The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

by AJ George  If you need to create an Infographic, there are better programs than PowerPoint that you could use. That being said, PowerPoint is likely on your office computer right now. Additionally, PowerPoint is often underutilized as a design platform and is surprisingly agile.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 14, 2016

What if you can’t use any samples of your existing work due to confidentiality or security requirements? For example, the Instructional Designer or eLearning Developer demo in my portfolio is based on an activity I originally created for a health care client. If you love software training, create that kind of samples.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 24, 2014

by AJ Walther    In my three-hour mini session on  Optimizing PowerPoint for eLearning and Design , I discuss how to create your own eLearning characters using PowerPoint. I was not alone in creating my own PowerPoint eLearning characters! This will help with creating details.

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Academy of Mine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

During this interview , we explained what instructional design is, course authoring and delivering eLearning with an LMS, the difference in creating learning materials for academic institutions vs. for-profit businesses, and much more. Designers will also take learning modality into consideration.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 5, 2018

In this webinar our Director of Product and Design demonstrated how to create high quality and highly adjustable graphics in Adobe Illustrator and move them into PowerPoint. files into PowerPoint but you lose a lot of editability. For example, trying to change the fill of a.AI For example, trying to change the fill of a.AI

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BrightCarbon

MAY 29, 2020

When creating presentations in PowerPoint it’s important to have a template to ensure design consistency, but it takes time, effort and skill to create high quality templates and masters. Of course, there are lots of places you can get free PowerPoint templates, but are they any good?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

My post on 30+ ideas for portfolio samples can give you some inspiration if you need to create new artifacts. Tools for creating samples. Prospective employers expect to see a few samples using standard tools. If you storyboard and plan before you start your trial, you can make several samples during that month.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

I’m experimenting with AI image tools to create images for my blog posts. This was created in Midjourney and edited in Affinity Designer. Tips from Rory Flynn on how to use Midjourney to create consistent characters. It would be interesting to experiment with as inspiration for training scenarios. DEI and accessibility Why DEI?

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 6, 2017

The saying that all PowerPoint developers should keep in mind is, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Almost all software development tools give you amazing features that allow you to create awesome content. This will allow you to keep your background selection and create a presentation that is easy to read and digest.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2019

What if you can’t use any samples of your existing work due to confidentiality or security requirements? For example, the Instructional Designer or eLearning Developer demo in my portfolio is based on an activity I originally created for a health care client. Use Short Samples. Ideas for Samples.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If you are wondering how to determine the best color contrast for PowerPoint, it’s your lucky day! We are releasing a free PowerPoint color contrast checker as part of our brilliant PowerPoint add-in, BrightSlide. Creating digital content that’s accessible to everyone, regardless of ability or disability is extremely important.

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Thinkdom

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Firstly, the most important task while setting out to conceptualize a rapid e-learning program within a company is to plan ahead and strategically create templates, brand guidelines, policies, and objectives so that redundancy can be avoided. While speed is undeniably essential, an exclusive focus on rapidity can have adverse consequences.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, we’ll look at some of the examples from Samara Reyneke. Keep in mind that many of these are not complete courses but instead they’re prototypes created for the weekly challenges. What I like about her examples: Visually rich design. Check out some of these examples below. View e-learning examples here.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 2, 2024

They needed help with what happens after course production is finished… How to market and sell more courses We began creating our own courses almost 10 years ago and we’ve learned a thing or two along the way, so our plan over the coming weeks is to publish content designed to help you do just that… sell more courses.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

For example, you may maintain a professional portfolio where you share courses and work samples. And it’s relatively simple : create the account, upload your files, create a URL, and let people access the content. Here’s a quick tutorial that walks through how to create the account and get it all set up.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What’s the process for creating a storyboard? I usually get something from clients to read and review: PowerPoint presentations, policy guidelines, technical documentation, etc. For example, here are some of the initial notes from a past project (with the identifiable details removed): Who is the audience?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 17, 2011

Do you create a lot of presentations that use the same colors? Creating a custom color palette is just the solution. From the Design tab, choose Themes > Colors > Create New Theme Colors. The Create New Theme Colors dialog box will open. The color application will appear in the Sample image to the right.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

I created a branching scenario prototype in Twine a while back about an instructional design consultant screening and booking a new client. Now I’m going to show my work and my thought process for some of the development process, starting with creating layouts. Create Layouts in PowerPoint. Intro Screen. Next Steps.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 6, 2021

Zoom in PowerPoint is a terrific tool that allows you to jump straight to the content you want and supports a seamless interactive presentation. It’s really quick and straightforward to do, but before getting into how PowerPoint Zoom links work, it’s worth showing you how to set up a presentation to make it easy to use them.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Have you ever tried to use PowerPoint to create a spinning animation (such as the ticking hands of a clock)? To illustrate, let's say you made a clock, and it looks like the example below. Select the item you want to spin from its base, the minute hand in this example. Copy the graphic ([ Ctrl ] [ C ]).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 28, 2014

