Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2020

I like to add background audio to my screencast tutorials. This is my go-to for tutorials. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Like many of you, I don’t record in a profession sound studio.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2020

It never fails that after building an e-learning course in Storyline, someone asks if they can get a PowerPoint version of the course. Tip #1: Start All Course Development in PowerPoint. My first tip assumes you know that you’ll need a PowerPoint version of the course. Publish your Storyline course.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 1, 2013

This year’s 2012 wrap up post features the tips & tricks shared during the past year that can be applied to your elearning courses right away. Rapid E-Learning Tips & Tricks. How to Create a Learning Journal to Go with Your E-Learning Courses. Free Applications. Free Assets.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

She incorporated the 3D models from PowerPoint to create videos that she added to her e-learning course. Click here to view the e-learning example. She also included a quick tutorial to show how she built it. Learn to work with 3D models in PowerPoint and bring them into your e-learning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 20, 2010

So there are plenty of opportunities to learn and it doesn’t cost you anything more than your time. Practice doing what you learn. The learning is only going to happen if you do more than watch the tutorials and read information. One of the best ways to learn is to share what you’ve learned and done.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 7, 2011

PowerPoint’s a great authoring environment for elearning. If you can step away from the “bullet point” mindset and all of the complaints, you’ll see that PowerPoint’s got a lot to offer those who build elearning courses. With a rapid elearning tool, you’re using PowerPoint’s easy authoring environment to create Flash movies.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Quick Microlearning Course for Creating AI Illustrated Characters I used Rise 360 to put together a simple course that shows the process I go through to create the free illustrated characters I’ve been sharing. Click here to view the course. Free E-Learning Resources Want to learn more?

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CommLab India

JUNE 8, 2017

But, the introduction of rapid e-learning tools has brought good news to e-learning developers working under tight project completion deadlines. Those of you, who love to sprinkle effective animations in your e-learning courses, check out the following rapid e-learning tools.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

Copying text from images comes in handy especially when updating old e-learning courses. In those cases, do a screen grab of the course and then extract the text from the image. Then copy and paste the text into the application you use to build your e-learning courses. How to Copy Text from Images.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In this case, it’s a tutorial that I created over two years ago after a rapid elearning workshop I had given. But the focus is really on learning some core rapid elearning tips when working with PowerPoint. Click here to view the rapid elearning workshop. So here it is.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2012

Of course, you’ll need an internet connection and hope that your organization isn’t blocking its use. They also have a very active user community which is a plus and lots of tutorials. Of course, I just found out that Picnik is being shut down. I’ll be doing a session on PowerPoint and we’ll have two Build-A-Course sessions.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The template comes with a few layouts and they’re easy enough to modify, which you’ll see in the tutorials. This is a simple way to create a more human looking course. I like this look because it helps get away from the PowerPoint look and it adds a sense of informality to the course which may help make the content seem less rigid.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2011

A Roadmap for Building an E-Learning Course. Here Are More Than 200 Free Rapid E-Learning Tutorials. Do You Really Need Instructions on How to Use an E-Learning Course? Why E-Learning is So Effective. Here’s How to Be an E-Learning Superstar in 2010.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With as many PowerPoint questions that I get, it’s a good thing that over the past year or so the elearning community has created about 300 PowerPoint tutorials. I also included a free PowerPoint elearning template to celebrate the holidays and a great 2010! 100+ PowerPoint Tutorials. PowerPoint for Rapid E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

Here are three recent tutorials that I created to answer some questions in the community. The tutorials offer little bonus tips and focus on some production nuances that aren’t always apparent to new users. E-Learning Tip: Simulate Right-Click Interactions on Mobile Devices. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It just means that a lot of the tutorials shared over the past ten years are not as relevant as they were when they were first published, such as working with clip art (which is now defunct). How to Create a Rapid E-Learning Tab in PowerPoint. Over 30 Free PowerPoint & E-Learning Templates.

