Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2022

Microsoft PowerToys are little applications that add more functionality to Windows. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? Create a Spotlight Effect to Show Mouse Location.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 29, 2012

And then many organizations force draconian template rules on all elearning courses, regardless of their purpose. I worked for a multi-billion dollar company that had one official PowerPoint template that had to be used for all things PowerPoint regardless of what was being built. They have thousands. Think like a crow.

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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. One of the sessions I did in Atlanta was on how to get the graphics you need for your rapid elearning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 28, 2020

Welcome Microsoft PowerToys! Download Microsoft PowerToys. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here. April 20 & 21 (Brisbane). Getting Started?

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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! Click to download the free PowerPoint template.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Here’s what I find typical of people who do rapid elearning. Their organization needs to take existing content (usually a bunch of PowerPoint files) and get it online as soon as possible. Once it’s online, they realize that many of the courses look like PowerPoint slides. Rapid Authoring. Rapid Assets.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Let’s start with what I like to call the “Rapid E-Learning Story.”. You get a PowerPoint file that was used in the classroom and are asked to convert it to an elearning course. Then you publish it to quickly convert it from PowerPoint to Flash. How did you develop your elearning skills?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2010

There are a few common issues when working with rapid elearning tools. Another issue is when working with PowerPoint. We tend to gravitate towards the templates and placeholder structure that PowerPoint provides. That’s where I got the ideas for these free PowerPoint templates. Think of it like a Jell-O mold.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Last week I was at PowerPoint Live 2009 in Atlanta where I spent some time with people in the PowerPoint community. I met a few blog readers, many of the PowerPoint MVPs that I’ve followed over the years, and was reminded of a few tips and tricks that I can use in my rapid elearning courses. PowerPoint MVPs.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Fortunately Microsoft has some decent images available on their site. Microsoft’s Services Agreement: I get a lot of questions about whether or not you can use the images. Check out their service agreement to learn more. Interactive Sliders in E-Learning (Recap #52). Two rapid elearning workshops.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2016

So last week’s news that Microsoft is bringing back free clip art was a breath of fresh, kind of. About two years ago, Microsoft got rid of clip art. The good news is Microsoft has formed a partnership with Pickit which offers a pretty big library of images. Free Clip Art via Pickit. Double-click the add-in to start it.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 16, 2015

In this post we’ll explore how to edit free vector images in PowerPoint. However, if you get the image in.EPS format you may be able to edit the free vector images in PowerPoint. If the free vector image is in.EPS format you may be able to edit it in PowerPoint. How to Edit Free Vector Images in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

A Dozen Free Stock Video Sites for E-Learning. Microsoft Brings Back Free Clip Art…Sort Of. How to Find Multimedia for E-Learning. Free E-Learning Scenario Images. Hundreds of Free Resources to Build Your E-learning Courses. Free E-Books. E-Learning for Beginners.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s a great application included in the Microsoft Office products. Obviously, this is still a bit tedious, but it is an easy way to get the text from your old e-learning courses when you no longer have the source files or original content. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Here’s a rundown of some of this year’s rapid elearning goodness. Before we review the best elearning posts for 2015, here are some important things related to this blog and the community. Microsoft finally got rid of clip art. Build Your E-Learning Skills with These Tips. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

Free PowerPoint Template. Following is a quick mockup of an iPad-inspired PowerPoint template. If you’re looking for icons, there are plenty to be found at the Microsoft Office site. It’s also easy enough to create your own icons in PowerPoint by filling shapes with images of your choice. Click here to learn more.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 12, 2016

Rapid E-Learning Makes Interactive Video Easy. Here’s one of my favorite examples of how things changed with the advent of rapid elearning. If you don’t have Illustrator you can still edit the.EPS files in PowerPoint. Upcoming E-Learning Events. And guess what? Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2016

Share Your PowerPoint Slides to Twitter & Facebook. However, Microsoft has a new app that lets you share your PowerPoint slides and files via Twitter and Facebook. Get the Social Share app here , and it installs as a tab in PowerPoint. You can also send PowerPoint slides to Facebook as an image, album, or video.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 7, 2015

And who doesn’t like them, especially now that Microsoft no longer offers free clip art ? Trina Rimmer shares some free icons that can be easily customized because she built them in PowerPoint. Click here to get the free PowerPoint template. You can download the free Storyline or PowerPoint template files.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 26, 2015

A few months ago I wrote a post on Microsoft getting rid of free clip art. But there are many who relied on the free assets that Microsoft provided, especially since they didn’t include just clip art. Not having it means we’ll need to get better at our design and learn a few new skills. How to Find Free Clip Art.