Many of us are working with shoestring budgets while creating eLearning. Here are a few examples of how clip art images can be reimagined into flat design. For these examples I just used shapes without lines, gradients, or shadows to create new, flat images resembling the original clip art images.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 28, 2013

by AJ George  Want to create a speedometer-like gauge for your PowerPoint or eLearning deck? Here's what the finished product would look like:    And here's how you'd do it: In PowerPoint, insert a doughnut chart. An Excel spreadsheet will appear, along with the chart on your PowerPoint slide.

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BrightCarbon

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT), is a super fast way to access often-used features in PowerPoint, without navigating endless menus or switching tabs in the ribbon. Here at BrightCarbon we all have our favourite tools, and we’ve created a customised toolbar packed full of them that you can download and use for free.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 27, 2019

We know that the software must be so intuitive that anyone can log in and, without any training, can start creating learning material. We also know that we have to guide and assist subject matter experts to help them create effective learning materials. Moving away from a PowerPoint mindset. I will first explain why.

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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. There are many reasons for this request, such as using the content for face-to-face training, wanting a slide deck for subject matter experts, or creating a PDF handout out of the slides.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Once upon a time, on desktops far, far away, there was PowerPoint for Windows and something very very different for Mac… If you remember PowerPoint:mac 2011, you might still have recurring nightmares about the amount of effort it took to create presentations. PowerPoint for Windows. PowerPoint for Mac.

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learnWorlds

APRIL 14, 2020

In this guide, we discuss why you should adopt video in your employee training, and we will also show you some real-world examples of how you can do that. Examples of Training Videos. You want your trainees to take the training videos seriously, create a script and refine it according to their interests. Table of contents.

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BrightCarbon

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In this post we look at the mind-bending world of Morph and how to use it create stunning design effects in PowerPoint. The new morph transition in PowerPoint is pretty cool. Here for example, we have the start of a classic Shakespearean quote, brought to life. Morph is a bit of a superhero really. But what is morph?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

by AJ George    If I don't like a PowerPoint app or add-on, rest assured I'll tell you. And I have found plenty of tools not to like when it comes to making your PowerPoint presentation play on iDevices.  But in iSpring Converter , I have finally found a PowerPoint distribution tool to really like.

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BrightCarbon

APRIL 8, 2019

Using masking effects in PowerPoint is a great way to add some design finesse to your presentations, without needing a design qualification or several weeks to do it. Before we continue, if you want more masking fun you can click below to learn more: Masking effects in PowerPoint: 3 simple animation tricks. The face in the crowd.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 8, 2017

As a PowerPoint developer, I have asked myself these questions many times regarding animations in PowerPoint. Microsoft PowerPoint is, to their credit, always releasing new content that will draw people to their product and make life easier for developers and presenters. Apple Keynotes are a very good example of this.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 19, 2017

Most people don’t think that PowerPoint was built for or even allows you to build quizzes (let alone a gamified quiz) without using macros. The Quiz Game I created was built as a template, so the back end needed to be simple and streamlined even if I have multiple slides and functions per question. You can, and I did. Here’s how.

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Tesseract Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For example, in our book, “Microlearning: Short and Sweet,” Robyn Defelice and I have defined microlearning as “an instructional unit that provides a short engagement in an activity intentionally designed to elicit a specific outcome from the participant.” Examples of Microlearning. First Example of Microlearning.

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BrightCarbon

JULY 16, 2021

This blog post will show you how to source, create and animate custom presentation icons from within PowerPoint itself! Creating custom icon holders. How to tailor icons in PowerPoint. If you’re using Office 365, you’ll be able to access PowerPoint’s native presentation icons. Absolutely. Select Icons.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 14, 2023

By using this model, organizations can evaluate their learning content strategy and create a roadmap for continuous improvement. Take away: Using this approach, organizations can create learning content that drives business outcomes and improves learner skills. link] Icônes Icon Explorer with Instant searching, powered by Iconify.

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BrightCarbon

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You spend hours, if not days, or even months creating your presentation content and then get asked for a copy. Let me guide you through some of the steps you can take to keep your content secure including restricting UI, locking objects and password protecting your PowerPoint files. Why do it at all? Making your file read-only.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 22, 2023

My key objective is to create viable (not necessarily perfect) characters that I can use in online training programs or PowerPoint presentations. You’ll notice that my editing skills in Photoshop are basic, so hopefully you’ll be inspired to try creating characters yourself. Click here to view the course.

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