Fri.Jun 24, 2016

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Adobe Captivate: Custom Color Swatches

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        When creating a template (you can learn how by attending my  3-hour mini course on building templates ), you'll likely need to add colors that meet your corporate brand. Fortunately, it's easy to create color swatches in Captivate and reuse them again and again. To create a custom swatch, create or select an existing text caption.

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3 Ways to Kickstart Your Product Launch with Quality Content

Inkling

A new product launch is a very exciting time. Your thorough market analysis led to a comprehensive business strategy, followed by a rock-solid marketing plan. Countless members within your organization have slaved over months—maybe even years—gearing up for this pivotal moment. Between the live presentation, the social campaigns, and the product demos, to name just a few—there is a lot to coordinate to ensure your launch event goes off without a hitch.

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Podcast - Todd Kasenberg shares why he is excited about creating MicroLearning using Raptivity

Raptivity

The series of podcast continues as we interview Todd Kasenberg this time who has been using Raptivity over five years and is also an interactive learning thought leader. Todd is the Principal at Guiding Star Communications and Consulting, providing insights to organizations about their performance challenges, employee engagement and enhancing customer experience.

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Elevate Your eLearning with These Lectora Scenarios

eLearning Brothers

Airports, malls, office buildings: elevators and escalators are everywhere. If you need a smooth and efficient way of going up or down a level, these marvels of modern engineering are your best bet. In addition to their physical utility, these machines are also particularly well-suited to metaphors, acting as a symbolic representation of the story arc of any eLearning scenario playing out in the foreground.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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3 Trends Proving mLearning is a Power Player

OpenSesame

What’s the one electronic device you take everywhere you go? Whether you’re at work, at the grocery store, or at home, mobile devices and tablets seem to never leave your sight. They have become an essential part of both our personal and professional lives. And now, mobile devices are emerging as leading tool for elearning. Mobile devices are revolutionizing elearning by providing consumers with the customized, relevant, and interactive content they desire.

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See, Listen and Experience: Why eLearning is Perfect for Everyone

OpenSesame

If you’ve ever been in a classroom, you’ve likely been asked about your preferred “learning style.” In general, there are three main types of “learners”: the visual learner, the auditory learner, and the tactile-kinesthetic learner. In a normal classroom setting, it’s almost impossible to cater to all three learning styles; however, in an elearning setting, it’s completely achievable.

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Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Allies: Three Pillars of Diversity

Everwise

On June 22nd, Everwise co-hosted a panel discussion on Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, along with Webb Investment Network. The panel featured Paula Green, Vice President of Human Resources at Twist Bioscience , Laura Gómez, Founder of Atipica and Cofounder of Project Include , and Laura Mather, Founder of Unitive. Everwise CEO Mike Bergelson moderated the discussion, and facilitated questions from the audience of senior HR leaders from startups and venture capital in the Bay Area.

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See, Listen and Experience: Why eLearning is Perfect for Everyone

OpenSesame

If you’ve ever been in a classroom, you’ve likely been asked about your preferred “learning style.” In general, there are three main types of “learners”: the visual learner, the auditory learner, and the tactile-kinesthetic learner. In a normal classroom setting, it’s almost impossible to cater to all three learning styles; however, in an elearning setting, it’s completely achievable.

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Management L&D Like You Mean It

CLO Magazine

Despite great progress in so many areas of learning and development, there is one area that has not seen much progress – the business-like management of the L&D department and its programs. Yes, department heads work to implement new LMS’s on time, and program managers and directors work to roll out new programs on time, but there is still an opportunity to dramatically improve our management.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Freebie Friday

Trivantis

There once was a hard-working eLearning developer, just trying to catch a break. She loved creating engaging courses for her learners, but her company’s budget was tight, and development time was short. Where can an eLearning developer turn to for help? Free downloads in the Trivantis® Community, of course. We’re always working to bring you new interactions, buttons, themes, and ideas on using Lectora®.

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The Week That Was, June 20-24

CLO Magazine

Here are the top five stories on CLOmedia.com for the week of June 20. Learning Technology’s Role in Recruiting for Culture Fit : The traditional recruiting process has a blind spot— it considers valuable technical skills but not cultural fit. How can companies use technology to determine cultural fit before they hire a candidate? Employees Demand Training Over Other Learning Opportunities : When employees are nearly begging for training to do their jobs better, employers should listen.

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8 Tips for Writing Good Fill-in-the-Blank Questions in E-Learning Courses

iSpring Solutions

1. Shared. Assessment tools offer tremendous advantages to both the instructor and the learner, and are thus an important part of instructional design. Despite their importance, developing quality assessments is not as simple or straightforward as one might think. A great deal of care needs to go into developing quality assessments to ensure that the question actually assesses the target knowledge rather than something else, such as test-taking skills.

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GE TV: Craig Weiss on the Future of the LMS and Authoring Tools Markets

Growth Engineering

Welcome to a brand new episode of GE TV ! This week we’re joined by Craig Weiss , the CEO of E-Learning 24/7. At E-Learning 24/7, Craig acts as an eLearning analyst, advisor and consultant for buyers and suppliers alike. He travels the world to deliver keynotes and he shares his thoughts on his blog , which is a must-read for anyone with even a remote interest in online learning.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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A familiar (and unfortunate) story about knowledge in the workplace

Axonify

We’re employed in a variety of industries and hold a myriad of different roles. But we do have one thing in common when it comes to work: we all run into questions we can’t answer on our own. That’s often where the similarity ends. From there, our stories diverge as we head down whatever paths we are forced to take to get the answers we need.

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How to Impress a Digital Native? Tech Alone is Not Enough

OpenSesame

As a person born in 1994, I am a member of the famous (or infamous) Millennial Generation. Collectively, we’re known for our tech savviness, confidence, and sheltered upbringings. We’re notoriously entitled and narcissistic. And we’re also getting old. That’s right Gen Xers and Baby Boomers- I am a Millennial and I am not the young perplexing enigma that I once was.

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A familiar (and unfortunate) story about knowledge in the workplace

Axonify

We’re employed in a variety of industries and hold a myriad of different roles. But we do have one thing in common when it comes to work: we all run into questions we can’t answer on our own. That’s often where the similarity ends. From there, our stories diverge as we head down whatever paths we are forced to take to get the answers we need.

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7 Tips to Choose the Best Rapid Authoring Tool to Convert Legacy E-learning Courses to HTML5

CommLab India

With mobile devices ceasing to support Flash-based training materials, the demand for Flash to HTML5 conversion tools has gone up. So, choosing the right authoring tool will be your best bet to make your courses HTML5 compatible. But this will never work without having a clearly defined set of requirements. Today’s market is filled with many rapid authoring tools offering tons of customization options, in-built images (photographs and illustrated characters), in-built interactivities, assessment

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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5 Handy Tips to Develop Learner Centric E-learning Courses [Infographic]

CommLab India

Before developing an eLearning course, it is very important that you know who your learners are and how your course would be beneficial to them.You need to create a course which is learner-centric. Saying this is fine, but how can we develop eLearning courses learner-centric? Well, here is an infographic on 5 handy tips to develop learner-centric eLearning courses.

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