E-learning Uncovered

JUNE 9, 2016

This means you can copy, modify, or distribute the images, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission or providing attribution! Here’s a small sample of my favorite finds: How to Use These Free Images. Many of these free stock image sites make their photos available with the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.

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E-learning Uncovered

MARCH 13, 2014

Each artist provides an audio sample, giving you an idea of what you can expect the finished product to sound like. You provide the details of the work you need, and sellers submit offers to you. There are two methods you can use to find voiceover services. One is to simply go to the homepage and start browsing.

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E-learning Uncovered

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

RFPs are formal documents written to vendors that specifically list what you want and help the vendor provide a specific, binding proposal. You can find sample RFPs online. (I I did a search for Sample RFP and came up with several samples for different types of projects.) And, they can certainly benefit you!

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Step 1: Provide some general information. Just provide some general information; the only required fields are your event title, name, and email address. If you’ve opted not to provide email addresses on the website, you simply email the link to each participant. So let’s rethink our scenario. Number of emails sent?

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E-learning Uncovered

APRIL 14, 2017

ElectraGuide is a tool that wants to help high school students: find a topic (see example topic questions?) create a good thesis statement (see an example?) Professional Custom Writing Service provides high quality essays writing service and other custom writing services: academic writing, thesis and article writing

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E-learning Uncovered

DECEMBER 4, 2013

When the budget allows, it is helpful when a translation vendor can provide an end-to-end solution, especially for languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet. For example, a course we recently developed referred to the World Health Organization, often using the acronym WHO. You’ll need to decide who is doing what.

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 28, 2014

One thing you can do is provide a list of questions about browsers, operating systems and the like. Simply ask your customer to click the link, and you’ll be provided with valuable technical information about the computer he or she is using, including all of the following: Operating System. But what’s the most efficient way to do this?

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E-learning Uncovered

JUNE 12, 2015

Provide file type, naming, and editing preferences. While it’s easy to assume your voice-over talent will record, edit, and name the files in a logical manner, it’s really your job to provide this guidance. For example, audio file 1-2.MP3 Provide pronunciation guidance for special terms and acronyms.

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E-learning Uncovered

MARCH 25, 2014

For example, once I have AutoCorrect set up, I can type a shortcut code (“csc”) and have it turn into a full phrase (“Type your thoughts in the space provided, and then click the Submit button to compare your answer to ours.”). For example, “csc” above stands for “… c lick the s ubmit button to c ompare…”.

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 6, 2016

For example, let’s say you’re creating a scenario on the topic of harassment in the workplace. Here’s a great example demonstrating realistic consequences. In this call center training example, the customer becomes increasingly satisfied or angry, depending on the decisions you make.

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Pick a mobile device and/or group of devices (iOS platform devices, for example) that you will publish to. For example, one limitation of HTML5 on the iPad is that only one media file can play at a time. BYOD (bring your own device) is when the company does not provide devices for the learner to use. What devices will you use?

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E-learning Uncovered

MAY 28, 2014

Finished storyboards and completed modules from Artisan’s previous courses for the same client provided both examples and templates. So if you plan on basing the storyboards on the instructor guide, you might get the main facts, but you’ll miss the real-life examples, the nuance, and the practical application.

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E-learning Uncovered

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

For example, you may categorize your system users as employees, contractors, and clients, or you may categorize users by their departments and roles. For example, you may want a report that shows the time spent on projects that have a certain set of special requirements.

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E-learning Uncovered

OCTOBER 12, 2015

For example, the standard license for iStock lets you use the image in most e-learning courses. Fiverr is a good example of this. You may need to contact the media provider to find out. If you want the person you hire to keep the information confidential, you would need to provide that person with your own NDA.

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 2, 2012

Examples might include: “Which three parts of the information security policy do you think are most important for all employees to be familiar with?” Questions might include: “Could you give me an example where a typical employee would use this information on the job?” Ask forgiveness, not permission.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 2, 2014

For example, for project pre-work, this may include gathering content materials and writing a design document. Instead, I hope I’ve provided a useful tool that can help you plan for your e-learning projects and identify factors influencing the time and cost associated with developing them. That – I can’t give you.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 15, 2011

The social media component provides the medium for discussions about the learning, the discussion that is as equally as valuable as the learning event itself. If for example I need to learn to tie a tie, I can review a brief tutorial created by the guy who wears ties to the office every day. This is what intrigues me the most.

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E-learning Uncovered

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Here are some examples of the three-font rule in action: I can’t talk about fonts without talking about the emotion of fonts. The truth is, a perfectly selected image can provide more meaning to your content than a thousand words ever could. Have you ever thought about how different fonts communicate different meanings?

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 24, 2016

For example, when you deliver your first storyboard or prototype, explain to your SME the purpose of such items and how they fit into the overall development process. One of the most time-consuming tasks during the e-learning development process is reviewing, interpreting, and making edits provided by your SMEs.