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CommLab India

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Storyline is widely used to convert Flash-based e-learning content, which cannot be accssed on most Smartphones and tablet PCs, into the mobile-compatible HTML5 format. The online course development tool has a PowerPoint-like interface , and anyone familiar with the application from Microsoft can use it effortlessly.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2009

In today’s post, I’m going to show you some easy ways to create and use these characters in your elearning courses. Microsoft Office Clip Art. There are already quite a few silhouette characters available in the Microsoft Office clip art. And you can make use of some of the graphic effects in PowerPoint to add variety.

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Trivantis

AUGUST 25, 2014

The eLearning Guild recently released a great eBook full of helpful cost-saving tips for e-Learning development called <em>The eLearning Guild’s 75 Tips to Reduce eLearning Costs. </em>The Click <a href=”[link] to view a company’s rapid development story with Snap!

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 9, 2015

Microsoft’s Free Closed Captioning Text Maker. Microsoft offers a simple HTML5-based free closed captioning text maker. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). June 12 (Austin, TX).

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This is especially true when you have a bunch of large images on your PowerPoint slides. Here’s a simple solution, you can compress your images in PowerPoint. So if you have high resolution images that are hard to work with, use PowerPoint’s compression feature to make them smaller. PowerPoint Viewer 2007.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2014

PowerPoint is probably the single best multimedia application available because of its versatility. You can create presentations, rapid elearning courses, illustrations, videos, mobile learning and even books for publishing. PowerPoint also offers ease of entry. So everything has a distinct PowerPoint look.

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eFront

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Free Digital Photos Download royalty free photos and illustrations for websites, newspapers, magazines, video and TV productions, iPhone applications, PowerPoint presentations, forums, blogs and school work. Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

Record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. It can run on a wide range of operating systems, including various Unix versions, Mac and Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT4, ME, 2000, XP, Vista). Get started right away!

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The other day this guy asked me how to develop color schemes for his rapid elearning courses. I shared some of the tools that I use for color schemes in previous posts like this one on creating your own rapid elearning PowerPoint template. PowerPoint Resources. I have the same challenge. Audio Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 26, 2020

When I’ve completed PowerPoint presentations or e-learning courses, I like to save all of the media assets I used in the presentations and courses and put them in a single location. Microsoft PowerToys. Use 7-ZIP to Extract the Media Files from PowerPoint & Storyline. Both PowerPoint (.pptx)

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 29, 2022

I’ve written about the Microsoft PowerToys in the past. Color Picker for E-Learning. Many apps like Storyline and PowerPoint have color picking tools. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

One of my favorite features in PowerPoint is saving the PowerPoint slideshow as a video. That means anything you put on the PowerPoint slides (from animations to slide transitions) is output as video. Create Videos in PowerPoint: Examples. Create Videos in PowerPoint: Slide or Slideshow? Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Best of the Rapid E-Learning Blog. Microsoft is Dumping Clip Art. Top PowerPoint Tips. Here’s a Free PowerPoint Template & E-Learning Interaction. Another Free PowerPoint Template & Learning Interaction. Here’s a Free E-Learning Template Made with Free Icons.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Not sure if you saw the news, but Microsoft is going to dump clip art. However, most clip art images offered through the Microsoft site are actually vector illustrations. In PowerPoint, the most common vector images formats are.EMF and.WMF. E-Learning Tips, Tricks, and Techniques. However that may not be the case.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 8, 2011

PowerPoint’s Clip Organizer is one of those features in PowerPoint that’s been there for years and gets very little use. However, it’s also one of the most powerful time-saving features in PowerPoint, especially if you work with a lot of custom graphics. In PowerPoint 2010, it’s not there. Rapid E-Learning Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 31, 2012

You can learn more about using Print Screen here. Starting with Microsoft Vista it’s available to all Windows users. PowerPoint 2010. Starting with PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft included a feature that allows you to quickly grab a shot of any open window or do a screen clip of anything on your desktop. Honolulu, HI.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 24, 2012

One of the things I like about the Clip Organizer is that it’s not limited to Microsoft applications either. In PowerPoint 2007+ you can unzip the.pptx file; and inside the PowerPoint file folder you’ll locate a media folder. This media folder has all of the images used in your PowerPoint file. That’s possible!

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