses. Not all courses require a quiz. Not all courses require a quiz. If you have no interest in assessing your students, choose a different way to end the course. Start your course with clear learning objectives. Use fewer answer choices.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

APRIL 17, 2014

eLearning infographics are everywhere these days, and many students prefer them rather than the traditional course materials. But before you start transitioning your course materials into eLearning infographics, what are the pros and cons you may need to consider? These are a few great tips and tools as well.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Let’s admit it, creating an online course can be more difficult than it seems. You pour your heart and soul into your content and wonder why many people don’t finish your courses. There are many areas within an online course that you may not realize you can improve on. Where did you go wrong? Your content must be relevant.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

MAY 30, 2013

Nowadays, many companies and instructors are branding their online courses to match their company’s colors and themes. It is important that students can identify your course and presentation to be your own. With these various factors taken into consideration, these are a few do’s and don’ts for branding your online course.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Whether you are surfing the web or slowly building your online course, chances are that you’ll run into a few infographics along the way. There are many pros and cons to using infographics in eLearning. If you’re not sure that an infographic will be beneficial to you and your eLearning materials, just try it and see!

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 20, 2015

Curious as to how long students spend taking your course, or maybe just the elements within your course? DigitalChalk allows you to easily review time spent on a course by a student with just a few clicks. Along with how long they’ve spent on the course it will also show how many elements they have completed in the course.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 4, 2013

It seems that everywhere you go in the eLearning world you run into PowerPoint. Many of you are already using PowerPoint in the classroom, so why not repurpose that presentation for your online courses? These are 15 benefits of using PowerPoint in eLearning: Everyone has PPT – It’s probably already on your computer.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

After you have weighed the pros and cons of using video in eLearning , it is time to make a list of steps for putting your recorded video online. Insert video into the course via learning management system. With these simple steps and key factors to consider, you should be well on your way to adding video to your online courses.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

*We have partnered up with Capterra to share 5 best practices for creating eLearning videos. The majority of eLearning courses include some sort of online training video, whether it is an instructor lecturing into the camera or a PowerPoint presentation with a voice-over recording. Take a look. Hire the experts (or become one).

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DigitalChalk eLearning

AUGUST 20, 2015

As the eLearning industry continues to evolve, the educational system becomes dependent upon HTML5. The developers from the eLearning industry constantly create and design new concepts that change the way people learn and teach. There are several HTML5 eLearning authoring tools available for developers. Zenler Studio.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 16, 2015

SCORM stands for Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based electronic educational technology (also called eLearning). This also allows you to sell any of your trainings or classes to anyone who wants to use them on a SCORM Compliant eLearning platform.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

MARCH 27, 2014

As social media continues to grow in popularity in the eLearning industry, there are many benefits and values to using it. How can you use social media in eLearning? If leading eLearning publications and websites are following someone on Twitter, you should too. Source via eLearning Industry. Be valuable.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Elearning and mlearning allow for this technological advancement in learning to work to a business’ advantage, however, elearning and mlearning are two completely different types of learning. Both elearning and mlearning have a place in the workplace learning environment when used correctly. Time gap between assessment.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Are your learners disengaging with your courses? Modern learners are sick of the same old, boring elearning courses. In this article, Steve Penfold will show you how to use gamification to create more effective elearning. Let’s look at three elearning programs that are doing a good job of using gamification.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

MAY 7, 2015

Nearly 40% of respondents say would like to learn more about marketing your online courses and over 25% said they are not currently marketing their course at all. However, of those that are marketing their online courses, nearly 60% of respondents are using email as their primary form of marketing. The results were surprising.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

APRIL 18, 2016

We’ve gone over how to copy a course, or course elements in a previous post, but did you know that you can also copy an offering ? The steps to copy an offering are very similar to copying a course, or element, it’s just all done under the ‘Offerings’ section. Select ‘Offerings’ from the left side menu.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 3, 2014

Gamification in eLearning is the use of game theory and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage and motivate your users. There are many different benefits of using gamification within your eLearning courses and we’ve listed out a few below. Stay tuned for a few tips on how to implement gamification in your online course!

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 9, 2015

As eLearning managers, we’re all under pressure to speed up project delivery times and improve eLearning quality and engagement. Unfortunately, our old faithful desktop-based eLearning authoring tools we have relied on for years are no longer suitable for the modern eLearning production process.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The post Creating Successful Online Courses with Emerging Technologies appeared first on. She is the creator and president of Synergy Learning Institute a small technical and Vocational college. Do you have what it takes to become a DigitalChalk guest author? Contact us at marketing@digitalchalk.com to find out more!

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