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E-learning Uncovered

APRIL 7, 2014

The new button tool will let you customize each state of the button with color, text, font, and style options, and provide access to a new disabled state. For example, you’ll have the ability to set the next button to disabled until the learner has completed an activity on the page. Run Mode in HTML.

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E-learning Uncovered

MARCH 31, 2014

We work with translation vendors and voiceover talent to provide us with the text and audio for the courses and then piece everything together within the authoring tool. Sharing Tim’s own personal story as an example, he explained the strategies he used to build his brand and obtain his first client. SolutionFest.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 9, 2015

For example, I attended sessions that showcased how to use Lectora to create micro-training that you might find on digital lobby displays and how Lectora was used to create this year’s conference mobile app. Tablet and smartphone views even include both portrait and landscape orientations.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 15, 2011

The social media component provides the medium for discussions about the learning, the discussion that is as equally as valuable as the learning event itself. If for example I need to learn to tie a tie, I can review a brief tutorial created by the guy who wears ties to the office every day. This is what intrigues me the most.

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E-learning Uncovered

MAY 1, 2011

We’ve been on many projects where the client or SME has great intentions to provide some information by Thursday or have reviews back by Tuesday. If you have a deadline for everyone to provide feedback by Tuesday via email or ask for an email with the first draft of the course on Tuesday, you may or may not get them. Stay on schedule.

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E-learning Uncovered

DECEMBER 13, 2012

In many cases it’s the instructor, not the PowerPoint presentation or participant guide, who really provides coherence to the material. Most instructor-led materials only contain about 30 to 50% of what is actually conveyed to the students in the classroom—the instructor provides the rest in the form of examples, elaborations, etc.

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E-learning Uncovered

APRIL 7, 2016

For example, we won a DemoFest award a few years ago for a two-hour course on how to fill out a form! You have to pick the slides that are going to the most inspiring to others and provide the best wow-factor. Maybe it’s just a creative use of graphics or an interesting way to present learning content.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 27, 2016

When you’re provided branding guidelines from your marketing department or client, that’s graphic design. For example, what good is it to use effective graphic design techniques if you’re simply going to fill the slide with bullet points? Graphic design for e-learning relates to the way your course looks and feels.

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In some cases, providing this list to the SMEs in advance helps make the conversation go more smoothly. Do you have any stories or examples that help illustrate key points? Over the years, we have developed a list of questions specifically designed to help with this SME conversation. What is the impact?

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E-learning Uncovered

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Stories provide an immersive experience that emotionally connects the learner to the content. Ask your subject-matter experts (SMEs) for real-life examples. That realization helped shape my career path and is part of what led me to e-learning. Tell a personal story. Personal stories reach people more than generic ones.

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E-learning Uncovered

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For example, a project could go on hold, a problem could arise, or we might get go-ahead on a large task that had been on hold for weeks. Q: How did you come up with that 15% figure [in the Review Language sample]? For example, we recently had a course where the client requested at least double the permitted number of changes.

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The course design itself involved realistic scenarios in which the learner worked with a partner to complete inspection activities, like this (click to enlarge): And finally, I thought it was imperative that as the learners were working through the scenarios, they were provided the actual resources that they would be using on the job.

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The course design itself involved realistic scenarios in which the learner worked with a partner to complete inspection activities, like this: And finally, I thought it was imperative that as the learners were working through the scenarios, they were provided the actual resources that they would be using on the job.

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DevLearn Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Toolbook 58

E-learning Uncovered

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Using the Adobe Captivate Quiz Results Analyzer, you can capture student scores and question-and-answer specifics, which can provide insight into your learners’ performance in the course. Question interaction type (multiple choice or true/false, for example). The answer the student provided. The correct answer.

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E-learning Uncovered

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The process goes like this: The vendor provides the translated text files and then waits for approval from the client before proceeding with voiceover recording and integration into the authoring tool. Provide information about what things the reviewer really needs to watch for. First, a little background. No net gain.

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E-learning Uncovered

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d provide a summary of some of the articles we’ve shared with the industry this year. You might also want to check out these two microlearning samples I worked on in conjunction with our sister company, Artisan E-Learning. What Is Microlearning? What Is a Microlesson?

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 24, 2013

For example: we recently completed an e-learning course on disaster relief with photos from the organization’s public relations department. MP3 is a common format that provides a good level of compression without sacrificing quality. An example of video file type is MPEG, RealVideo, FLV, etc. .

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E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

In it, I provided some questions to help your SMEs focus on what really matters: Can you give me an example of when this would come up on the job? Can you give me an example of when this awareness would come up on the job? This isn’t always easy. Swap out “know” with “be aware of,” and the same thing holds true.

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