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8 Visual Design Mistakes to Avoid When Developing eLearning

Tim Slade

#1: Distorted Images. A distorted image is a classic visual design mistake I see all the time, and it’s mostly an issue with attention to detail when resizing an image. An image gets distorted when the image is resized in such a way that it affects the aspect ratio of the image (i.e., 3: Too Much Text.

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How To Fill The Void of Missing Powerpoint Clipart

eLearning Brothers

The Clipart library has been available within the PowerPoint and MS Word programs since the mid-1990s. Their existing library within the MS Office programs fails to capitalize on a huge piece of their business: Bing/Images/Image Search. eLearning Powerpoint Resouces Resources powerpoint'

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Where to find incredible images for presentations

BrightCarbon

Images are so important for our presentations. More than just an aesthetic choice, the right images can help you tell your story and make it more memorable for your audience in the long run. Unsplash Unsplash is a paradise of beautiful, high-definition images that have been sourced from thousands of creators across the internet.

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What I Learned Creating AI Images for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

Like many of you, I’ve been playing around with AI to generate images. Add a text prompt and in a few minutes you’re presented with mostly viable images. Many of us use stock images. This works OK, but the problem with stock images is that they are stock and very generic.

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A Simple Way to Copy Text from Images for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

Copying text from images comes in handy especially when updating old e-learning courses. In those cases, do a screen grab of the course and then extract the text from the image. How to Copy Text from Images. You may already have some applications that can extract the image. I recommend using Microsoft PowerToys.

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PowerPoint Hack: How to Create Hand-Drawn Letters & Shapes

Rapid eLearning

Here’s a cool PowerPoint hack. To get the effect I used PowerPoint to create a title font and changed the format. Creating Matching Font Style in PowerPoint. In PowerPoint, you need at least two objects selected. Whatever you create can be saved as an image. PowerPoint Tutorial. It’s OK.

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PowerPoint & eLearning: PhotoPin, a New Stock Photo Resource

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  I have previously written about  my favorite stock photo resources.    I've also posted about how to find  Google images you can actually use for commercial use.  The photos are lifted from  Flickr  and are, by and large, Creative Commons  licensed. (If

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