by AJ George. Trying to decide on a typeface but wish you could see what all the letters of the alphabet in that type face look like at the same time? Here's a trick: Type =RAND() into the text box and press [ Enter ]. Voila! "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" appears across your slide. From here you can scroll through the font list with this text selected and choose the perfect fit. The font will automatically change as you scroll through. " PowerPoint MORE >>

Learning design is not just a science, it is an art. When the team works and generates effective learning designs, they are a result of a deep rooted instructional design philosophy. We like to look at instructional design in two clear veins, the first is the philosophy of learning design – the beliefs and faith in models that underly everything we do in design. The second is the methodology, the method and process based on these models that allow us to consistently generate good designs for all our clients and their unique situation. Take a look, it’s quite self-explanatory. MORE >>

My Kindle has become one of those possessions that I would take with me almost anywhere – like my iPhone, my credit cards and my watch. It’s light, compact and is very low maintenance – in fact I often forget that it needs charging at all. It looks and feels like a book, yet in many ways is much more practical. In fact I’ve got so used to using it as if it was a book that the other day I caught myself trying to turn over the page. However, every medium has its strong points and weaknesses, so what is the Kindle good for? In this respect the Kindle doesn’t really compete. MORE >>

By Dean Hawkinson. Adobe Presenter is a great option for creating SCORM-compliant eLearning material for a learning management system (LMS) using PowerPoint. You should, of course, follow all instructional design and adult learning principles, and be careful not to make your PowerPoint too wordy and un-interesting to your learners. Your course should be engaging and keep the interest of your learners. Using audio narration with Presenter is a great option available for those presentations that might need it. The Publish Menu. The Publish menu is located on the Adobe Presenter tab in PowerPoint. MORE >>

by Kevin Siegel. When you record a Captivate demonstration or simulation, one of the coolest things that Captivate can do for you is automatically create the text captions. All you need to do to enjoy this feature is select Add Text Captions for any of the recording modes prior to recording. If you read Jennie's article about end of sentence punctuation , I'm betting that you are now torn between adding the punctuation to the end of your sentences--or not. By default, Captivate does not add the end of sentence punctuation to the text captions. Exit Captivate.   MORE >>