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Why Today’s ELearning Can Stink

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Elearning today is suffering from standards of the past, from instructional design principles to the tools we use to create the courses. For years, Articulate has been a juggernaut in the rapid elearning development space. PowerPoint’s linear progression, slide title design, and bullet points have been way overdone.

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Is PowerPoint Destroying ELearning?

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I was messing around with Articulate Storyline and found myself wondering: are the popular rapid elearning development tools being held captive by the learning industry’s past? Funny enough, it seems like most elearning courses can be traced back to PowerPoint in some capacity. elearning'

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19 Kick-Butt Tools for ELearning

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Everyone likes nifty tips, tricks, and tools – so how about 19 of them! Here in the United States, Monday is memorial day, so if you’re celebrating, perhaps right before your afternoon food-coma you can take a look at these incredibly useful tools that you may find of use when you’re working on your next elearning project.

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Preparing PowerPoint for ELearning

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For many people, PowerPoint is the go-to software tool for any instructional event – and who could blame them? Nearly every organization has Microsoft Office so PowerPoint is pretty accessible. So let’s assume you have a pile of PowerPoint presentations that you would like to leverage to create an elearning course.

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How To Easily Create ELearning Videos from Microsoft PowerPoint

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And often we are asked about ways to use PowerPoint for elearning course content. Now, there are many ways you can integrate PowerPoint into any elearning program. Using a free tool like Screencast-o-Matic allows you to record your screen and then instantly save the video locally or upload to a platform like YouTube.

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Do You Need a Content Authoring Tool for LearnDash?

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What does it meant to be a Content Authoring Tool, and does that describe LearnDash? The most recent example was when someone asked us if we were a “Content Authoring Tool.”. The most recent example was when someone asked us if we were a “Content Authoring Tool.”. LearnDash is a Learning Management System (LMS). Course creation.

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Microsoft Launches ELearning Add-On

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The global success of Articulate is well known in the elearning field, and it appears that Microsoft would like to steal a bit of market share as well! Recently, Microsoft revealed their plans for a new product called Mix with the purpose of simplifying online course creation within PowerPoint. Sound familiar?

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