Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

In today’s post we’ll look at a few guiding principles that help in the transition from linear to interactive elearning. Help Learners Collect Information to Make Decisions. Practical tips on getting the most out of the resources you have to build engaging and interactive elearning courses. October 4: Seattle, WA (ASTDPS).

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Bonus tip: If you want to add pictures or videos over the laptop image, then it’s probably a good idea to just fill the inside with black and square off the corners since the videos won’t have rounded corners. I also added the tutorial to the last slide for those who can’t access the Screenr tutorial. Click here to view the demo.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 26, 2011

Following are a few tips and tutorials to help you get started. Convert Static Images on the Slide: You can also add the image to the slide. November 12: Los Angeles, CA (ISPI)—Articulate Workshop. I tested it on my desktop without the webcam, and the software works fine. You’ll just have to do some digging.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

But they can help make the face-to-face time more efficient. In an ideal world, we work with our clients to help them frame the content so it is relevant and adds value to the organization. If you’re interested in a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. Compressed time to deliver content.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This helps you get more value out of your applications. However, if you go outside the box and edit the questions in slide view, you can make the quiz look like anything. In both examples above, we used the blank slide feature for most of the content and then added a multiple choice question to do the branching.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2011

If even you don’t use the Urtak site, there’s something in how it’s structured that can help in your own course design. PowerPoint’s No Longer a Slide Show Freak. Learn tips and tricks that help you rethink PowerPoint’s role in your elearning. November 12: Los Angeles, CA (ISPI)—Articulate Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

It’s worth spending some time on this because it will help you create the right visual context for your course content. Those are basic design principles that help direct the learner’s eye and use the visuals to assist in the communication process. You can do a search online for “CRAP design” and find all sorts of free help.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In PowerPoint you can build as many master slides and layouts as you need. The easiest way to clean up your client’s slides is to start with the master slide. Create the look you need, and then apply the master template to all of the slides. Your client didn’t use the master slide to create the course.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2012

I’ve been doing this PowerPoint stuff for so long that I often think the tips I share are common knowledge and everyone knows them. Over the years I’ve shared all sorts of PowerPoint tips and tricks. So in today’s post, I’ve included a list with every single PowerPoint tip shared in the blog up to this point.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

I get a lot of questions about number of slides or screen count per hour of instruction. Following are some simple tips to help build more productive elearning. Don’t Auto-Advance Slides. The problem with this is that if the person is a fast reader, it’s frustrating to wait for the slide to catch up.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This lets us look at some essential production tips when using PowerPoint to build interactive elearning. This may help when viewing the tutorials above. As a rule of thumb, once I get three or more slides with the same information, I try to put as much as I can on the master slide so it’s easier to edit and maintain.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 17, 2016

Many of them are very basic–consisting of mostly slides, simple graphics, and bullet points. A slide with bullet point content isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, slide after slide of this type of content isn’t the most effective way to engage and teach people. Here are a few tips to help.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2012

But there’s a difference between elearning courses and slide presentations. When it comes to presentations, it’s a blank slide waiting for content. In a presentation, the slide is all you see. Thus if you need to reinforce visual branding requirements, all you have is the slide area to do so. See the demo above.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2010

Joel Harband wrote most of this post and I worked with him on the focus, the content and a little bit of editing - actually I couldn’t help myself and I edited this a lot. If you want more details, one of the community MVPs shared some tips on how to improve your audio quality. ISPI) would miss the same things it misses.

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