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B Online Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Most recently I’ve been assisting our team in updating our B Online eLearning Course Catalogue. I’ve been upgrading our MS Office courses to Office 2013, and I came across some great video tutorials, which I decided to use, particularly in the Excel course.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2010

It’s a fact that you CAN build effective elearning with rapid elearning tools. All it requires is that you craft a sound learning strategy and get the most out of your tools. To demonstrate this, I deconstructed an effective elearning course originally built in Flash and then built a mock up in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 15, 2019

I’ve been playing around with ideas to get old Flash course content into a new HTML5 course. There are tens of thousands of old Flash-based e-learning courses where people no longer have the source files. All they have are published versions of the course and need to convert to HTML5.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 18, 2014

Thankfully Adobe Captivate 8 allows you to create responsive eLearning courses that can fit perfectly in different device sizes in both horizontal and vertical orientations. You can […].

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two things always stand out during these trips: There is no one way to do elearning. Some people build courses, some create marketing material, and some use the rapid elearning software to create multimedia information. In either case, learning the principles will help you build screens that look good and are effective.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 14, 2020

You’re building an e-learning course and your subject matter expert needs to review and make edits to the course. But they don’t have access to your e-learning software. Before you start building the e-learning course, you should have a signed and approved script.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2010

And you really hurt your elearning course it if looks great but sounds bad. There are a few common issues when working with rapid elearning tools. A form-based application makes creating your course real easy. Related links: Inspiring Designs to Keep Your E-Learning Courses Looking Fresh.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. Interactive Sliders in E-Learning (Recap #52). Two rapid elearning workshops. Day 1: PowerPoint for E-Learning. Perfect Your Text in Storyline 2. Sign up here.

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Adobe Captivate

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Adobe Captivate 7 is shipped with some great looking themes to help you get started with your eLearning course creation easily. These themes help you save a lot of time that you would otherwise have to spend in creating graphical assets for your eLearning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What Type of Course Are You Building? Generally, there are two types of courses that get built: explainer and performance. Explainer courses present key content critical to the learning experience. This can be content like user manuals, video tutorials, company policies, etc. How can they learn it in the course?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

In a recent post I made this comment about rapid elearning tools: Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. The same goes for elearning.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Many of you have to convert old Flash courses to HTML5. All you have is the published course but not the original source files. But adding text from the old course isn’t as easy because most Flash courses don’t allow selecting text to copy and paste. Watch the tutorial on YouTube. I hope that helps.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2016

The other day I ran across this series of vector images that would work in an elearning course. Here are some things that work for an elearning template: Avatar : the circled avatar is a common design treatment. PowerPoint Tutorials. Free PowerPoint & E-Learning Templates. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2018

Here’s a simple way to test your published courses when building responsive mobile learning. Preview Your Published Responsive Courses. Open the course and right click to access the developer tools (see tutorials below). For example, here’s a responsive e-learning course I published in Rise.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

How to Display Keyboard Shortcuts during Screencast Tutorials. This is perfect for webinars and screencast tutorials. Here’s a quick tutorial where I show how it works and how it would look in your software training. How to Customize the Keyboard Shortcut Display for Screencast Tutorials. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Do you need to be an e-learning programmer to build e-learning courses? A lot has changed with e-learning over the past decade or so. However, as the rapid e-learning market emerged, the need for programming skills virtually disappeared. E-Learning Programmer: JavaScript Basics.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 6, 2018

I get a lot of questions about free ways to share courses and portfolios. In previous posts, I shared t ips on managing an e-learning portfolio and I also shared a few ways to share courses online for free. Another way to get free storage to share your courses and files is via Google’s Storage Platform.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 7, 2008

It seems that if you come from the traditional instructional design community, which means you've spent a lot of your time designing formal, interactive, self-study lessons, then rapid e-learning means doing the same thing, only quicker. Now don't get me wrong, I like the tutorial format.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

One place where they work well is when I am doing quick screencast tutorials. And the right track with a good beat can set a tone and help move the tutorial along. Perhaps, a background audio track works for your course to help learners retain content. Is it possible to add that to your courses? That’s all good.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

On past projects, many of my customers would ask for interactive elearning courses. When I asked them how they defined interactive elearning courses they’d usually list things like fancy mouseovers, drag-and-drop interactions, and a host of other ways to interact with the screen. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials.

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Adobe Captivate

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Check out this new course on Adobe Captivate Drag and Drop Interactions with me on Lynda.com. This course dives into the drag-and-drop feature of Adobe Captivate 8, focusing on creating interactive elements that are interesting and fun.

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